Has anyone REALLY CLOSE to you ever died?

Question

If yes....has it made any difference in your belief in spirits .or your need to believe in spirits?

Answer 1

Yes - And I know there is a better place than here.  My mom talked to my father about a month after he died in a car crash and she said it was amazing.  I have always believed in spirits.  My aunt recently passed away and when my mom walked into the funeral home a cell phone started playing When the Saints come marching in and my aunt always thought that my mom was an angel.  We all took comfort in it.

Answer 2

my old es sister died and no

Answer 3

yes my sister died 12 years ago and my father died 4 years ago

it did not change my beliefs in spirits i have had a lot of experiences with "the dead" as they call it even as a child i had seen many things that i wish i hadn't cause not a whole lot of people believe in those sorts of things and think i am making things up but i know that my sister and dad are around me i feel them sometimes i smell them and a lot of times they move things and change channels on my tv sometimes my kids and husband are home sometimes i am alone regardless if anyone believes me or not i know what i have seen and i know that it is real

Answer 4

Yes. A baby son and just recently my father. No, it really didn't change anything about my beliefs in spirits.

EDIT: Though I can appreciate how belief in the afterlife, spirits, God, etc., can be comforting to people in such times of grief.

Answer 5

Fortunately, I haven't had to deal with that type of loss.

Answer 6

um well, alot of my family and friends have died but the closest person to me that died was actually my cat... i dont like my family.

Answer 7

my mom died when i was 13.

and it doess make me believe in spirits now.

like, she used to loveee gardening and sometimes i will find random flowers all over the house.

My 6 year old sister says that she can see her.

Answer 8

My grandfather passed on a few years ago but it hasn't affected my beliefs in spirits or spirituality in general. I've never been a religious person to begin with and my grandfather's passing didn't lead to become more religious.

Answer 9

Both my Parents and 2 brothers My mother in 1977, my father in 1990, My 2nd oldest brother in 1990 and my oldest brother in 1998.

Answer 10

Yeah, i was soo upset, yeh it has made a big difference in my belief of spirits. Has it happened to you? Email me.

Answer 11

Yes, my best friend and closest family member, my only sibling, brother Jim. Although he and I were very attuned to each other in life, after he passed away 30 years ago, I never seemed to feel his presence. I grew close to the Lord instead which has assured me we will be reunited. Later, when my parents died of natural causes, I could 'feel' their unseen presences around the house, and took comfort from that. Their presences have faded, now, but once in a long while an unknown will apparate or sign, letting me know that there's still a connection of sorts. Christian prayer keeps the negative spirits away. Do know there is a Heaven and a h**l. Doubting that will harm your eternal soul.

Answer 12

A number of my friends have died.  I had about four I was fairly close with die by the time I was 21.  (I have had a bunch of relatives die, but due to geography I wasn't *really* close to them.)  I wasn't religious at the time any of them died, but I honestly don't recall what my opinion was on the afterlife.  My skepticism didn't gel until about a decade later.  Their deaths have had no impact on my belief in the after life or things spiritual.

Answer 13

Yes, I've lost my grandfather and my father. Has it made a difference in my belief? Not really. I've been skeptical, one of those "I'd have to see it first" but I believed in the possiblitiy, enough to have a healthy respect for the dead. lol

BUT--I did have an encounter with my father's spirit right after he died...which was before I realized I was mediumistic.

Answer 14

I've had a lot of close people die in my lifetime.  And no not much changes my belief system.   Everything fits into its place just fine for me.

Answer 15

TR sorry to hear about the loss of your baby son. I couldnt think of anything worse with losing your children, then your spouse..almost every one i know has died around me,..i had experienced spirits before any of these deaths, but then when a couple of real close people died, i did have contact with them after they died. ill dread the day my cat dies, ive had her for 20 years, she,s my little pal...and its made no difference in my belief in spirits at all....

Answer 16

yes, they met me in person as a soul

Answer 17

yeah ,my husband died and about six weeks later while i was in bed it started to shake, not hard but it was shaking, at first i wondered if we were having an earth quake but it suddendly dawned on me that it was  Rob trying to communicate with me so i said out loud that i loved him and missed him and the bed stopped shaking so i know it was him letting me know he was alright. I have also found alot of coins in my home that i know d**n well werent there before, and i have dreamed about him too. It dont scare me at all but i have always believed in the supernatural, ghosts and spirits. because he knew that i do i believed  it was easier for him to come thur, i have also smelled his cologne when i enter our bedroom(room he died in) and at certain times i feel his presence very strongly, especially if i am going thur a difficult time. i do find strength in this and not afraid at all.

Answer 18

Only my dog, and I cried for 3 days before it happened. Afterwards I kind of accepted it.

I also knew the last goodbye to my grandma.

My son saw his grandma standing outside her house when we went there after the funeral - I couldn't see anything, but he saw her.

I believe the spirits of the dead stay near for a while after they go, then they sem to get more distant rather than just vanish. This has been reported many times.

My partner used to lay-out people in hospital, and always treated them with respect as if they were just sleeping. this was the traditional job of the wise woman. -Hatches,matches and dispatches.