Do you hear unexplained noises? Whether subtle or loud enough to wake the dead, if you hear the sound of footsteps, knocking, banging, rapping, scratching at the walls or floors, or the sound of some invisible something being dropped, you may be a ghost-host.

Do your doors, cabinets and cupboards seem to have a mind of their own? If you walk back into a room to find the door open when you know darn well that you closed it, or vice versa, you may be a ghost-host.

Does your furniture hop, skip and jump when you\'re gone? If your chairs, tables and lamps are in a different position when you come back into a room than they were when you went out of it, you may be a ghost-host.

Are you in and out of the light? If your electric lights are on when you know you switched them off, or are off when you know you left the light on, you may be a ghost-host.

Is your electronic equipment self-willed? If your television sets, radios, and computers go off and on, if the volume goes up and down, or if the channel changes with no help from you, you may be a ghost-host.

Do household items disappear, and reappear in the exact place you thought you\'d left them in the first place? If something that you always keep in the same spot isn\'t there, and you search high and low and can\'t find it, and sometime later it shows up exactly where you thought you\'d put it in the first place, you may be a ghost-host.

Are you living in the shadows? If you see unexplained fleeting shapes and shadows out of the corner of your eye (whether the shadows have vaguely human forms or not) you may be a ghost-host.

Do your animals sense something that you can\'t see? If your dog or cat behaves strangely (dogs barking at something that you can\'t see, cowering for no apparent reason, refusing to enter a room they\'re usually comfortable in, or cats appearing to be watching something across the room that you can\'t see) you may be a ghost-host.

Do you feel like someone is watching you? If you sense someone watching you when you\'re in a room alone, especially when you\'re in specific rooms at specific times, you may be a ghost-host.

All of these occurrences are fairly common, and happen all the time to ghost-hosts. Most people just learn to live with it. Sometimes, though, even stranger things can happen, things that made it even more probable that you\'re a ghost-host.

Do you see it with your own eyes? Finding a door open is one thing; actually seeing it open for no apparent reason is quite another. If you\'ve witnessed the lights going on and off by themselves, the television and radio changing channels without benefit of the remote control, or watched window and door locks change position with no help from you, you can almost bet you\'re a ghost-host.

Have you experienced the touch? It\'s one thing to feel as though someone is watching you, but something else altogether when you feel like you\'re being touched and there\'s no one in the room but you. If you feel something brushing past you, something touching your hair or feel an invisible hand your shoulder, you can almost bet you\'re a ghost-host.

Are you hearing things? If you\'ve listened to cries and whispers from unknown sources, muffled voices, your name being said, or music from some unknown source, you can almost bet you\'re a ghost-host.

Is the heat on? If you experience cold or hot spots in your house for no obvious reason, or the temperature changes with no apparent cause, you can almost bet you\'re a ghost-host.

Does the nose know? If unexplained smells (especially the distinct fragrance of a perfume you\'ve never used or a foul odor with no discernable source) come and go without any apparent cause, you can almost bet you\'re a ghost-host.

All of these symptoms of ghost-hosting can be disconcerting, to say the least, but don\'t really put anyone in danger. Some hauntings, however, are much more serious in nature, and require the help of trained professionals to remove the offending ghost from the premises.

Do objects in your home move or levitate? If you\'ve experienced dinner planes sliding across the table, or pictures flying off the walls, doors slamming shut with great force, or furniture sliding across the floor, you might want to call the ghost-busters.

Have you been physically assaulted? If you\'ve experienced scratches, slaps and hard shoves from an invisible force (it\'s rare, but it happens!) you might want to call the ghost-busters.

Have you been given a message? If you\'ve experienced unexplained writing on papers or on the walls, or see handprints and/or footprints that don\'t belong to anyone in the house, you might want to call the ghost-busters.

Are you seeing things? If you\'ve seen an apparition (the physical manifestation of a spirit or entity), be it a human-shaped mist or transparent human forms that disappear quickly, or human forms that look as real and solid as any living person you\'ve ever met but disappear before your very eyes), you might want to call the ghost-busters.

There are logical explanations for a lot that happens in our lives; don\'t jump to the conclusion that you\'re a ghost-host without checking out all of the \'rational\' reasons things are happening the way they\'re happening. Make every possible effort to prove to yourself that your house is not haunted before you come to the conclusion that it is. And remember - the vast majority of houses are NOT haunted.

