I think the feeling of energy makes sense on its own but the misty effect might be likened to the static of radio transmission or the snow on a tv set, where the tuning from one reality frame to the other is not exact. Just a thought.

Tom Campbell seems to feel that we see spirits in a form we are accustomed to. That it has much more to do with the perceiver than it does the spirit. He also goes on to admit that what we really perceive is all data any way and our consciousnesses (can I say that?) makes sense of it in a way that is comfortable.

I guess there's no rules about how a spirit can or should appear to us.  I have seen them different ways.  I just wondered what others thought about why they appear differently.  I think Beau's right that it's more about how we perceive rather than how the spirit themselves decide to look.  But then I don't really understand why I've seen them so differently. 

When I talk about my "abilities" it's not like it's a skill since it's not something I can use or control.  For instance painting or singing is a skill.  My point is, if what I "do" is about me, then how come I can't make it happen more often or when I want it to?  It still seems to me that those on the other side have a lot more to do with the phenomena we experience than we do. 

I don't think I have skills with this stuff.  I think I'm only getting chances to learn how to perceive what's in my awareness.

By the way, here's something neat... my mom recently got a visit from my deceased dad.  She doesn't really believe or understand this stuff.  So for her to have that kind of experience was pretty neat.  She saw a cloudy mist walk through the kitchen and she felt it was my dad.  She's never had any kind of paranormal experience before. 

So why would my dad appear that way?  I'm just curious but I know there's no rhyme or reason to any of this stuff.  It just is what it is.  But me, if I were the one wanting to appear to my living loved ones after I die, I'd want to really make an impression, be seen, be heard and felt. 

But maybe spirits realize they don't want to scare us and they think that a mist won't be noticed.  But then why appear at all?  Is it necessary?  Can't a spirit just visit and have a look at us without making some kind of appearance?  I would think so. 

Recoverer, I've known about the lights you see.  You've mentioned that many times.  Do you get any kind of thought communication from them? 

Vicky wrote on Nov 6^th, 2010 at 12:33am:


  Hi there Vicky, i suspect both can be factors depending. 

  Thing is, we rarely ever truly perceive something as it actually is, because we're perceiving the radiation or reflection from something and if we are not PUL incarnate there are distorting projection factors to consider in our perceptual capacity.

  But, an interesting thing to consider is the word body and how it applies to the nonphysical. 

  When most think of the term "body" they think in the physical form sense that we are used to. 

But there is a deeper aspect to this whole body thing.  We have "bodies" nonphysically too! 

What is a body?  Just simply the experience and perception by both self and others of unique individuality. 

  If you're an individual, you have a body so to speak.  Your unique, individual vibrational patterns can and will be perceived by others in certain ways.  If there was no unique individuality there, there would be nothing to really perceive, because there is nothing there to distinguish from one to another.

  One could even say that to some extent (once we really start living our lives), our physical bodies are a kind of densified, symbolic representation of our consciousness "body", but one that changes more slowly (on average) than the consciousness body.  For example, i've observed that when a less mature Consciousness chooses to be born into a physically attractive body from the genetic viewpoint that the below is somewhat commom... 
   if they continue to express lacking in PUL dynamics as a tendency throughout their life, as they age, they start to look more and more "ugly" (or less attractive) though in their youth they were considered very beautiful or handsome by many in the form sense.  The inner Consciousness eventually molds or shapes the physical body some over time.

  Anyways, to a great extent, all that we perceive physically and nonphysically is symbolic in nature. 

  I don't tend to "see" Spirits, though i went through a period wherein i saw points and flashes of light like Recoverer talks about.  This was not too long ago.  I still occasionally see these. 

  Mostly it's a feeling sense of presence, and occasionally this translates into color like terms.  For example, i only really trust and open up to those energies i sense a lot of true violet, bright golden, and/or pure White Light radiations in relation to.  Especially so with the Golden and White Light ones.

  Why, because i've come to understand both through personal experience, and in researching the experience of some others with more impressive verifications, that this signifies, symbolizes, and this kind of radiation is a natural consequence of a greater, stronger, more pure, and deeper attunement to what Bruce calls PUL.

  Deeper but brighter blues are nice, and are really starting to get there and are starting to become Guidance types, but there are limitations and distortions there (true with predominantly with clear, deep, but bright indigo and violet types, but less so).