Many people believe in ghosts but what they actually believe ghosts are differs from person to person.
There are many ‘Ghost Busting’ or ‘Haunting Nights’ being held across the country at ancient sites and old properties. There are also popular TV programmes which delve into the ‘unknown’! Ask any potential ghost buster just what he or she expects to see at the events and it differs greatly.
Some say that they fully expect to see a ghost, as that is what they believe the event is for. Others think that they will see things moving of their own accord, such as tables raising up and smaller items floating in mid air.
Ask what they think ghosts are, and this varies too. Lots of these seekers seem to believe that every spirit who has left their material body, is able to haunt places and appear at will. Others think it is only the ‘troubled’ souls who stay around to haunt and scare people. Some kind of vengeance perhaps!
The simplest explanation to me is that a ghost is an image trapped in time. When people say they have seen the ‘white lady’ or the ‘small child crying’, the event is usually relayed in exactly the same way, with the same descriptions, by all those who say they witnessed it, every time. There is usually no variation in the event.
It came through the wall and floated over to the other wall before disappearing into it….
The room went cold and there was a bad feeling or bad smell in the air when the ghost appeared and did her usual thing, whilst carrying an object….
It appears at the side of the road sometimes at 2am and floats across as though the road was not there, doing the same thing each time….
My belief is that the reason the image is trapped in time, is because of a violent and unexpected passing, the shock of which somehow causes the effect to make an imprint upon this earthly plane. Spirits who pass over to the Spirit World in the usual manner do not seem to go in for haunting.
My experiences are usually of the spirits of loved ones, who are wanting to let us know they are watching over us, and to give us reassurance at difficult times in our lives. They can communicate to us via a medium and bring messages of love, not scaring us or haunting our homes as this would achieve little.
Poltergeists are different altogether and I will discuss this subject in another post.