Ghost Research 101

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"Could Einstein's law of energy conservation help to offer evidence for the existence of ghosts ?

Paranormal investigators often cite Einstein in discussing how our spirit may persist after death. The law of energy conservation dictates that energy cannot be created or destroyed, thus bringing up the question of what happens to the energy of a human being after death - where does it go ? Could it leave our bodies and become what some believe to be a 'ghost' of that person ?

Every night, amateur ghost-hunting groups across the country head out into abandoned warehouses, old buildings and cemeteries to look for ghosts. They often bring along electronic equipment that they believe helps them locate ghostly energy.

Despite years of efforts by ghost hunters on TV and in real life, we still do not have good proof that ghosts are real. Many ghost hunters believe that strong support for the existence of ghosts can be found in modern physics. Specifically, that Albert Einstein, one of the greatest scientific minds of all time, offered a scientific basis for the reality of ghosts.

A recent Google search turned up nearly 8 million results suggesting a link between ghosts and Einstein's work covering the conservation of energy. This assertion is repeated by many top experts in the field. For example, ghost researcher John Kachuba, in his book "Ghosthunters" (2007, New Page Books), writes, "Einstein proved that all the energy of the universe is constant and that it can neither be created nor destroyed. ...

So what happens to that energy when we die? If it cannot be destroyed, it must then, according to Dr. Einstein, be transformed into another form of energy. What is that new energy? ... Could we call that new creation a ghost?"

Do You Believe in Ghosts? How Many People Believe in Ghosts?

It's interesting that at least one third of the population of the United States believe in ghosts.
And almost one quarter of Americans believe they have had some sort of an encounter with
ghosts. After 1013 participants were questioned about what they believe by telephone, a
2007 AP-Ipsos poll found that approximately 34% of Americans believe in ghosts, with about
23% claiming they have either been in the presence of a spirit or actually seen one.

For comparison, the Baylor Religion Survey released in 2006 used telephone and mail,
finding that 37 percent of people surveyed from around the country believed that places can
be haunted, with nearly 20 percent believing we can have communication with disembodied
human spirits - ghosts.

What's interesting is how the percentages of people who believe in ghosts changed when the
method of polling was different. For example, a 2003 Harris Poll found through surveying
2,201 adults on-line that 51% of people believe in ghosts. In their survey, 58% of women
believed in ghosts along with a whopping 65% of younger adults aged 25-29. Shockingly, only
27% of the people polled over age 65 believe in ghosts.

Help with Haunting: Helping Ghosts! More People Believe in Ghosts Than We May Know

Two factors could effect the percentages of those surveyed who do not believe in ghosts. The first would be a person's religious affiliation. Some religions teach that ghosts are impossible to exist because people are in another place - either in a blissful heaven or a torturous hell. The second factor would be anonymity. Many who have memories of ghost encounters sometimes bury them
only later to forget or discount the experience.

Why do some choose not to tell of their possible paranormal encounter? To believe in ghosts might require embracing the risk of ridicule by others who have not yet had their own encounter with the paranormal, especially if those beliefs are openly shared. Some people who have seen spirits question their own sanity regarding what they encountered. It is altogether quite possible that some people secretly withhold sharing their beliefs about ghosts and haunting.

For those who have come to terms with a haunting or ghost encounter, their mind is made up.
They believe in ghosts. Staunch skeptics will have a difficult time refuting people who openly
believe in ghosts because of the power of the believer's personal experiences. This is
especially true if experiences with ghosts and spirits occur after the death of a loved one.

Believe in Ghosts: Skeptics vs Cynics

Some scientists and cynics will often attempt to disprove the existence of ghosts by
attributing such ghostly experiences to either environmental factors or illusions produced by
the human brain. In some cases, this is indeed true; but these explanations fall short of
disproving sightings of ghosts that have been witnessed by multiple people.

To be open-minded and not sure is a good thing; it just means the person has not had enough of a
ghostly encounter to move beyond skepticism. Yet, they remain open to the possibility. To the
cynic, however, their mind is made up and closed. They will not believe in ghosts even if they

What are Ghosts?

Fundamental, traditional Christianity does not allow at all for the existence of ghosts, because
of fear-based doctrines, which sadly divide mankind - one from another. Teaching both a place of the eternally damned called, "Hell," and a place of eternal bliss for the good called, "Heaven," the Christianity attempts to place all earthly departed souls in one of these two after-life worlds. Unfortunately, much of society has been influenced by this idea, simply because they were taught it is true. It is important to understand why we believe certain things, and in this case why society in general has such a misunderstanding concerning ghosts and spirits. So seemingly, Christianity & ghosts do not mix.

