The Ghosts We Think We See

Thankyou edman! I just remember all three of us laying in bed one night when we saw him and we were frozen just staring up at this ghost above the bed asking eachother if we see it!

I agree with the article. We ARE likely to see things when we EXPECT them to be there. I think I heard from one of my Introduction to Psychology classes a couple of semesters ago that even perception is influenced by things such as previous experience and motivation. When our heads are filled with thoughts such as "I can't be here, this house is haunted" or "I might see a ghost here, this house is worth five generations of death," then we are likely to catch fleeting glimpses of what we came there to see.

As for saying that there is more to reality than meets the eye, I definitely agree, hands down. But sometimes we also tend to see more than only what is there.

By the way, I am not sure if I got the facts straight. It was the ONE psychology class that I took as part of my curriculum which concentrates more on biology. But more ore less, I think I remember it right. I got a fair grade.

I would love for emetr4 to contact me at nicole8547 at hotmail because the way in which this person views life is exactly how I view life and would love to correspond some more. Excellent explanation and view.
The only true way for any individual person to think that ghosts exist is for that person who is usually a skeptic of logical rational mind, to have the experience of interacting with a ghost, whether seeing it or having the ghost torment them. Then and only then after this skeptic has had all kinds of psychological tests done on them, after the incident, to prove they are sane will they then believe in the possibity that something supernatural must have happened to them. emetr4 send me an email. :)

Do not say science is trying to prove this or whatever, because science is not your enemy here, its the simple fact that humans are trying to explain something, and many believe that there is a religous explanation, and feel as though there beliefs are being threatended

Why does everyone think that Evolutionists say that humans descended from apes. They don't! Evolutionists theorize that humans and "apes" share a common ancestor. Also, nobody has all the answers. The problem with Christianity is that many people can't live without an explanation for everything so they invented God, the ultimate answer. If everyone would just admit that we are here and we don't know how or why we could stop looking for false solutions to problems that are impossible to answer. Peace!

averagejane1, simple, it was the real thing, and you did not experience anything discussed in the article

Sounds logical and probably applies to most of the strange experiences people report regarding ghosts and the paranormal. Other experiences cannot be explained in this fashion but most likely do reflect brain chemistry imbalances. If you have ever dealt with Alzheimers in a family member or a person suffering with split personality, you realize just how bizzare our perceptions of reality can be. On the other hand, when you experience a paranormal event yourself..all the logical arguements fail.

When I was like 5-6 years old, my sisters and I saw the same ghost. How do you explain people seeing the same thing at the same time???

The fact is that this article is true, and i do believe we live in a world of logic, especially now more than ever. however, there is phenomina in this world that cannot currently be explained. More "religous" thinkers seem to attack "science" by pointing out that it cannot answer everything. What they are really arguing against is logic, and the ability to question our world. I don't know if humans can explain ghosts and other things similiar, but if your a more logical person and have had super natural experiences, Then it should be as evident to you as it is to me that there are many "hidden mechanisms and systems" in this world that are otherwise invisable, and I believe the explanation to it is extremely important. the entire history of the human race has unexplained supernatural and mystic ideas spread through it. for those of you who are religous, you should look for the explanation too, because the more we understand, the closer you come to unerstanding this world that we dwell in.

Or, there could be ghosts. I am pretty rational normally, but while working the night shift at an old hotel on two occasions I experienced ghosts or at least spirits of the past. Once, an old style of music was coming from a parlor (it was locked). I went in, figuring the radio was on. The room was ice cold and it went silent as soon as I entered. Wanting to prove to myself it was the radio, I turned it on. It was playing Madonna, not the old music. The other time I watched a large party going on in an old dining room in an attached building. Men in tuxes, women in ball gowns. Of course, it was 2 am and the hotel almost empty. It was some party from decades ago. Happy Halloween.

It would have helped if the journalist put in how many people were polled...7% of how many? 50 people? 1,000,000?

I think this is just people's way of trying to prove that God is non-existant.. HOWEVER, no matter what you believe: evolution, Christianity, ect., all you gotta do is ask this one question every time you say where something came from.. "Cool, so where did that come from?".. I mean, when you talk to an evolutionist, they will tell you we came from apes or whatever.. Ask, "where did apes come from", and you'll get another response, and another response, and so on, and so on.. Eventually, they get stuck.. I really don't know why it's so hard to believe that God created it all.. Just doesn't make sense to me.. So for the people who think that our brains in the reason for "seeing ghosts or spirits", they obviously didn't ask the questions, "where did that come from?" to every possible explanation as to where we all came from..

I think this is just people's way of trying to prove that God is non-existant.. HOWEVER, no matter what you believe: evolution, Christianity, ect., all you gotta do is ask this one question every time you say where something came from.. "Cool, so where did that come from?".. I mean, when you talk to an evolutionist, they will tell you we came from apes or whatever.. Ask, "where did apes come from", and you'll get another response, and another response, and so on, and so on.. Eventually, they get stuck.. I really don't know why it's so hard to believe that God created it all.. Just doesn't make sense to me.. So for the people who think that our brains in the reason for "seeing ghosts or spirits", they obviously didn't ask the questions, "where did that come from?" to every possible explanation as to where we all came from..

oh and one last comment by me science has just as much physical proof as religion does. if you look science is almost compeetly theory. We think up something we test it if its wrong then its not true but if its plausible we escalate it to almost certainly existing. I would like to remind with religon as well just because you feel moved in a certain way does no mean that a religon is true. in alot of cases it means brain washing. what i recomend to both fields is back your crap up with at least one point of evidence! or atleast somethng that can relate the two fields in some comparable manner.

