how many people believe that when a loved one dies thier spirit stays with you always???

Question

does anyone believe that when a loved one dies their spirit or ghost is still with you??? my mother died three weeks ago but i still feel like she's still with me does anyone else feel that way???explain why...

Answer 1

I believe that they can come and go to be with us when they desire.

Answer 2

My mother died in 2003 of lung cancer.

You're going to feel that way for a long while yet. After my mom died, I had the strangest urge to go to her place to ask her about it. Like I could just go there and we could chat about it like we did about everything else.

My mom was so important to me. She was my best friend and usually we spent at least one day a week together. I still miss her terribly.

But that does go away eventually. You'll never stop missing her but that feeling... that feeling that says "shes right there next to me" will slowly fade away.

You're just so used to her being there. She's a part of you and always will be in your memories... in your genes. She has made you who you are and she's probably the single most important person in your life and always will be.

It WILL get better. Eventually you'll move on. Sometimes, totally out of the blue, you'll start to cry for missing her. But even that becomes less eventually.

I've seen enough ghosts to know they sometimes stay around for a while after death. My cousins did. And I knew when they were finally gone because I actually got to say goodbye, give them a hug, and tell them I love them.

But it doesn't happen very often. Most people were loved so well, and most people were able to say goodbye, that they don't stay.

If you really believe that your mother is still there... try this....

Leave your computer on, open up a wordpad, then announce to the house that you're going to leave the computer on overnight so that if she wants to talk to you, she can say whatever she needs to there. She either will or she won't. Regardless, it will hopefully help you find some personal peace.

Answer 3

Dear friend;


I appologize for the loss of your mother. It can be very difficult to lose a loved one; we all go through the same process of grief--no matter what knowledge we hold about spirit and soul survival.
I am thankful God is giving you the strength and wisdom to cope with this situation. Three weeks is not a long time and everything is still fresh. However, I hope I can do an adaquate job shedding light on your question and I assure you the feeling you have, of your mother's spirit still being around, is quite accurate. I remember when my grandma passed, I had the same feeling. When she passed, I was very much into studying and reading about near death experiences and different metaphysical subjects. Even when I walked into the room, where her body laid, I had this overwhelming sense that "she" was still there watching us. Even a while after, when I went to work, I still felt her presense around me. So I think you are not alone in your experience. And maybe a month or so, she visited me in a dream. She said she was ok. Maybe you have been visited also, through your own dreams.
Recently I took a job as a receptionist, at a retirement home near me. I work the overnight shift, mainly looking after thing. I spent most of my time watching movies and writing. During my shift, though, a resident in the healthcare side passed away. So again I had this overwhelming feeling she was still around... leaving the body is very disorienting, but she was around... there when her son came. And I think his stress level and grief level was too much for him to really feel her. It becomes awkward because I do hold the belief that death doesn't exist. And this is a belief which the majority do not share. Death and religion are two of the subjects the majority of people have a hang up with. You can explore science, math, or any other area of life but death and religious beliefs there will be a lot of people who are closed minded and really hold primative beliefs--much like those who once believed that the world was flat. We do tend to believe only what we can know from our five physical senses.
I do believe you mother is still alive, be it not in the body, but her consciousness is still around and very much part of your own and you can and do have direct communion with her; this is because Who We Really Are, is eternal and without limit. We are NOT our bodies and we cannot die. And if we really look at the core of religious and spiritual teachings, we find this is supported by the many mystics and sages of our world. They have all said two things: (1) You are not your body. Who you are is limitless and without end. (2) You cannot die, and you will never be condemned to eternal damnation.
To explain this: The true essense of who you are, who everyone and everything is, is Energy. Living, Conscious Energy. We can call this what we want--Spirit, God, Life, Love (there are many more names, infinite), and we are finding out through advancing science that energy cannot be destroyed, nor is it created, it simply changes form. This is also reflected in our most sacred spiritual traditions: Life is Eternal.
So next time you feel you mom's presense, just say Hi and know she's ok and doing well, better than she ever was. Her lungs are all better now, she can breathe. And she knows you did the best you could, considering the circumstances. And while you can look forward to being with her when you yourself do that thing we call, die, you don't have to die to experience her Consciousness, her Soul. You can do it any time by going within and trusting your feeling. I hope this helps, thanks--Rev. George. If you have any more questions, feel free to drop me an e-mail.

