Why aren't ghosts seen by everyone?

Question

I know the theories authors of ghost hunting methods teach, but am wondering what your opinion is.

Answer 1

maybe Because they dont believe hard enough I havent seen any ghosts but I have dealed with A poltergeist or something close to that..

Answer 2

The first memory of each of you reading this will be different but you can all plainly see it in your minds eye that is how we view spirits. It's like you're aware something is there but it's not really there ;-(

Answer 3

I hate to use what sounds like a tautology, but ghosts are more likely to be seen by people who believe they exist.

Have you ever noticed how some people have never seen a ghost but others claim to see them every day?  It reminds me of a person I know who says she sees both auras and angels all the time.  I do not imply all believers are like this, but this sort of claim is incredibly suspect.  It makes it difficult not to conclude that those who wish to see ghosts do see ghosts.

Also, being impressionable--even temporarily--seems to make a difference as well.  Why else would only some people witness paranormal phenomena in a supposedly haunted house while others present (and all objective equipment) don't?

There are some kooks who claim to see ghosts, but I think the vast majority of people are mentally sound.  That's why I am leaning toward the opinion that ghost sightings are personal, internal experiences rather than reactions to a specific environment.  This is covered in more detail by what is called the Fantasy-Prone Personality.  For more on this, check out the link:

http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/d...

Answer 4

they're invisible

Answer 5

Like the strings of a lute, vibrations create energy.

Through the ages / time, we have been "programed" to believe not to believe. We [humans] USED to have a solid connection to Nature, like the rest of the animal kingdom. We have the ability to "tune" in, as some have prov-en.

We have been told not to listen because there is nothing to hear, not to look for there is nothing to see {except "god"] and not to question because we are not worthy, {as "sinners"}, to receive an answer. ALL untrue and controlled by self chosen leaders who tell us we are not worthy and if we DO experience something para"normal", we are labeled "sinner".

Follow your Heart for it knows TRUTH.

~BLESSINGS~DIVINE LOVE~HEALING LIGHT TO ALL~

Answer 6

One would have to first define the word ghost. The Society for Psychical Research as long ago as 1882 started using the word apparition to mean "the image of a person known to not be physically present at the reported location" in an attempt t be more precise in their study of this phenomena.

Once one has a working definition one then has to look at the the circumstances, for instance if some YA debunkers were to see an apparition of their deceased loved ones they would conclude immediately that they were hallucinating due to a mental disorder or medical condition of the brain and dismiss it other than perhaps having a medical examination.  Thus, many people that may experience an apparition effectively fail to report such experiences.

Likewise one has to have a testable theory of what a ghost is like a surviving spirit (most parapsychologist today reject this view) or a manifestation of ESP. Then it becomes just as sensible to ask why the queen of England isn't seen by everyone (she sometimes chooses to stay home) in the spirit theory or why not everyone can play the piano ( a developed human ability as ESP is suggested to be by most research.

Answer 7

I think most everyone does, they just don't realize it. Have you ever walked past somebody and turned to look but they disappeared? have you ever seen something only to look again and its gone, then you just write it off to a trick of the mind? I don't know about you but I have even seen buildings that were not there when I made a return trip and thinking, I could have sworn there was a building there. Wic, I think more people see things than anyone ever realizes. Does the term, I saw something out of the corner of my eye, I turned to look, but it was gone?There are answers for 99% of everything we see and interact with in our lives, but everyone, and i do mean everyone has that 1% something that happens that there is no explanation for. Then we shrug and go on with what we are doing. Think about it.

Answer 8

hi wiccan

first what peter said is untrue about ghosts are more likely to be seen by people who believe they exist....

my first and most spectacular, was seeing something fully materialize in our home in italy, and spent the whole night in our home, both seen by myself and my nan, now back then i had NO IDEA about anything of such nature, id never heard of ghosts at all.....and alot of people who i know never believed in them until one would witness a ghost/spirit

im sure thats how most become believers after seeing one......

next training your eyes to see them....i am not a paranormal investigater....first to see one, one must be there to be seen...i can across an interesting trick into training our eyes to focus on the spot where they are lurking around, all from a simple book of illusions, called magic eyes, 3D illusions.....when you look at a page, all you see is a page full of patterns, you *dont* see the picture, but you know there is one there, so by focusing your eyes then keep refocusing until the hidden picture emerges.....i found this same technique helps by seeing some thing that is in the room with you, when you first look all you see is the room, the walls, and everything that is around you, but then by doing the same trick as in the book you will start to notice, someones image/ghost in the room in the void space....most of the time for me, if someone does appear to me, i can see them straight off, whether its just an out line of some one of something simular.....but the 3D book is an interesting tool...like most people they will look in the room/house/place and only see whats there just like the patterns in the book, if you skip through the book quickly you will never see the hidden pictures just like seeing ghosts....most are there but not seen.....

Answer 9

"Because ghosts don't act on command" you can't just say walking down the street i want to see a ghost in the window or show me now. I've personally seen em' but i guess it just depends on the people , i mean everyone can see them! They don't have to be sensitive or a remote viewer to see one! I know many people who have seen them and untill that sight of one they were a non-believer, I could go on and on!!!..... But i don't want to write a book :)

Ryan ~Paranormal Investigator/Researcher~

www.theprosonline.com

Answer 10

some people see them

some people hear them

some people smell them

some people hear them

some people feel them

some people have it all

some people cant because there not open to them

Answer 11

because everyone that sees them are crazy.

ghosts dont exist- grow up

Answer 12

I think the answer is very simple.There is no such thing.People who want to see ghosts will see them.The thing that I'm amazed at are the faith believers.They've never seen one,but know they exist.