Yet, Jesus' message was very different than what is being taught today as truth; religion today has messed up our understanding of the spirit realm. This has created much mis-information of ghosts and how they can exist, in light of what many have been taught as impossible. Many ask, "What are ghosts?"

If we consider the message of Jesus contained in the manuscripts, rather than religious ideas created after him, we should see he taught the realm of spirit (or spiritual world) to co-exist with this physical world. All of us exist in the realm of spirit and that realm is the life-giving force of all - in all, and through all that is...and is everywhere. "We live, move and have our being in Him (Spirit)." Call that spirit God, if you like...the Divine energy: the sum of all the parts, perhaps? In that context, your soul, and for that matter all souls, would be participating in the unseen realm of the spirit (a different plane of existence) and the physical world we know, at the same time; while we seem to only be able to identify with this physical realm.

It is like being in a room with a two-way mirror. We think only those in the same room with us can see our actions, but are not aware of the audience we may have on the other side of the mirror. Hence, I am participating in both worlds, but only aware of the one in which I am able to see. In Hebrews it states, "We are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses." This perhaps would explain how others on the other side would be able to see us and speak to us; yet we may not be aware of their presence, yet they are with us just the same, interacting with this realm at times. Maybe, they feed us some of the thoughts we think, and we think those same thoughts and call them our own. Therefore, from the Christian perspective, the existence of ghosts and the paranormal manifesting within this earthly realm should be quite possible.

When we "cross over" to the other side at what we call "death," we leave our attachment from this physical realm by leaving the vehicle (the body with the sensories) that keeps us in the physical world. My theory for the existence of this physical world, is that it is used to individualize each person from the whole (spirit, or God). Think of, how a baby after birth, begins to notice itself and stares for long periods at its hands and fingers. Then the baby grows, and the mind and emotions mature, as well. Then perhaps the detachment from this physical world is necessary, as the purpose for it has been completed. The soul - spirit body separates from the physical body by the "silver cord being cut." The silver cord is thought to be the connection between The Spirit, our individual spirit, and the physical body which it keeps animated - for the spirit gives it life.

The next step is being freed from mis-thinking created here on Earth (guilt, fear, condemnation) and the knowing of truth ("The truth shall set you free.") - learning who we are and the power we have been given to create and overcome (but do not yet fully understand...Jesus demonstrated this power for us, in the physical realm).

We will examine different passages of the Bible to demonstrate that ghosts or "spirits" are both
contained in the New and Old Testaments. I will also give some speculation as to how different paranormal phenomena possibly line up perfectly with different biblical terms and events. Why do I mention such religious things? I do so to help others overcome the fears that were placed within them by religion itself. What better way to remove it than to use the same information in a good way.

As for me, my interest in ghosts and Halloween started when I was a kid. I guess what fascinated me with the supernatural was I wanted to believe that more existed than what I could see with my eyes. Later on as I became an adult, I no longer was allowed to have an interest in ghosts and the paranormal because I had become religious.

Religious fear kept me from exploring these ideas I now have, because they are not within fundamental Christianity's core tenets which I shall label as "safe zones." The condemnation sent forth from fundamental Christians on one who explores an area spiritually that may be different from their beliefs, will usually produce a warning such as, "You better stay clear of that thinking, because that could be of the devil." And hence, the seed of fear has been planted once again into a free mind. I no longer fear exploring the paranormal because I now know that fear is man-made, not god-sent. God is Spirit; why not explore Spirit?

I find it worth mentioning that I had an out-of-body experience a decade ago that proved to me that we are both a physical body and a spiritual body. As I hovered above my seemingly, lifeless body, it became apparent quite quickly that the spirit and physical realms co-exist.

What are ghosts? Ghosts are people in spirit, no longer having bodies. They have remained earthbound for various reasons which can always be summed up as being fear. Ghosts are people who need freed to move on in their life-journey. Enjoy the ghost information, and hopefully come to an understanding regarding ghosts, spirits and the realm of spirit."

Note: This is very insightful info and is very valuable to ghost and paranormal
researchers in general. Thanks goes again to Kimberley Ghosthunters and
Jaco Pieterse for posting this very valuable info.