Answer 4

I am sorry to hear that your Mother died. And, to the extent that you are a product of her upbringing and your interaction with her made you at least partially what you are, she will always remain with you. However, the Bible is very clear in saying that there is no conciousness after death so she would not even have thoughts during this time. The spirit in a person belongs to God and returns to God at death but no part of the person (their thoughts or feelings) is in the spirit. The soul is the person or the life they had, so it also ceases to exist. The best part is that God promises a resurrection of the righteous and the unrighteous and your mother will most likely live again after Armegeddon. The big question here is, will you be there to greet her and spend time with her??? The choice is yours while you are alive.

Answer 5

I am sure you really miss her. Spirits do not linger here on earth indefinitely. They generally go to the spirit world and usually cannot interact with those here except in the more sacred places on earth and under divine authority. They also may visit when they have work to do for the salvation of others, like family. Maybe.. she is with you and is trying to tell you something very important. She will not appear to you, but pay attention to when you have those feelings and that may give you some clue what she is trying to tell you. Either way you will get the gist of the message she is sending you. Email me for source.

Answer 6

I'm sorry for your loss. It's not her spirit that is still with you. It's her loving memory that lives on inside your mind and heart. Her spirit left her body after her last breath. Her physical body stays in the grave for now. Enjoy the memories! Both my parents have passed away, but the memories never die. It was tough at first, because I wanted them here with me still, but I realized that is selfish of me because they as christians are in Heaven with The Lord with pure joy and perfection. I just smile any time I think of them and the knowing that we will be united in Heaven brings me joy!

Answer 7

Sorry for your loss.

My mom died in 2003. The bible is clear that after a person dies their soul goes to Heaven, and I believe this to be true.

However, it does not mean that you mom is not watching over you. That is what I think my mom is doing for me. My mom was a huge part of my life, it's hard to accept she is not here with me and my family. But I know she is with Jesus, she believed in Jesus with all her heart.

God Bless.

Answer 8

I believe they do but I would have to say I do not know how long.My mother in law passed away first. A couple days later while sitting on her couch I was having a whiskey drink and she definitely let me know she was there. When her body was alived she did not allow drinking in her house. She stopped her action when I acknowledge it was her.Two years later my Father in law passed away. My granddaughter was 4 years old at the time. Without being asked she told us she saw him outside in the daylight hours more than once.

Answer 9

It definitely feels that way. I don't know why. I'm not sure if it's something we do to console ourselves, or if some souls are lucky enough to hang around to console loved ones for a time. There was a study (I'm sure it would not qualify as "scientific method") with a hypnotist who helped people with past life regressions. He noticed that people had memories from between lives that were all frighteningly similar and sounded very familiar to me, spookily. Very interesting reading, even if its hogwash. It may be. I do not know.

Answer 10

I am so sorry about your mom. It's tough when a loved one dies. I am sure that she comes around you alot to give you comfort and to let you know that she loves you. I believe that we all have to move on through our path after death. So I would like my loved ones to move on and go where they need to after they have gone to the other side. I want them to do what they need to to progress to the next level on thier spiritual journey. I will join them someday. You will see your mother again when it is your time just as I will see my loved ones when it is my time. To me that is a beautiful thing. Good Luck and take care.

Answer 11

i do believe that. my husband of five years past away in October '06 and every time he comes to mind out of the blue, i feel that is his way of letting me know he's with me. and i still smell his cologne in the air once in a while. People say that if you smell roses( and there are no roses around) that is a sign of a spirit passing by. and i get comfort in thinking that i can still talk to my husband through prayer.