Quote:So it isn't really a big stretch to suppose that if a person suddenly, for no apparent reason, notices a strong fragrance of one sort or another, it might not indicate a signal from a deceased loved one.
Why not? Remember we are consciousness. Everything else is a metaphor of consciousness. What better way for one conscious being to communicate with another conscious being than to use a metaphor common to both?
Quote:For instance, my dad (now deceased) used a certain brand of after-shave lotion for many years. For a period after his death, now and then I would notice that same fragrance and I chalked it up to his presence, or at least his signal to me that he was still alive.
But maybe not. My own association with him and his lotion might have triggered my own brain into providing that fragrance.
Exactly the point. You’re dad’s consciousness would have used a metaphor your consciousness would recognize and understand.