| One of the benefits of a lifetime of afterlife | | | | in a blanket of warm fuzzies. Real ghosts can be |
| communication is that I know a lot about ghosts ... what | | | | mistaken for angels. This isn't a paranormal experience. |
| they are and what they're not. For instance, they're not | | | | It's a supernatural and spiritual experience. |
| "caught between worlds." And they don't need us to | | | | The not-real ghosts seem to be everywhere too, but |
| help them "move on." They're exactly where they're | | | | only for people that believe they exist, or at least |
| supposed to be. You don't honestly think that God, the | | | | believe that they might exist. They rarely bother |
| Creator of the Universe, would leave their eternal fate | | | | unbelievers. Ghost researchers call the not-real ghosts |
| in your and my hands, do you? | | | | ... residual ghosts. These ghosts seem to defy the Law |
| You CAN say that they are "earthbound," but that's | | | | of Conservation of Matter and Energy because they |
| because their consciousness never left the earth. And | | | | pop in and out of existence like virtual particles. The |
| when you die, yours won't either. We're all right here | | | | appearance of this type of ghost can be explained by |
| together forever. That's just the nature of the afterlife. | | | | quantum physics. From the Copenhagen Interpretation, |
| Yes, knowing the laws of the afterlife can make these | | | | which states that nothing is real until you look at it, to |
| things a lot clearer. | | | | the holographic theory of the universe, all ghosts abide |
| Lately, I've been researching what folks believe about | | | | by the laws of quantum physics. |
| ghosts and hauntings. I've investigated the | | | | People that experience residual ghosts say that they |
| investigations. Repeatedly I've read, "We don't use | | | | seem to be caught in a time-loop replaying the same |
| ouija boards, séances, mediums or occult | | | | scene over and over. The above mentioned physics |
| methods." Yet it's common for ghost researchers to | | | | also apply to residual ghosts but with the addition of |
| accept, as an underlying condition of their investigations, | | | | Schrodinger's equations. For every "now" that we |
| the erroneous claims of psychics, mediums, and | | | | experience, a positive wave flows into the future and |
| channels. | | | | a negative wave flows into the past like concentric |
| I'm referring to such concepts as "caught between | | | | ripples created by a rock thrown into a pond. |
| worlds," "unfinished business," "earthbound souls," and | | | | The fact that some people experience residual ghosts |
| ghost children in distress. At the same time ominous | | | | is due to normal functions of human consciousness. |
| warnings urge vigilant caution in case non-human | | | | Although some might rather think of it as a "glitch." |
| demons and malevolent entities are encountered. Oh, | | | | Residual ghosts are unusual and fascinating |
| and don't forget the Hollywood expression, "Go to the | | | | experiences with natural causes. |
| light." Scientific research can't be conducted properly | | | | Briefly, a few more types of not-real ghosts are |
| on a foundation of superstition. | | | | poltergeists, demons, and shadow people. Abnormal |
| Let me tell you some things that are true about ghosts. | | | | psychology applies to poltergeists and demons. The |
| Actually there are only two kinds of ghosts: real and | | | | physiology of the eye accounts for shadow people. |
| not-real. | | | | So, what's the truth about ghosts? Do they exist? Yes, |
| The real ghosts are everywhere. They're in your | | | | of course they do. Can the scientific method be used |
| home, in your car, in your school, and in your dreams. | | | | to investigate them? Yes, they use measurable |
| Ghost researchers call these interactive ghosts. I call | | | | amounts of energy. Can you record their voices and |
| them soul-ghosts, or disincarnate souls. I don't care for | | | | photograph ghosts? Yes, but one needs to be alert to |
| the term, disembodied because they do have a body. | | | | pattern recognition tendencies. |
| We just can't see it for the same reason that we can't | | | | The science of ghost investigation has the potential to |
| see sound waves and ultraviolet light. They're outside | | | | make a huge difference in a society still tormented by |
| the range of our sentient boundary. | | | | superstition and fear. You have the equipment. You |
| Soul-ghosts are interactive. They reach out to you, and | | | | have the rationale. And you have the compassionate |
| you feel no fear ... absolutely none. They envelop you | | | | desire to help others. |