[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Read a book called Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28827.Ghost_Hunters before making up your mind. My college background is a unique blend of the study of the History and Philosophy of Science (two BAs) mixed with a Minor in Religious Studies. I am very much of the mind that we have very severe limits to the extent of our knowledge in many areas and certainly the after life is one of the most profound. James does report on shadows from that realm which do not stretch the bounds of reason to the breaking point.

I'm enjoying that book that I downloaded last evening.........I began it immediately........saving the rest for tonight when we're waiting in the living room for the little trick or treater's to go door to door.......since it's going to be a showery evening........it might be a long wait between "customers"....

Here is something else I just read...........

""Are spirits real? Is there any "proof" that ghosts and apparitions are NOT products of an over active imagination or wishful thinking? Is there really an afterlife, or is that something we tell ourselves to feel better? In this article we are going to take a quick and easy look at some of the best PROOF that paranormal experiences are real, and the implications they have for those of us who remain in the living as well. Care to know more? Continue reading as we take a closer look below!""


""The TYPES of actual evidence is OVERWHELMING""

""If ghost stories were ONLY the types you see on TV...it would be easy to write them off as entertainment, or imagination. But the truth is, there are so many different types of experiences with apparitions, and the "afterlife" that it's impossible to explain them as simple tricks of the brain.""

""There are literally MILLIONS of events like the ones listed below each and every year, and they all point to the same reality. (which IS, that this reality is NOT all there is!)""

''After Death Communications :
Crisis Apparitions (Spirits who appear to people many miles away at the moment of their death)""

""Death bed visions :
Near Death experiences (where deceased family and friends are seen)""

""And of course, there are MEDIUM readings where information comes through that's impossible to explain away through conventional means, even if the skeptics, and debunkers want you to BELIEVE that the readings are simply good guesses, luck or outright cheating.""

""And remember, when you REALLY start to look at the whole spectrum of super natural experiences, you really start to see how many of them there are, and they ALL point to that very same place. ""
Out of body experiences
Remote viewing
Psychic abilities
Past life memories (especially those in small children that are later proven to be true)

""The truth is, there is way too much to list here. And they all seem to suggest that THIS reality is only a fraction of the spectrum of our spiritual awareness. And that MAYBE our authentic selves are really spiritual beings, trapped in the limiting confines of a physical body for a fixed period of time...and when that body disappears, what REMAINS is our spiritual selves.""

""(and that THIS self is who you really are...and what endures and persists AFTER death, and quite possibly, lives on forever!)""

All very interesting to ponder on a rainy chilly dark Halloween night.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by DougB

There was no TV show called Ponderosa. It was called Bonanza. Topless bar has a few of the same letters.

That is deep and it makes sense to me.

For the most part.

[l2ridehd]

I have had only one minor experience that could have been a ghost. And yes it was very possible. Growing up we lived in a house that was a former funeral parlor. Everyone in town told us the house had ghosts. Never believed it. One day my mom and I were sitting in the living room reading and the house was dead quiet. We heard footsteps walking across the second floor. Came out of the front bedroom, down a long hall, through parents and then my room and into the attic. Clear as anything it was a person walking. My mom, not believing in ghosts looked at me and said had to be the dog. We went back to reading and then at about the same moment, looked down at the fireplace hearth and there was the dog sound asleep. We both had a sudden chill, but didn't say anything.

Still have my doubts, but have had three people who's word and integrity is beyond question tell me their personal ghost story experience. And one has been repeated by many many others to this day.

There is a place along a highway in NH where one of the three happened. Has to do with the ghost of an old women walking along the road. This happen to my dad when he was 18. So about 1920 or so. Today there is a restaurant right beside the road there. I was in there for breakfast a few years ago and the place was empty. I didn't know the owner at all, but this older guy was behind the counter so I thought I would just check out the story.

I told him "I was driving up the road a few years ago and saw someone walking by the road. As I got near and passed her she disappeared right in front of the car. I jammed on the brakes and went back and looked to see if I hit her or something but no one was there" So I asked if there was ever a report of someone being hit or something right there? He just looked at me and said "so you have seen her to" He told me he has seen her at least 20 times and knows several others who have as well. He went on to describe her exactly as my dad had told me probably 50 years prior.

So I am still not a true believer, but I do believe there is something we can't define out there.

[Polar Bear]

Speaking of ghosts (I don't mean to divert the thread, but I didn't feel my question warranted a new one), will there be any ghosts (trick-or-treaters) coming to our doors tonight? It's our first Halloween as residents. :^)

[elizabeth52]

I do believe in ghosts, I do, I do, I Do!

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Polar Bear

Speaking of ghosts (I don't mean to divert the thread, but I didn't feel my question warranted a new one), will there be any ghosts (trick-or-treaters) coming to our doors tonight? It's our first Halloween as residents. :^)

No. Not allowed, but we have candy if you come to our house.

