Who here has the ability to hear and talk to spirits in some manner

[bigtree]

or the other?

Not me, but my wife does. I kept it to myself for awhile, but I doubted her less when I found folks who I wouldn't have suspected prone to communication with the dead had experienced their own contact of some sort with someone in the hereafter. My wife believes she hears 'voices' of family members as well as communication from some of our country's first inhabitants and their ancestors and offspring, at will. Not extremely reliable info though, but always some interesting insight.

I don't hear a thing 'cept my own boring, droning voice . . . how about it?

[northzax]

1. well, i think i can talk to spirits

after the liberal ingestion of spirits. coincidence? i think not.

[bigtree]

4. urp

I just get dizzy when I drink. No fun.

[northzax]

8. try wood alcohol

then you'll be blind and the dizziness won't matter as much!



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disclaimer: don't be a fucking jackass and actually drink wood alcohol based on this recommendation, it's a poison and will make you go blind, at the best. And then you'll have to explain to your mom that either you were stupid enough to drink this crap, or that you spent too much time spanking the ol' monkey.

[johnnie]

2. I have a friend that does

He is pretty "dead on" a lot of the times. I have had people tell me that there was no way in hell that someone would have known the stuff this guy tells them. He also helps in missing person cases.
The accuracy is just way too high to be guesses.

[bigtree]

12. Wifey has had a couple of hits

coincidence? maybe. Too many folks, serious folks, have told me of their own contacts. Dreams seem to be less reliable though, to the point of complete disbelief on my part.

[johnnie]

13. I have seen this guy tell strangers..

About things that happened to them with a lot of detail. For example "Remember when you were with your grandfather at the park and you fell off your bike. He cleaned your scrape with a hankie from his pocket and then you went and he got you a hotdog". Things like that.
I know a lot of people on here dismiss this stuff, but if you don't have an open mind, and never get a chance to experience it..you will always be a skeptic. I have seen this guy do this, and I have seen other things. I never tell a person they have to believe in it. I "snicker" at the non-believers as they do to me.

[bigtree]

17. I tend to believe that there must be other forms of awareness

other than the ones that involve our primary senses. After all, animals see and hear in completely different ways than do humans, as well as other animals. Plants communicate, etc.

But the question remains, where are these folks that are harking to us from beyond? Where do these images originate?

Maybe psychic abilities are separate from standard communications with beyonders. Unless there is a contact that is 'channeled'.

[johnnie]

22. Humans lose some of their senses

Chances are you have heard someone from "beyond" but didn't pay attention. The communication isn't like a analog sound, it is more of a mechanical sound and very low.

[bigtree]

25. I am notoriously ignorant of discordant voices

And, I'm a dedicated non-believer of things I can't see or feel.

[johnnie]

26. Lol

Understandable.

[Wat_Tyler]

3. Nobody does.

Because such things do not exist in reality.

(just thought I'd get a jump on the inevitable flamewar, eh?)

[bigtree]

5. I hear you

I think

[elehhhhna]

6. I do a great Fake John Edward thing (not the VP candidate)...

We apparently need to speak to the dead a lot more than they need to speak to us.

[bigtree]

7. I'm thinking of someone . . .

That guy was funny as hell. Was he serious? I hope not.

"I feel like there's a J- or E-sounding name attached to this."

[GiovanniC]

9. I'm Getting a "J" Name

You know someone who is alive or maybe someone who has crossed over whose name starts with a "J"... Maybe a Jason or a John or a Joan? Jim? James? Jerry? Jessica? Jack? Jeff? Josh? Jennifer? They're showing me someone who has crossed over... something like a heart attack or a stroke... maybe cancer or a car accident. It happened very suddenly or maybe not.

They want you to know they are at peace.

[northzax]

10. is it my friend Jaime?

she died from a long, slow, painful torture at the hands of an evil band of gypsies! She was seventeen, blonde and Episcopalian. Is it her? can you tell me anything about her? she really liked puppies and guppies!

[GiovanniC]

11. I Am Seeing Her Now

She wants you to know that the slow and painful torture was slow and painful, yet it is over now and she is at peace. I am seeing her seventeen-year-old blonde Episcopalian self showing me a puppy. And a guppy.

She has a very special message for you. She says beware of gypsies. And that she wants you to go on and live your life with happiness.

[northzax]

14. oh my! you really can talk to the dead!!

thank you, where can I make a small donation to show my appreciation?

[elehhhhna]

16. I see a Mother figure...she says she's happy now.

[GiovanniC]

24. And She's Proud of You

You can paypal me at [e-mail]

All your crossed over relatives say it's a good idea.

[bigtree]

28. lol you two

Jennifer visited a local psychic. In a dark and hazy room, peering into a crystal ball, the mystic delivered grave news: "There's no easy way to say this, so I'll just be blunt - prepare yourself to be a widow. Your husband will die a violent and horrible death this year." Visibly shaken, Jennifer stared at the woman's lined face, then at the single flickering candle, then down at her hands. She took a few deep breaths to compose herself. She simply had to know. She met the fortune teller's gaze, steadied her voice, and asked: "Will I be acquitted?"

[datasuspect]

15. i did, but my "team" increased my dosage levels n/t

[bigtree]

19. I sometimes wonder who's the crazy one

She for relating, or me for listening.

[datasuspect]

21. if you think it, you can make it so

i really don't think she is communicating with dead people. sounds like a very vibrant and active imagination though . . .

it could be that she misses these people? in that way, it probably can be constructive to harbor a delusion like that. at least therapeutic.

[bigtree]

23. I do think it can be constructive, even therapeutic to listen to some

inner voice. Less responsible to follow and heed sometimes, I think.

[Cadence]

35. Isn't life just so much easier when you can put all

experiences into nice little boxes with proper labels? It feels so much more in control that way.

[datasuspect]

36. i suppose

but i have this strange propensity to live in reality and not in an imagination-inspired demon/angel/spirit filled world.

if i understand you correctly, i think you are alluding to the notion of having "an open mind."

i would counter, yes, do have an open mind, but not so open that your brain falls out.

and no, life is not easy, it is filled with challenges. but when i can't explain something, or if i don't know something, i think it is a hell of a lot easier to ascribe causes/conditions/what have you to some mysterious supernaturality rather than try to determine what something REALLY is.

[Spider Jerusalem]

18. Not since I gave up LSD...

Have to say, people who think they hear "spirits" strike me as, shall we say, not having the steadiest of hands on the old mental joystick.

[bigtree]

20. Indians included?

Maybe so, but with some, like Wifey, it is an abberation against an otherwise steadfast persona.

[johnnie]

27. You just don't understand it

But that's ok :)

[asthmaticeog]

29. At *least* once a week

I get fuX0red enough to talk to my bottle of whiskey. Sometimes it's my bestest pal.

[roguevalley]

30. on my mom's side, the women have odd abilities.

My great aunt could touch you and make things, small ones disappear. She touched my mom's hand when she was a child, touching a wart there. Mom said it got really hot and a few days later the wart was gone.

All of the women, to varying degrees can judge people to a tee. You can look at someone and decide what type they are and whether you could be around them. They were never ever wrong. SOme of us have that to a lesser degree.

[bigtree]

32. I'm sure that I'm less receptive by choice

I'm scared of spooks!

[LoZoccolo]

31. Does she say that the voices make recommendations on what to do?

Your wife might be manipulating you.

[bigtree]

33. naw

it's more of a fireside chat

[Borgnine]

34. No, and it's probably for the best.

My belief in UFOs already gets the crazy eye from people. If I could talk to the dead... forget about it. They'd have me committed.