Posted by Dinah on July 2, 2009, at 20:58:07
In reply to This may sound foolish., posted by Dinah on July 1, 2009, at 23:31:00
I'm not sure I believe in an afterlife of any sort. I think I quit believing in ghosts or reincarnation after the dog who was the love of my life died. If she had been able to come back to me one way or another, she would have. I looked for her for ages, but never did see her.
Although I did have a very freaky houseguest dog around the time my favorite died. Maybe three of my dogs died during the period that she stayed with us on a semiregular basis. And each time one did, she would do something that was totally out of character for her, but totally in character for the dog who died. I guess it could be explained by her picking up on our distress, and of course she knew the other dogs involved. But it was kind of freaky. The little dog I was speaking of used to curl up on a ball on the small of my back. After she died, our visitor dog came a month or so later, and for the first and last time in her life tried to lie on my back. Another time she copied the distinctive paw on the arm, downcast head with an upward glance, pose of another favorite dog who had recently died. And another time something else that I don't particularly recall, but was also very distinctive. The visitor dog had quite a sense of humor. Apparently in her own home, if they had human visitors who were complaining or whining, the dog would join in with similar patterns of "speech" and the complainer would think she was being very sympathetic. So some sort of mimicry might have been involved.
I think what I'm talking about may have some explanation. But more like feeling when someone is looking at you , even if they aren't in your field of vision. Or waking up knowing your spouse isn't in bed with you, even if you sleep on opposite sides of the bed. Or again, the difference between an empty house or a house with someone in it.
Or when you're with someone you know well, if your eyes are closed and they don't move you can still notice a change of their mood?
It may be being sensitive to small things that we don't register noticing. Scents or temperature or movements. Or I don't really see why it's so far beyond belief that it might be some sort of energy. After all, all life is electrical isn't it? Or something like that. We haven't figured everything out yet.
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