If you\'ve ruled out any rational explanation for the phenomena you\'ve experienced, and are absolutely convinced that your house is truly haunted, ask for help. There are hundreds of paranormal investigation organizations across the country; contact one in your area to help you discover what kind of ghost you\'ve been hosting.

Lois Grant-Holland is a Life Path Focus Counselor offering Life Path Focus Sessions, Karmic Astrology Charts, Channeled Guidance, Intuitive Readings and Classes and Workshops to spiritual seekers on all positive paths, and is the site facilitator at The A.N.S.W.E.R. - (The Seeker\'s Resource Guide to Alternative, New Thought, Spiritual Growth, Wellness and Enlightenment Resources.) You can visit her website at http://www.loisgrantholland.com

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Hello and welcome to ParanormalSeek! My name is Rhonda and I\'m thrilled to be the webmaster of this exciting new site!

Everyone is encouraged to share their stories and pics on this site. It\'s as simple as clicking Submit Article under the Articles link!

If you ever need assistance, I will be more than happy to help you get your stories and pics published on this site. Please feel free to contact me at webmaster@paranormalseek.com

Without further ado, I\'ll get the ball rolling with a couple pic of my own. I visited the Fourth Ward School in Virginia City, Nevada in July 2005. I heard that various orb photos were taken at the second floor stairway, so I decided to give it a try myself. When I got home I unloaded the camera and sure enough! Here\'s the pic (it\'s a circle just to the right of the gentleman\'s head):



Wanting to to absolutely certain that it wasn\'t just a spot on the wall or something, I went to the Fourth Ward School again 2 weeks later (I live nearby). I thoroughly examined the wall and there was no such spot like it anywhere. For the heck of it, I took another pic at that time and was delighted to find yet another orb photo when I got home! This time it\'s a little higher and in a slightly different place:



Anyways, that\'s my exciting recent story. I look forward to hearing from all of you and thank you for visiting my new site :)

It is an unfortunate reality that society has inadvertently categorized the natural abilities associated with bio-etheric energy as a form of entertainment.

Classifying skills such as precognitive event recognition alongside amusement attractions such as stage illusion have undermined the acknowledgement of etheric energy itself, impeding the acceptance of a wide spectrum of very natural, very real capabilities.

Why, then, are etheric-related abilities seemingly so rare? The answer is multidimensional.

Identifying Your Etheric Energy

All human beings have the ability to recognize, embrace, and utilize their bio-etheric energy, or the energy produced and emitted by all living organisms. Once harnessed, bio-etheric energy can allow a being to:

* Gain a broader, deeper perception of physical and/or emotional surroundings

* Achieve greater use of the brain’s traditional and extra-sensory functions

* Increase knowledge absorption by participating in conscious bio-etheric energy exchange

* Attain a working knowledge of etheric-related capabilities such as precognitive event recognition

The easiest analogy to recognizing etheric energy is that of electricity. Had mankind never harnessed the natural phenomena of electrical current, entire civilizations would have evolved in the absence of telephones, computers, televisions, and an array of other technologies that now seem second nature in our daily lives.

Though a closely integrated element of both individual and collective existence, bio-etheric energy and its uses have only begun to be identified and embraced by society. As we seek to become fully acquainted with this energy type, a new, yet common understanding of etheric energy and its properties has presented itself: the energy exists, and the ultimate question is how to make complete use of it.

Harnessing the Intangible

In seeking to gain a working comprehension of bio-etheric energy, one must be willing to adapt a new dimension of faith, both in self and in the Universe. Faith is a plain transition between the physical, and the etheric; the tangible, and intangible. In bridging the gap between science and the unexplained, faith allows for confident progression into new endeavors to gain additional understanding of the mind and body.

Because mastering the properties of bio-etheric energy includes the development of abilities or metaphysical advantages often regarded by society as paranormal, spontaneous occurrences of precognitive event recognition, remote viewing, telepathy, or other etheric-related abilities are commonly dismissed as subconscious “noise.” This misnomer can be attributed to the school of psychology, whereas the science of bio-etheric energy and its related properties are based in the field of physics.

From a physics perspective, bio-etheric energy can participate in the transfer or exchange of particle energy with other bio-etheric bearing life forms through an exchange of nanophotons, or energy particles smaller than that of ordinary photons.

