Occams Razor, on 06 August 2012 - 08:08 AM, said:
Just out of curiosity, what do you think powers this "residue"?
I will try to explain what I mean, I think there are people who have a sense for something like an electromagnetic field type energy which is much like the sense of smell. A thing may not be in the room but an "aura" imprint or smell is left that can be picked up on and depending on the enviroment where its located, it can linger for a long time. I think most "ghosts" are more of a residue than the actual interactive consciousness part of their soul. It is just a part of them, somewhat like a body odor, it is not them as an actual entity.
The power to which you refer is part of the enviroment as well as the connection to the living person who also creates an active field that can magnify this residue and create different effects or reactions to it. It;s more than the sense of smell because this energy at times can bring physical manifestations. This other sense comes to you from a subconscious level and its effects are somewhat like a hormone produced by fear, so its hard to control the reactions in yourself or the enviroment. I theorize that some occultists even try to tap this energy and control it.
Unlike TheMacGuffin I am a mystically inclined person and believe in the different levels of the soul consciousness of being, so I do believe there are also real interactive ghosts and "energy beings " who might never have been embodied. I do not expect anyone to believe this if they haven't experienced it on a personal level and sorted the truth from the myths that develope in their own mind from strange experiences they may have had. However, I really liked his perception of residue "evil", since I think the most common perceptions of ghosts are like a residue being perceived more then an active consciousness interaction with the dead.
Actually, my search for explanations of certain aspects of different levels of consciousness has lead me back to the "physical aliens" that were perceived as angels or messengers in ancient texts. I try to translate from the original languages in order to get a better grip on what the original author was meaning without the belief in a religion or an alteration of translation. I was amazed at some of the astronomy and science contained in some ancient writings behind myths and mystical views.
Like TheMacGuffin, I know different intelligent species were and still are interacting with us both on a physical and even a mental level. I want to discover more of the reasons behind this phenomena. I wish that more was declassified so everyone could brainstorm freely and find the real answers faster without misinformation, but that's the way it is.