And the merchants at the squares pass out candy to the little ones and there are several churches who do the same.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Polar Bear

Speaking of ghosts (I don't mean to divert the thread, but I didn't feel my question warranted a new one), will there be any ghosts (trick-or-treaters) coming to our doors tonight? It's our first Halloween as residents. :^)

Only if they are adults. Kids are not allowed to trick-or-treat along the resident streets of the Villages. The merchants at the various Squares often set something up for the kids of Villages' employees.

You might get a Boo from a neighbor. http://www.beenbooed.com/

[2BNTV]

No ghosts experience for me. I am more concerned about the living doing harm.

When it is Halloween night, I good old time Frankenstein, Dracula and Wolfman movie are good enough, not to mention, Abbott and Costello in "Hold that Ghost".

[2BNTV]

[QUOTE=Taltarzac725;771573]You might get a Boo from a neighbor.

I don't need Halloween to get booed by my neighbors.

[Taltarzac725]

[quote=2BNTV;771578]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

You might get a Boo from a neighbor.

I don't need Halloween to get booed by my neighbors.

That's funny, 2BNTV. I may be getting some of those too lately. .

[DonH57]

I've had experiences since childhood with what I would consider paranormal that had no definate explanation. I have always been interested in the subject despite being told there is no such thing.

[njbchbum]

am wondering if the daily sun resurrected the story of the gost of rolling acres road - julia?

[Villages PL]

If you don't think I'm a ghost, just ask yourself if you have ever seen me. No, you haven't. Why do you think I never show up a Crispers?

Here's a true story: After my father died, I sometimes would work in a 15' X 15' workshop that we built together. One day while working at the workbench, I picked up his scent. It was a unique scent that he had while at work in his work clothes, not good or bad but just unique. Most days I couldn't detect it at all but every once in a while it was there. I just couldn't figure out any way to explain it.

So, if it was his ghost, I guess that explains why I am a ghost. It might be genetic.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

If you don't think I'm a ghost, just ask yourself if you have ever seen me. No, you haven't. Why do you think I never show up a Crispers?

Here's a true story: After my father died, I sometimes would work in a 15' X 15' workshop that we built together. One day while working at the workbench, I picked up his scent. It was a unique scent that he had while at work in his work clothes, not good or bad but just unique. Most days I couldn't detect it at all but every once in a while it was there. I just couldn't figure out any way to explain it.

So, if it was his ghost, I guess that explains why I am a ghost. It might be genetic.

From the book about William James and his search for scientific proof of the afterlife "ghosts" or whatever I recommended entities they researched had a very hard time manipulating objects especially something like a typewriter. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28827.Ghost_Hunters

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by l2ridehd

I have had only one minor experience that could have been a ghost. And yes it was very possible. Growing up we lived in a house that was a former funeral parlor. Everyone in town told us the house had ghosts. Never believed it. One day my mom and I were sitting in the living room reading and the house was dead quiet. We heard footsteps walking across the second floor. Came out of the front bedroom, down a long hall, through parents and then my room and into the attic. Clear as anything it was a person walking. My mom, not believing in ghosts looked at me and said had to be the dog. We went back to reading and then at about the same moment, looked down at the fireplace hearth and there was the dog sound asleep. We both had a sudden chill, but didn't say anything.

Still have my doubts, but have had three people who's word and integrity is beyond question tell me their personal ghost story experience. And one has been repeated by many many others to this day.

There is a place along a highway in NH where one of the three happened. Has to do with the ghost of an old women walking along the road. This happen to my dad when he was 18. So about 1920 or so. Today there is a restaurant right beside the road there. I was in there for breakfast a few years ago and the place was empty. I didn't know the owner at all, but this older guy was behind the counter so I thought I would just check out the story.

I told him "I was driving up the road a few years ago and saw someone walking by the road. As I got near and passed her she disappeared right in front of the car. I jammed on the brakes and went back and looked to see if I hit her or something but no one was there" So I asked if there was ever a report of someone being hit or something right there? He just looked at me and said "so you have seen her to" He told me he has seen her at least 20 times and knows several others who have as well. He went on to describe her exactly as my dad had told me probably 50 years prior.

So I am still not a true believer, but I do believe there is something we can't define out there.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.........( HAMLET )

"THERE ARE MORE THINGS IN HEAVEN AND EARTH, HORATIO,

THAN ARE DREAMT OF IN YOUR PHILOSOPHY......."


　

Hamlet:
Swear by my sword
Never to speak of this that you have heard.

Ghost:
[Beneath] Swear by his sword.

Hamlet:
Well said, old mole, canst work i' th' earth so fast?
A worthy pioner! Once more remove, good friends.

Horatio:
O day and night, but this is wondrous strange!

Hamlet:
And therefore as a stranger give it welcome.

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.