In theory, nanophotons have the capacity to pass through solid matter and travel at speeds significantly greater than the speed of light, and are capable of transportation between predefined destinations through the fabric of space-time. The smallest building blocks of existence, nanophotons allow for the exchange of “information” between beings capable of utilizing the neural receptors responsible for decoding bio-etheric energy.

Brain Training

Harnessing bio-etheric energy and related abilities requires a focused effort to flex and exercise the frontal lobes, or the region of the brain associated with bio-etheric activity and interpretation. This “training” is similar to the efforts necessary to acquire control over equilibrium and motor functions when learning to walk. Later in life, frontal lobe development is analogous to learning to write with the opposite hand. Although a challenging task requiring determined effort, exercising the frontal lobes is necessary to stimulate the neural receptors responsible for interpreting bio-etheric energy.

There are a number of exercises designed for frontal lobe development, both basic and advanced, many of which are available on the Internet or in related texts. While most of these activities can be performed anywhere with little preparation, a quiet, comfortable atmosphere will provide the maximum result from each training session.

Frontal lobe exercises, such as meditation and memory retention activities, and even simplistic biochemical enhancements such as brainwave stimulators or incense will effectively stimulate the synaptic pathways and neural regions associated with etheric energy interpretation.

What to Expect

Increased stimulation of the frontal lobes will promote spontaneous etheric response. Contrary to preconceived opinion held by some individuals who have yet to achieve a strong working knowledge of the energy, increased etheric control will compliment, rather than complicate, traditional thought processes and mental activities, both voluntarily and involuntarily.

A few results of increased etheric control include:

* Knowledge is retrieved with greater accuracy and speed, with less effort

* Increased empathic ability, allowing for more precise interpretation of others’ emotions, intentions and honesty

* Advanced sense of self (right and wrong, patience, will power)

* Expanded problem-solving abilities, creativity, and cognitive comprehension skills

Recognizing the emotional and physical responses associated with controlled etheric activity will allow for increased control of bio-etheric abilities, long-term. Interpretation of etheric information has a distinct, unique flavor as compared to internal dialogue or imagination. Differentiation between these independent streams of neurological feedback will improve as focus on etheric activity improves.

It is important to note that abilities and skills associated of increased etheric control are not limited to more commonly discussed processes such as precognitive event recognition, remote viewing, or even telepathy. Just as advances in modern technology resulted from an increased understanding of the application of electricity, advanced etheric control will present new applications of the control to existing functions.

As you begin a program for increasing bio-etheric control, write down your etheric-related experiences as they become evident to you. Your abilities and their accuracy will notably increase over time. Recording your progress will provide tangible benchmarks for charting progressive development.

Advanced Techniques

Those with an existing or advanced comprehension of etheric energy will benefit most from direct employment of related abilities to maximize and increase identified potential. Recommended exercises for individuals with developed or expanded bio-etheric control include:

* Target- or beacon-based Controlled Remote Viewing (CRV) sessions

* Precognitive forecasting activities, such as previewing playing card colors, suits, and numbers

* Precognitive event recognition

* Telepathy between parties with equal or greater skill

Both independently and as a collective, as we begin to explore and cultivate a complete understanding of bio-etheric energy, the potential for application of this energy to civilization is virtually limitless. Like any skill, development of etheric energy control requires a disciplined, focused effort to achieve notable results. Accomplishment of a thorough familiarity with bio-etheric energy and its purposes may enrich mankind in ways yet to be considered.

Jim D. Ray is a parapsychologist with a diverse background in multiple subject concentrations, including business, psychology and parapsychology, physics, criminal justice, philosophy, education, internet technology, and vocal performance arts.

Jim can be reached by e-mail at: jray@web-presence.net

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How Psychic Are You?
By Samantha Stevens

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To find out how psychic you are, try answering the following questions.

• Have you been attracted to the occult ever since you were a child?

• Do you often complete other people's sentences for them?

• Do you always buy the perfect birthday gift or Christmas present even though they haven't told you what they wanted?

• Have you ever thought about something that you wanted and then miraculously had it pop into your life the next day? This could be something very simple such as the desire for a certain kind of Chinese food or a pair of shoes.

• When you think about people do you shortly receive a phone call from them afterwards?

• Do you "talk" inside your head to a deceased relative, such an aunt or grandfather who you feel is like a guardian angel watching over you.

