Unexplained things you've seen with your own eyes.

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PaulDupre said:
This is a common phenomenon related to dreaming. When we enter the REM (rapid eye movement) sleep wherein we dream, our muscles are effectively paralyzed so that we will not thrash about in our dreams and hurt ourselves. This normal state is called hypotonia. We can see this in dreams wherein we want to run away from some danger but cannot seem to lift our feet. That is because we are in the paralyzed state. When people become partially awake while in this paralyzed state, it can be terrifying.

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Yes…I’ve heard this before. But it is terrifying and when you explain the black clous like element I would be interested to hear that is explained as well.

Paul you seem like the biggest skeptic I’ve met in a while…you seem to doubt that their is a real spiritual battle taking place. You seem like a regular doubting Thomas with the way you look to explaining every spiritual bazaar aspect of our human existence…like the flood and creation … Granted you have a choice what to believe. But pushing your agenda could cause people to stumble and doubt even the existence of GOd. Is that what you are pushing for secretly? Its people like you constantly trying to convince others to NOT believe in the spiritual that cause others to stumble in their faith. I was one of those, but many years ago I realize that folks like you are merely …can’t say the words because it would be offensive… My soldier blood coming out again. You need to back off a little and believe what you believe, but stop trying to FORCE your beliefs on everyone…

I wouldn’t doubt it if you were the type that is skeptical that the crucifiction ever really happened or that the real presence of Christ is present in the Eucharist or absolution of sins is real… what other human doubts do you possess that you have been holding back and that by the way go against the teachings of the Catholic Church?

Admittedly you could be correct on this phenoma…but that’s not my point. You have been showing that you are the kind of person that when people enounter they tend to crawl back into their shells. Some end up almost broken in pain because they feel they have no one to talk to about these things. You are entitled to your beleifs and I don’t force this on people either. But some of us that have experienced them have experienced more than just the phenomina. Could it be that Satan or his demons have utilized a natural body function for inducing fear? But then again you may be one of those Chrisitians that really do not believe in Satan. Oh well. Good luck with that. I’m praying for you.
 
I think alot of these things have to do with good and evil. Everyone believes in good and evil. And when you have good and evil you have satan and God. I think that many people do really believe in GOd. i really do. But I think alot forget that as horrible as this is the devil does have powers. My Mother always said if you give your soul to the devil he will give you anything you want. And if you think about it look at the world. How many people really do. But what they forget is after he gives you whatever you want he destroys you with it. think about it money money money, and then people get it and destroy themselves. Look how many people in hollywood will do anything to get ahead anything ( which is turning away from God) which they gave into the devil. and look at them now they are miserable. Think of that Anna Nichole. But i think thats what this site is about. Some things happened that are good which are of God. and some evil that comes from satan. But what people forget God can always overpower the devil. So can we with Gods help.
 
rinnie said:
I think alot of these things have to do with good and evil. Everyone believes in good and evil. And when you have good and evil you have satan and God. I think that many people do really believe in GOd. i really do. But I think alot forget that as horrible as this is the devil does have powers. My Mother always said if you give your soul to the devil he will give you anything you want. And if you think about it look at the world. How many people really do. But what they forget is after he gives you whatever you want he destroys you with it. think about it money money money, and then people get it and destroy themselves. Look how many people in hollywood will do anything to get ahead anything ( which is turning away from God) which they gave into the devil. and look at them now they are miserable. Think of that Anna Nichole. But i think thats what this site is about. Some things happened that are good which are of God. and some evil that comes from satan. But what people forget God can always overpower the devil. So can we with Gods help.
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I agree there is war between good and evil and that we can over-come evil with God’s help but I still think a lot of phenomenon is purely emotional in origin. Now it is true it could be bad emotion and therefore one could say ‘evil’, but I am not convinced it is demonic.

That does not deny the reality of the demonic only that I do not think it is a prevalent as some might think.

Blessings and peace
 
The biggest most vicioius lie that Satan is succeeding at is convincing us that he doesn’t exist.
 
Well, I’m raising this subject from the grave (thank you search engine) and although I know it’s not much, it means something very special to me.

Although I was raised Methodist and only converted to Catholicism last year, when I was a young child, 4 or maybe even 5, I vividly remember waiting for my brother to come home from school one afternoon. Well, I was literally just sitting there and was resting my head on the couch, looking out towards the road when I saw this figure walking across the yard. (mind you, clear day, no curtains, no obstructions or reflections of any kind)

The figure was this bright yellowish/goldish color, approximately 6ft I’d say and it seemed both solid and like a gas at the same time… like he would look solid one moment and then it would shiver a little and you could see right through him… in addition to all of that there were clearly visible wings on his back.

But, although we have a nice few acres in front of our house he was less than 10 feet away. The figure simply was walking across the yard. I remember running into the kitchen and telling my mother that she had to come see the angel in the front yard; however, when we got back she couldn’t see him. He turned and I could feel like he was looking at us, then after a moment he walked a few more steps and disappeared.

