| Many children report that they see special invisible | | | | beyond a few inches of their noses and that is why |
| friends who they play with. Is this possible? Think about | | | | they look at everything with that blank stare we all |
| it. Recently, Salma Hayek has been reported to say | | | | know. Sometimes they smile at us, but are they really |
| that her daughter sees ghosts. When children are | | | | seeing us? Who are they smiling at? In some schools |
| young, they have not been yet properly acquainted | | | | of thought it is believed that the soul of a newborn |
| with the conventions of their societies so they cannot | | | | does not attach itself to the new body until several |
| interpret things properly. They have an untainted view | | | | weeks after birth. After that point, it is theorized that |
| of everything that surrounds them. Does this make | | | | they can detach and attach at will, passing more time |
| them more liable to see in-material beings who make | | | | out than in, with decreased regularity as they grow up. |
| them company? Some may call these beings angels. | | | | If we follow this same line of thought We could |
| Depending on one's beliefs and exposure to realities | | | | probably deduct that they may retain the ability to see |
| we tend to identify the unknown to that which we | | | | what some call spirits or deceased people. By this |
| already think we know. As a matter of experience, I | | | | reasoning, they could see anyone that is in the other |
| want to recall the natural expression of my little niece | | | | side where we come from, that is, the unborn. Some |
| when she saw her first goat running on the street of a | | | | may retain this ability and continue seeing and talking to |
| farm area. "That is NOT a dog, mom!" Her face was | | | | them for longer periods of time. These could be the |
| one of surprise and wonder and we could all | | | | "friends" and "angels" they talk about.. Their reference; |
| understand that her only reference --at her age-- for | | | | they have been told about angels! What would they |
| an animal that size and general shape was a dog! We | | | | say if they were not told about angels and ghosts? Or |
| were amused by this story for many years. | | | | is it the other way? They naturally say they have |
| Studies have shown that newborn's eyes are not | | | | "special friends", like any of us and we tell them that |
| great at focusing, there best shot is between eight to | | | | they are angels or we tell them they are ghosts. Or |
| 15 inches, so they are not really seeing us when we | | | | worst, we do not acknowledge the fact that they are |
| try to baby talk to them and establish visual | | | | seeing something and they stop believing their own |
| communication with them This is a great design since | | | | experiences and shut them up. That may be a normal |
| this that is precisely the distance between the mother | | | | process of growing into a socialized person in this |
| and child's face while breastfeeding. They also cannot | | | | culture. |
| distinguish between colors until at least three months of | | | | I recall vividly the effect that it hand in my family when |
| age. This brings up the question; what can they see | | | | my niece started to talk to someone we could not see |
| and feel? As their body matures into full physical | | | | and we thought we heard her mentioning my |
| functionality we could assume their spirits are not still | | | | grandmother's name. She was ill at the time and we |
| completely attached to their new bodies and that they | | | | later attributed the strange event to a high fever, but |
| can see with their astral counterparts. | | | | nevertheless, it caused some kind of commotion in all |
| Is it possible that at early stages of growth we human | | | | us. I believe in the possibility that children can see |
| beings have a different kind of sight that we later | | | | ghosts beyond the normal ability of adults to do so . |
| loose? It is known that newborns do not really see | | | | What do you think? |