I am a very logical person and I believe in God but I never was taught Bible (I come from the communist country). I believe in God because my mom believed and was able to explain to me to make me believe, too. However, it's only later in life when I went through some experiences that I really opened my mind and accepted the harmony of everything that is happening around us - it is a real material world with mass, energies, wavies, and design. It's all in harmony - I do not see why we scared of things - it's all very scientific to me - body, and soul, and GOD. The GOD is the most scientific of all as this force/spirit knows sciense way above our heads. So when people argue about science vs. God and God vs. Darvin -- it's just amazing to me because God used science to create Darvin and used theory of evolution to develop this world the way it is now. I believe this mind or spirit created this world to "maintain and manage" itself kind of "automatically" - kind of like a programmer does with well running program. That is why, I believe, some good and bad things happen to us based on our actions - we are getting from the world what we put in there. And we brake our legs if we jump from the roof (unless there is a specific plan to save this specific person from this specific jump that will change the future of the humankind, or some other reason). However, I believe that when we pray and ask God - sometimes God answers your prayers as you are asking for an individual attention and help. Otherwise, your life, ups and downs are going on with some help of some general plan of your life, your own and other peoples' deeds and willpower and desires that may change this plan, and sometimes direct help from spirits and God. We live on the 'lit up' planet in the dark space - our world is planned to be beautiful enough to enjoy it and tough enough to go through some experiences and learning in life. So, believing in spirits doesn't make me want to work less in this life (like one person before mentioned) - on the contrary, it helps me to perform better and stay on my own feet well attached to the ground!!!!

This article only pertains to the mental part of many super-natural phenomina. What I mean is that there are some things that our mind fabricates, and other things that really do exist, that we are currently unable to explain, or may never explain. I being more for reason, look for the most plausible explanaton for an unexplainable phenominon. The Truth is though, that u can come to a logical conclusion without real proof just as u can come to a spiritual conclusion relying on faith. There are many things that we have explained and still many more questions being asked or waiting to be asked. Questioning phenomina such as ghosts is still something I believe were not quite ready for.

Oh yea, and the real scientists do not want to become self appointed gods, they usually just want to expand knoweledge. Science And Church ARE fooling and confusing the masses, this is a very decisive point in human history, because more and more people are questioning old beliefs, and wondering if it is really right or not, and many are not sure where to turn, with so many different religions and different ideas everywhere, you cant help but feel sorry for the upcoming man who has thrown his reason for existence into question.

I am a very logical person. I believe in God but I never was taught Bible (I come from the communist country). I believe in God because my mom believed and was able to explain to me to make me believe, too. However, it's only later in life when I went through some experiences that I really opened my mind and accepted the harmony of everything that is happening around us - it is a real material world with mass, energies, and design. It's all in harmony - I do not see why we scared of things - it's all very scientific to me - body, and soul, and GOD. The GOD is the most scientific of all as this force/spirit knows sciense way above our heads. So when people argue about science vs. God and God vs. Darvin -- it's just amazing to me because God used science to create Darvin and used theory of evolution to develop this world the way it is now. I believe this mind or spirit created this world to "maintain and manage" itself kind of "automatically" - kind of like a programmer does with well running program. That is why, I believe, some good and bad things happen to us based on our actions - we are getting from the world what we put in there. And we brake our legs if we jump from the roof (unless there is a specific plan to save this specific person from this specific jump that will change the future of the humankind, or some other reason). However, I believe that when we pray and ask God - sometimes God answers your prayers as you are asking for an individual attention and help. Otherwise, your life, ups and downs are going on with some help of some general plan of your life, your own and other peoples' deeds and willpower and desires that may change this plan, and sometimes direct help from spirits and God. We live on the 'lit up' planet in the dark space - our world is planned to be beautiful enough to enjoy it and tough enough to go through some experiences and learning in life. So, believing in spirits doesn't make me want to work less in this life (like one person before mentioned) - on the contrary, it helps me to perform better and stay on my own feet well attached to the ground!!!!

hi. i feel a bit nervous about putting up my comments on the internet, but here goes as long as i dont need to give my name. i have a question that doesn't really need an answer since i already have the answer - what would you say to people who really and truly are convinced (and i dont mean imagination) that they met and touched a person whom they later found out had died years before the meeting happened. and what would it mean if anything when an actual object was delivered to others whom the spirit (if that is what you could call it) intended - and then just vanish into thin air ( almost exactly like we see it happen in our modern day sci fi movies) - though this happened almost fifty years ago - i can still remember the feeling when i delivered the item and was told of the persons death years before the meeting. can you exlain that please anyone - i know it happened - i am intersted in the various attempts to explain away what really happened as just imagination. by the way, before anyone dtries to exlain it - please remember that you were not there when it happened - i was.

Correction, "Pretty Products".