• Do you feel nausea and other symptoms of physical distress when you are near a cemetery or other places where people are deceased?

• Have you ever had a dream and had it come true?

• Have you ever sensed when someone has died?

• Can you tell the history of an object just by picking up?

• Do you cry a lot at a sad movie?

• Do you seem to attract the walking wounded (troubled people such as alcoholics or addicts), more so than most people in life?

• Have you ever won the lottery by guessing a couple of numbers dead on?

• Have you ever been in bed and felt as if your soul was leaving your body and that you were looking down at yourself from the ceiling?

• Have you ever had epilepsy, brain damage or manic depression?

• Were any of your ancestors psychics?

Assign yourself 1 point for each question to which you replied yes.

If your score is seven points or less than you are not unusually psychic. You were born with the natural radar possessed by most humans.

If your score is between eight and twelve points than you are definitely an intuitive and have an ability that can be cultivated into something more. Others are probably drawn to you because of your empathy.

If you scored between thirteen and sixteen points then you are unusually talented and should explore a career as a professional healer, medium or a psychic.

An explanation of the results:

• Most psychics develop an interest in the occult very early in life, often even before the age of twelve.

• Completing other people's sentences for them is a form of highly tuned intuition. Couples do this because they are very connected to each other.

• Being dead on by giving someone exactly what they want for Christmas is another example of intuition or you "tuning" into another person's thoughts.

• Having your little wishes come true at just the mere thought of them is a rudimentary form of manifestation. An ability to manifest dreams into matter or manifest coincidences is a sign that you are not only in tune with your psychic abilities but also with your higher self.

• If you think about someone and they call, that is a form of telepathy (sending a message from mind to mind) at work.

• Psychics are thought to be hosts for ancestral spirits. If you find yourself frequently talking to a deceased relative in your head it is possible that you are a medium - a person that can channel the spirits of the dead.

• They don't call it a "gut feeling" for nothing. People who are psychic often feel nauseous or a pain in the center of the forehead or at the top of the head if they are near a place where spirits hang out. Many psychics will also feel this if they are around toxic or negative people.

• If you have dreams that come true, then it can be said that you are blessed with the gift of prophecy.

• Psychics, mediums and other intuitive type often know inside when someone else has died. This is because they either feel the connection from that person intensify dramatically for a few hours or days, or they may even just feel a sense of loss or disconnection.

• The ability to tell the history of an object or sense who owned it is called clairsentience. This means you are able to pick up messages through your flesh. Many say they feel a buzz or itchy feeling in their palm when this is happening to them.

• If you cry a lot at a sad movie, or even just any sad story, this means that you have a wonderful ability to be empathetic with others. The danger of being able "to put yourself in someone else's place" and understand them, however, can be dangerous as often the feeling often feels like love. Women who find themselves in bad relationships often mistake their feelings of empathy for feelings of soul love.

• Psychic individuals tend to attract troubled individuals for a couple of reasons. One of them is that the people who are troubled intuitively are drawn to others with healing or empathic abilities. Very often the person that comes to you feeling this will say something like "You are the only person who understands me." Also there is a principle that light attracts dark. The shinier and more enlightened you are as a person, the more you tend to draw negative events that challenge your progress on your soul path.

• If you have won the lottery, you are either very lucky, or very psychic!

• Out of body experiences and nightmares where you are being lifted out of your body are very common amongst psychics. It indicates ability to astral travel and talk to other spirits.

• It's sad but true, but many psychics are people who have hit some kind of rock bottom with their emotions or nervous system. The sixth sense is often borne out of a necessity when the person lacks common sense or even the usual five senses due to an illness.

• If you come from a long line of diviners, readers or prophetic people than chances are that you are capable of developing the same abilities.

This marks the final issue of New Age Notebook from Samantha Stevens. Please check out the Discussion Board Area off the main member page of Psychic Realm for discussions on related topics and articles of interest shared by both Psychics and Psychic Realm members.

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Samantha Steven's articles have been published in many high-standing newspapers and she has published several books. If you wish to buy Samantha's books about metaphysics click here http://www.insomniacpress.com/author.php?id=110 You can meet Samantha Stevens at http://www.psychicrealm.com where she works as a professional psychic. You can also read more of her articles at http://www.newagenotebook.com

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