Paranormal: A Personal Account
Paranormal[IT1]
Written by “Budo Master.” All rights reserved.
We hear the word, “paranormal” quite a lot these days. With
all the popular ghost hunting television programs to view on any given channel,
or evening, this term has become a bigger part of our vocabulary. But just how
many are even aware (know) just what the definition to this word is? While most
‘ghost shows,’ don’t seem to delve into the meaning, we need to, or I should
say ‘understand’ what it is that we are truly watching.
While the definition of paranormal can vary, for the
purposes of this piece I’m going to keep the focus on what is most relevant to
the people who watch these various paranormal ghost shows, which I might add,
are growing by leaps and bounds, with even an entire cable channel dedicated to
running these types of shows. In America, I speak of the channel called,
Destination America.
Infamous 'Ghost Image' UK
Infamous 'Ghost Image' UK
But, just what is the ‘definition’ to begin with? Let’s
begin there. Here’s just one definition, among many. Here is one example:
Paranormal events are phenomena described in popular culture, folklore, and other non-scientific bodies of
knowledge, whose existence within these contexts is described to lie beyond
normal experience or scientific
explanation.[1][2][3][4] 1[i]
While the ‘scientific aspect” of the
paranormal can be rather dull, unless you’re into science, most I would imagine
are not, and solely interested from the ‘thrill’ perspective. This is the perspective
I aim to achieve in this post (as I’m not big into science myself). Don’t get
me wrong, science does have its place in most topics, but for our purposes
here, I will refrain from going there.
Though I was very young at the time,
to this day I recall two ‘key’ events that have forever changed my life, and
made the pursuit of learning about the paranormal, something that will be a
life-long endeavor. The first of my two ‘encounters,’ was that of having seen
my first “shadow creature.”
And while you’ll hear the term ‘shadow man’ for the most part, they do appear
as “creatures” as well. I know, I saw one. And I’ll never forget it
My second incident, while being a bit
harder to word, was equally, if not more frightening. This involved my little
sister, who at the time must have been perhaps 2 years of age. I was coming
down the hallway, and happened to see her in her room, sitting on the floor-
with both hand ‘raised’ as though she was about to be ‘picked up.’ I figured my
mother must have been just outside my field of view and approached her room.
That was when to my horror, not only was my mother ‘not there,’ no one ‘visible’
for that matter was either! Of course, I immediately screamed for my mother. I
was only about 6 years old.
And that was only the beginning for
me! Since after having lived in that first haunted house, which (again) was ‘very
active,’ for whatever reason, that set the tone for what has played itself out
within my life, and even to those around me, in some cases. We are all ‘intuitive’
to some extent or another, however in my case, I am what the ‘secular world’
would call a ‘Sensitive,’ meaning I sense and in cases know things (ahead of
time). I can also ‘read people’ very well, which I’ve always said, “it’s a
blessing and a curse,” until you learn to control this aspect of being a Sensitive.
Please don’t misunderstand when I use the term ‘curse,’ as I only use that term
to emphasize the heavy load it can be- at times.
Also, since having move out of that
original haunted house, I have had no fewer than ‘50’ dreams about either being
back in the house, or even moving back into that house! Due to how scary some
of the dreams are even now, that may be why I rarely (if ever) mention those
dreams. Thankfully, I’ve not had one for several years now. But over several
years, it was rather periodic.
So, I think it why it is that I have
had such a keen interest into the field of the paranormal, and this explains
why I’ve been so interested in paranormal television shows, and basically all
things paranormal. Though I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention also the ‘dangers’
of the paranormal. This is one thing I wish television shows would make it
known more frequently than they do, if they even bother to mention it all.
Not all hauntings are ‘friendly,’ such
as Caspar the friendly ghost hauntings! There is also a ‘dark side’ to the
paranormal. That is a side you had best avoid, at all costs because it can
literally ruin your life. I have run across such ‘entities,’ and by that, I
mean ‘spirits’ who have never lived, nor walked the face of this world, at
least in terms of having ever been conceived of as most of us are. These are
creatures who long to ‘inhabit’ a person in their quest to
Ouija boards, though highly
controversial are one of the biggest causes of opening ‘portals’ you’ll wish
you’d never had opened. While Hollywood and others have made some movies using
this motif, far too many also do the opposite, and make it appear as though
there aren’t any possible ‘dangers’ to playing around with these Ouija boards. One
of the best examples of contextualizing this simply, is the analogy of someone
knocking at your front door to your home. You wouldn’t just open the door to ‘anyone,’
right? Yet that is exactly what many are doing whether they’re using a Ouija board,
or various elements to be had in the paranormal field. Always use your head
when attempting to ‘make contact,’ with someone (or something) you may know
little of.
I’ve had many more examples of
paranormal experiences I could have shared here, but that was not the main
purpose of this piece. And while I happen to be currently a Bible college
student, I do not find it a ‘contradiction’ (as many naïve persons would) to be
interested in the paranormal, as Jesus Christ Himself dealt with the issue, as
did His disciples, and various other biblical individuals had supernatural
encounters. It is a part of life, and I would suppose this may lead to the ‘biggest
question’ of them all. Is there ‘life after death?’
[i] A
paranormal phenomenon is different from hypothetical concepts such as dark
matter and dark energy. Unlike paranormal phenomena, these
hypothetical concepts are based on empirical observations
and experimental data gained through the scientific
method.[5][i]
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