posted November 11, 2011 09:28 AM            

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Originally posted by Ami Anne:
The Bible talking about deceiving spirits. These spirits KNOW about the dead. That is the way a medium does get accurate info cuz info is available to these spirits.

That is why the Bible says "Test the spirits"

So, I have no idea what the deal is when a dead person comes to you in a dream. Is it that person, really? Is it a dream? Is it a deceiving spirit?

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posted November 11, 2011 09:41 AM            

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Originally posted by RegardesPlatero:
If it's in a dream, I would say that the dead person might not literally mean that the person is contacting you, but rather that something in the subconscious is trying to send you a message and is using that image. Or, alternately, seeing a dead person might be connected to something that the person represents. For example, dreaming of someone who made you feel secure and safe and protected could be a way for your mind to bring those issues to light. And, too, sometimes people in dreams don't *act* like they did when they were alive (or if still alive, don't act how they normally do)--that's happened to me a number of times. There are a number of possibilities, at least in my opinion. Sometimes dreams aren't meant to be literal. Dreaming of dead people that you never knew but who have a certain meaning to you (such as dead celebrities that you admire or just like) could be tied to what those people represent or how they make you feel; people whom you've never met would have no reason to talk to you or send you a message. It's also to my understanding that people don't generally dream of the dead until they have moved on/healed enough/accepted the death.

As for speaking to the dead if they speak to you, I personally would be cautious. That's a hard one to call. I would be cautious that the person actually is who they claim to be and isn't an evil spirit in disguise. I know that several people that I have known have only seen spirits when they were near death, so I would also worry about it for that reason--maybe when you're close to death, the lines between our world (that of the living) and theirs (the world of the dead) "start to blur" a little. I don't know.

I personally do not use ouija boards (never will, either--you never know what you'll get) or other forms of contacting the dead. The only thing really that I do is to act very respectful in my grandparents' house when I go there and am around their things. I do feel "watched". I remember being more scared when I wasn't as respectful, but the last time that I went, I felt peaceful because I was more mature (had a year to grow) and was more respectful. I don't feel like people constantly watch me or anything, and I definitely believe that my grandparents have moved on and are no longer in their house, but I still want to respect what was theirs. Just because they aren't there doesn't mean that they can't see. (They both died in the house of prolonged illnesses--just a few months short of twenty six years apart, in two different rooms).

I think, though, that the passages about contacting spirits in the bible are meant first and foremost to prevent people from coming into contact with evil spirits/being possessed by evil. Inviting spirits to come to you can bring forth the bad as well as the good and it's a very highly dangerous thing to do, which is why it is probably better not to be involved in it. However, it's much harder to call it when it truly is a good spirit trying to send a message or something; having this brought up has given me something to think about.

The only thing that I think that you could do would be to pray to God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit and ask for very firm and clear guidance in that situation, and to keep praying until you get a clear answer before proceeding.

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