So what exactly is a Ghost

[Branflake]

The Merriam Webster Dictionary says -
Pronunciation: \ˈgōst\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English gost, gast, from Old English gāst; akin to Old High German geist spirit, Sanskrit heḍa anger
Date: before 12th century

1: the seat of life or intelligence : soul
2: a disembodied soul; especially : the soul of a dead person believed to be an inhabitant of the unseen world or to appear to the living in bodily likeness
3: spirit, demon
4 a: a faint shadowy trace b: the least bit
5: a false image in a photographic negative or on a television screen caused especially by reflection

So...when we "see" a ghost. Are we seeing vapor? (of a soul?) are we seeing into another dimension? I wonder when I see "Philip" (my resident ghost) - is he a figure lapping over into my dimension ... from another?What are your thoughts?

[Garooch]

I find these posts very interesting, but I have never experienced anything paranormal. When you see Philip, hoe do you communicate?

[Branflake]

I talk....he never does. But, I will say things like...hey philip, how ya doin? He smiles...or nods...or disappears. OR - I say, have you been messing with the thermostat again...he smiles or grins...I take that as a "yes"...or he just disappears. When I am hunting something , I say out lout....ok, Philip...did you hide this...or ...Philip, can you help me find this......and sometimes, it reappears in a place I have looked.
But there is not "real" communication. And there is no entire body of Philip...just kind of from the waiste up...with the insinuation of the rest of the body. I don't see him "walking"...just kind of disappear or the illusion of him running down the hall.
Hard to describe actually.

[Garooch]

I know that this question sounds silly, but it's not meant to be. How do you know his name is Philip?

[Branflake]

No silly questions............this is all a mystry to me.....I don't know his name.....I named him......he reminded me of a kid I knew. Oh, by the way, I can see that he has red hair.....and brown eyes. There is color here.

[Ron Kruger]

Pamula Anderson visits me, but I know it's not the real one.
Oooo baby!

[Branflake]

don't Pam Anderson to visit me....now Tom Sellack...yes.

[Dasiavue]

I think it's really Betty! lol

[Ron Kruger]

Maybe there is a little Pamula in Betty? At least when I can get her into the "spirit" of it.
A hauntin' I will go. A hauntin' I will go. Hi ho, the merrry O, a Bettyin' I will go.

[Branflake]

I love your "mind".

[Ron Kruger]

Well, thanks Branflake, assuming it was my mind you don't seem to mind.
Like Garooch, I've had no personal experience with worldly ghosts, even though I did have a very profound NDE. I certainly don't discount the possibility of them. Maybe they're afraid of me. Hee, hee, hee.
Anyway, if there are ghosts ghosting around, I believe your attitude toward them is best. Sounds like you and your spook get along pretty well.
What's the difference between a ghost and a guardian angel? Maybe it's just a difference in perception.

[Ron Kruger]

By the way, to be candid, which most often get me canned instead of canonized, I'm usually pretty skeptical of ghost stories and believe most of them are vivid hallucinations that result from the power of suggestion and a fearful imagination, but stories like Branflake's seem pretty credible.

[Garooch]

Unfortunately, thats the problem with being a skeptic. Sometimes the anicdotes are believeable. Can't say I understand any of it though.