Seeing Is Believing

Seeing is Believing

It was a hectic day in the office and you have just lain down for the night. The bed feels as if it has sucked every ounce of energy out of you as soon as you lay down. Seconds after your head hits the pillow you are in a deep sleep. You are suddenly awakened by sounds coming from your kitchen. You quietly slip into your bedroom shoes and tiptoe towards the stairs. Your mind is racing and your heart feels as though it would leap out of your chest. Did you lock the back door; was the living room window open when you drifted off? You grab old umbrella as you past by the front door and enter the kitchen. Pots and pans are strewn all over the floor the contents of the cookie jar were in the sink. A sickening feeling rises up in your throat as you survey the room. Your eyes rest on a figure sitting at the kitchen table. You are flooded with relief when you realize it is a harmless old man. Maybe he is lost.. As you begin to talk to the man you realize something you would never imagine would happen to you. You were talking to a dead man.

This situation is not uncommon in the life of CBS's Ghost Whisperer, Melinda Gordon. Melinda is an individual who can see and hear those who have died but have yet to "walk into the light" or move on to a higher plane. Most of us can not imagine a life such as that. A life dealing with the supernatural and unknown on the daily basis is a undesirable burden for most of us.

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Whispers in the dark, shadows out of the corner of your eye, unexplainable deja vue. Events like these interrupt the normalcy of everyone's life at some point in time. We like to call sightings and unexplainable visions, supernatural events. Many people have varied opinions on these subjects. Supernatural ideas consist of mostly of spiritual or mystic views. What are your views on the unknown?

The causes of most supernatural events are a mystery to most people. It is the curiosity of the unknown that lead people to investigate and be entertained by this genre.

Supernatural is defined as above or beyond what is natural. Super means surpassing,

natural is defined as produced by nature: coming in the ordinary course of events.

Supernatural is unlike reality in that every day events are not portrayed in the same way.

Supernatural is looking beyond surface level of events and looking at things through

spiritual eyes. Reality is looking at things that can be taken at face value.

A spiritual view is portrayed in the TV show Ghost Whisperers. The main character Melinda has the ability to see spirits that have died but not "passed on " to a higher plane. Melinda is morally responsible to helping the spirits resolve what ever issues that keep them from letting go of their past. Melinda at times has a hard time dealing with her gift, but overall is fairly well adjusted to her life. Her newlywed husband is supportive at times and at times he longs for a normal existence.

One of the shows producers James Van Praagh is recognize for his gift of being a medium all over the world. Praagh has several books chronicling his life with the supernatural. Many consider his 22 years of experience makes him one of the foremost experts of this time of the paranormal.

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Many people believe in forms of spirituality, whether it is