Do you think it's possible that songs..lyrics..even rap...come from spirits?

Question

Also..movie plots. I don't see how there could be that much and that many ideas stored in a person's head....without some help from someone.

Answer 1

I suppose it could happen, but consider this.  The average person uses a very small percentage of the brain.  Some people use more and some use less.  What separates us as intellectual individuals is the fact that we don't necessarily use the same portions of the brain in the same amounts as other people.  Thus, you may be able to rhyme, I may be able to reason, and some people are just a pain.  The point is, people are able to write things on their own, but I wouldn't count out influence from an outside source.

Answer 2

I went to the OUIJA board and asked the spirits.

They said that they are responsible for everything that it is necessary to be talented to create.

So they lay claim to everything except RAP.

Answer 3

Yes,many writers of all kinds Music and Literature used Spirits..JIm Morrison,Ernest Hemingway among others,were known to use them while writing.Their drunkenness is legendary as a matter of fact.

Answer 4

I am sure it is possible that people can receive inspiration. One might even question the source, good or bad? Because if you believe there is inspiration from  spirits then you must also know there are both kinds.

But you must also know that there are artists/writers/authors/musicians/poets/... who can and do think for themselves, and quite regularly too. If you cannot understand these people having "gifts" you must not have them yourself, for there are those who possess them.

Answer 5

Nope, there are plenty of ideas floating around.

Answer 6

Um, well... that's certainly an outlandish idea, but I can't prove that it doesn't happen. I just don't see a need for believing it when normal people can be extraordinarily creative just by themselves.

EDIT:  Hey, psiex, your rap doesn't mesh with the reality. It seems to me that many of the skeptics here openly admit that they can't disprove the existence of spirits (contrary to what you like to say), but emphasize the probabilities for/against them. That's a valid position to take, consistent with the scientific method. I think it's cool that you're here presenting the opposing opinion, but it would be even cooler if you addressed what skeptics actually say instead of made-up stuff :)

Answer 7

Yup, I believe that. I mean, why not??

Answer 8

No. That's ridiculous. Some people are just much more creative than others.

Answer 9

Dont let them push you around Denie. There are many minds in this forum that believe they are above th rest of of poor dumb mortals with limited intelligence. so you just go forth and continue asking your questions that seem to give so many amusement. They don't realize that by their own stupid answers, they are actually showing their intelligence.  Rock on Girl.

Answer 10

??????

Denie, WHAT???????

are you kidding?

Answer 11

yes denie some work is inspired by muses..(spiritual)...

i know because im creating that beautiful garden after seeing those monks with the gregorian chant...from the following day i had all new ideas enter my mind on how it was to be built..and while i was building it, i had the vision of those monks on my mind...its somnething i cannt explain, but i just get the feeling to just go along with it...alot of people will never beleive it, but more importantly, its what i feel, and know......while im building it , i have to have the gregorian playing to keep me focused on my project, otherwise i lose my visions of what im doing, and make big mistakes....like i said i dont fully understand it....but just to go with it...

Answer 12

Denie, first and foremost what are spirits? and secondly don't you thing that it is about time to get landed? Sorry Denie, but I just could not resist the temptation.

Have a nice day.

Answer 13

That's why writers get paid the big bucks Denie.  To create something fantastic out of whole cloth is a rare and precious talent.  I wish I were able to do that.

Actually, a lot of what you see is just older material repackaged, so there isn't as much creativity out there as there appears to be.

Answer 14

We are spirits in the material world. Police

I think that we are all guided by spirits in some ways. Songs by billy joel, according to him are from dreams and I think dreams are the playgrounds for spirits.If people don't believe in spirits, how about the holy spirit? People need to face the facts, this universe is not empty of life in many different forms. Aren't we in space? Or is Earth the only place life is possible? Get your head out of the sand and evaluate the signs. There was an astronaut that sneezed on the outside of his space suit, 6 months later there was the virus on the outside of the space station still thriving. And what is life? Are we so narrow minded that we think that life cannot be spirits or light or a number of other things we know nothing about? If we are so smart...What is the meaning of life? Only what is on Earth is alive? How ridiculous can one get? There is life out there as well as here. If people cannot accept this idea, they are in for a real suprize soon. When a creature dies, it does go on as some type of existence whether or not it is as we know it. I believe we all are as old as the universe or even older. After all we are part of the universe dead or alive as we know it. Earth is not the only ecosystem in the universe. There are quadrazillions of stars we can see; its what we can't see that is the real crux. And light is more alive than we give it credit for. We live because of light in many ways ie. plants that feed the animals that we eat and vitimin D is what we get from sunlight. When will people actually believe in something that they cannot see other than what they are told in church? I cannot wait to see what is in store in the afterlife. I have had a glimpse and you can read it in my profile. I was sceptical till that event. Here it is and don't think it was not real. It was more real than me typing an answer to someone I have never seen.

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Its a long long time to be gone and a short time to be here. Grateful Dead, Box of Rain.

Answer 15

Some of the greatest music ever made and even some literature were created by people that were experimenting with hallucinigenic drugs, such as Jimi Hendrix and Lewis Carrol,

They may have seen a few spirits during this time, but not real spirits.  Maybe they drank a few spirits.

Answer 16

I think it is possible that there are spirits (not just the Holy Spirit). Thus, I would think it possible that they could provide inspiration for anything.  A more mundane explanation would be that a deceased relative (or celebrity or world leader) that had a major impact on your life could inspire you to do something. In that sense is his/her spirit not influencing you?

Rap music today is nothing but commercial shock value and is more properly called c**p. However, in the days of M.C. Hammer (anyone else that old on here?) it was used to bring a positive message to kids that faced some challenging circumstances in life.

Now since this is the Science & Mathematics section I have to point out to you that according to the all knowing YA psuedoskeptics that spirits DO NOT exist.

However, I am a mere mortal (thus not all knowing) and only have science and it's methods available to me so I will have to just state that there is no scientific (experimental) evidence for spirits. However, I do not dismiss the beliefs of others on my assumptions of what can and can't exist without any evidence either way.