I've been thinking lately about visions, ghosts and spirits and what they are or aren't, especially since members of my family as well as other people I know claim to have had visions, and/or seen ghosts or spirits. Since I don't believe in life after death, this seems to be a contradiction in my thinking because I believe all these people saw what they say they saw. Are they hallucinations caused by stress or sickness, or are they really spirits floating around the world with nowhere to go?
I've always believed in spirits and visions, but I've since come to think that they are something different from what most people think they are. Research scientists are forever saying that we human beings never use anywhere near the total mental abilities our brains possess. We have either forgotten or never learned to use these other brain functions. If we think about animals and what they can sense, we could understand better some of what we've lost. We've all seen or heard about dogs and cats that seem to be looking at something we can't see. Could this be an example of abilities we have lost that animals have retained? We talk about their instincts which cause them to do certain things, and we're willing to believe that animals have more sensory abilities than we do. Is this the answer to why some people see things that the rest of us don't? I think so.
We've all heard of ancestral memories. I think these as well as strong emotions, emanations and thoughts left behind by people who have died are picked up by some of the people who were close to the deceased. These auras then manifest themselves as visions or possibly sounds. Even ESP may have some connection to how this all works. The people who see visions or ghosts and who hear speech or music may have areas of their brains that are more accessible to them. They may be closer to the invisible world in a way that we all were meant to be.
We have connections to space and the universe because we all come from the same place. I have always loved the song, "Fly Me to the Moon" because it represents our fascination with the universe around us, and the connections we have to it and each other. This longing for a place we don't know is probably because we all have pieces of the universe in our bodies. We come from the earth which came from the universe which makes us all connected. I believe it's these connections which continue to make it possible for certain people to experience the dead and gone. The various religions have tried to explain all of this but they have failed. All of us have this ability buried deep in our brains and someday, maybe, we will learn how to find it.
