Has anyone ever had a spirit talk to them?

Question

I was sleeping one night, and woke from a dream I was having about my grandfather that died 3 months ago. I was awake, looking around the room. All of the sudden, he was talking in my ear. He told me he was fine, that he was with his mom and dad, and to stop worrying about him. I was not dreaming! I felt warm breath on my ear, and it was his voice. Has this ever happened to anyone? Am I crazy?

Answer 1

Yes
Everyone in my neighborhood said that an abandoned house down the street was supposed to be haunted.
I thought I'd go inside the house at night, take a camera, get a picture of the ghost, and take the picture to the newspaper to prove the house was haunted
I went to the house that night and the ghost appeared and spoke to me
I asked the ghost if I could take his picture and he said yes
I took the camera the next day to the newspaper. The newspaper developed the film but said the picture was so underexposed that nothing could be seen on the picture.
The newspaper told me either I was not telling the truth or the flash in my camera was too week to get the ghost on film
The moral of the story is that the spirit was willing, but the flash was week

Answer 2

It's called hypnagogia, and happens when you're not quite asleep, yet not quite awake. I think of it as a waking dream.

One time I saw a man came into my room, and I felt the bed give under his weight when he sat. Another time my window blinds turned into birds that flew away. I've even awakened from a nightmare, only to see the dream floating above me (like a hologram), still in progress. If, when that happens, I think of how I want the direction of the dream to change, when I fall back to sleep the dream takes on the new direction.

There's a natural explanation for this, as there is for everything.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogia
(Excerpt)

Hypnagogia (also spelled hypnogogia) describes vivid dreamlike auditory, visual, or tactile sensations, which are often accompanied by sleep paralysis and experienced when falling asleep or waking up.

The hypnagogic experience occurs between being awake and asleep, while the hypnopompic experience occurs as one is waking up; both experiences occur within the time period between sleep and waking (or vice versa). Experienced qualities vary, and include fear, awareness of a "presence", chest or back pressure, and an inability to breathe (hence the folkloric notion of mara-like creatures tormenting sleepers), a falling sensation or a feeling of tripping, but sometimes also joy.

During the hypnagogic state, an individual may appear to be fully awake, but has brain waves indicating that the individual is technically sleeping. Also, the individual may be completely aware of their state, which enables lucid dreamers to enter the dream state consciously directly from the waking state (see wake-initiated lucid dream technique).

The hypnagogic state is sometimes proposed as an explanation of experiences such as alien abduction, apparitions, or visions.

Answer 3

You are not crazy, no way, but you do miss him a lot. Dreams re-enforce what you really want. Or who you really are. If you believe in God say a little word or two when you go to bed and pray that he's having a great time. Just the way you remembered him.
It sounds to me like your a really great person and if your grandfather gets your message he will have a great big smile on his face.

Answer 4

Spirits talk to almost everyone from time to time in their sleep, most of the time they are not listened to, or dismissed as just part of a dream. In the future, through the use of hypnotism and other means, we may find out a lot more, about how the dream world and the spiritual relate.

Answer 5

You are not alone. Many people have these dreams. It reinforces cultural beliefs that families and kindred spirits stay together in life and death.

It is fine, you had received a message. Just pass the message on because that may be what he wanted you to do. Then live your life as before. You must be a favorite granddaughter to him.

Answer 6

Of course not, I believe that one of God's angels was there to let you know not to worry, that everything was ok. When I was a young teenager, many years ago, not too long after my grandmother died, I heard her call my name. I wasn't even asleep. It brought me comfort then and does even now whenever I think about it. I hope all of this helps you and gives you some peace.

Answer 7

You're not crazy. Disembodied voices can be part of the grieving process. I once saw a shadow of a friend who had died in the exact spot on the couch where he used to sit. I simply acknowledged him and said that I would miss him. Spiritually, I believe we transcend to a higher level of existence when we die, and that perhaps, on occasion, our loved ones CAN reassure us. Say a prayer of blessing for the experience, read "90 Minutes in Heaven" and above all: remember your grandfather. Memory is the balm which heals our grief.

Answer 8

No you are not crazy, but what you experienced was an intense dream with strong recall. With a dream as intense as this you experience all the senses. It is so intense that you are certain you are awake.

Answer 9

It happened to me but I won't give the details.
It was about 4 years after the person died.
Clear as a bell and in the middle afternoon!

Answer 10

in the way you seen your grandfather.... only once with a friend of mine who was murdered
he was right there standing beside me telling me he was fine and not to worry
now I speak with spirit , but they are not my own family or friends... they are for other people
which is good though , as I can provide evidence of who they are ( which i cannot do with my own loved ones )