It was one of the weirdest yet coolest moments of my life…and I honestly wish I could share it with more people and not have them think that I’m crazy.
 
Melody said:
Sometimes I do see major events. In Dec of 2004, I kept having visions and dreams of a tidal wave hitting the land. It played over and over again in my mind every time I closed my eyes. It was like an annoying song stuck in my head, except it was a vision that kept repeating itself. It was driving me crazy. Then the terrible tragedy happened with the tsunami, and I understood. I never saw the vision again.
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My dad had a similar dream. He told me he dreamed how he was jumping from one building to another because water was everywhere. This happened before Katrina though.
 
During a seminar I knelt before Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament and the Host turned into a reddish-pink color. As I was closing my eyes, a very vivid image of a Heart appeared in my mind. I believe it was the Blood of Jesus.
 
After my son and wife died…I was lost…devastated…in dark despair. My Meeting tried to console me…but I was beyond consolation for a time…I was angry at God…I ripped my Bible apart and screamed at Him in rage and called Him every filthy name I could think of daring Him to answer for what He allowed to happen.

Over a course of months I decided I would rather burn in hell than serve such a God any longer…I hated Him with a passion that was burning me up. I chose to end my life…to insure I would go to hell IF God even existed in the first place.

I chose the day…I had quit my job and ran up every credit card I could get my hands on living as wild a life as I could possibly live…doing things I am deeply ashamed of when I think back several decades.

I had bought a large bottle of tequilla. I was going to drive into the mountains and park near a cliff where cars wrecked quite a bit…it was a long drop. I was going to drink myself silly and drive off the cliff…I guess I needed “liquid courage” to do it.

The morning I was to leave to do the deed I sat in my apartment alone and cold on a January morning…I had been evicted as I stopped paying rent…I had no phone, heat or elctricity as I quit paying bills…I had quit my job several months before and chose to “live it up” until this day.

As I sat there I began to have “second thoughts” on killing myself…“Why go now…why not live until the bitter end?” I found I was afraid to die…but more afraid to live…I sat there in my cold dark apartment staring into space already feeling dead. I began to cry…and I said…“If You’re there, now would be a good time to let me know…help me…please.”

I’ve thought back over the years on what occured…trying to find an explanation…was it a trick of the mind? Perhaps it was a “trick” the mind played on me as it wanted to survive…perhaps God intervened using a “trick” of the mind…but to me it was real…as I sat there crying and begging “Someone” to help me…the room became very still and the room became as warm as a summer day…and filled with light…and I became calm and I felt as though someone wrapped their arms around me and rocked me close to them…I heard no voice but I had the distinct feeling I was loved…and I knew the Presence wrapped me in the “Everlasting Arms” and my depression went away…I was still very sad my wife and child were gone…they were mourned…but they were in the same Presence that was in the room I sat…and I cried and cried and cried…after a while the light faded…the room became cold again…but I was ALIVE!!!

I went to the corner store and called my boss and asked for my job back…he gave me a raise to return…I called the utility company and explained I was out of work and my wife had just died and they agreed to turn my utilities back on and give me time to get caught up. I called the phone comapny and they turned my phone back on that afternoon.

That next First Day I was again in Meeting…the joy of being alive hasn’t left me since.
 
Well, I’ll contribute to this old and fascinating thread.

I witnessed a healing once. I was working in the ICU and my patient was a man who was dying. He was on a ventilator, had about 6 or 7 IV’s hanging, a catheter in his heart and one in his radial artery measuring his BP. His BP was very low and his heart rate was dropping and I was expecting him to code at any time. I was very busy titrating drugs to get that BP up and the Docs were in the room constantly, but nothing helped. It was a matter of time. I even had the code cart in the room. And he was not conscious.

A priest came into the unit and I recognized him as the new priest at our parish. He said, “I’m supposed to anoint somebody, does anybody know who called, because I cannot find this patient.” I motioned to the priest and said “I don’t think anybody called you on this unit, but I have a patient here who is dying. Can you come and pray?” He went into the room and not only prayed, but anointed the man. Then he noted it in the chart and left. It was then lunchtime and I reported off to my relief. When I came back, 45 min later, the nurse said to me, “I’ve been able to wean down the Dopamine and Levophed a little, his BP is much better.” The man’s BP stayed up and I was able to wean down those drugs the rest of the afternoon. I was off the next day, and when I came back, this gentleman was sitting up in a chair, off the ventilator, talking to a Doc. I was amazed. My head nurse had witnessed all of this and she was amazed as I was.

I went to Mass Sunday and told the priest about the man, and he said, “The reason I couldn’t find the patient I was supposed to anoint is because I was at the WRONG HOSPITAL.” And then he said “Anointing works, you know. Many times I have anointed people and they got better after.” And he then told me some of his experiences. I believe this priest had a healing gift. Soon after, however, this priest left the parish for monastic life and went to Canada (according to my pastor) and I have not heard anything about him since. That was about 20 years ago and I am still amazed at those events.
 
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