It's not exactly Ghost as much as Spirits, I believe in and communicate with. Like my Mother and Uncle and Aunt. It's often called Ancestor Worship. On my Mothers Death we do Burn Money, Cigarettes / Cigars ( she smoked ) pour her favorite Tumbler of White Wine / Whiskey / burn incense and other foods she enjoyed and laid those items out for her or whom we are Remembering. Now we pray to our Ancestors in away and thank them for their guidance. I also ask for help quit often by Burning incense and Candles and Money and pouring some Whiskey and talking to my ancestors. It seems to work Very Well.
I also get feelings and images as answers, yes, it's true, I will get Headaches and other aches and pains or feelings of sadness or images. I've actually heard voices as I slept.
Now my husband see's and talks to his old Army friends, Most died young and Horribly in combat and he has nightmares and some that actually, he say's follows him.
Is our home Hunted,,,, Ghost Hunters Got nothing On This House, Hell,, They won't even need their Special Gear, my mother would clap that Bold guy on his Head and ask why he didn't bring the Whiskey?
Don't know whether or not ghosts are real but I read an interesting article today about them.
Ghostly apparitions and hauntings have pervaded folklore and legend for thousands of years, but now scientists have shown that they are just a figment of the imagination.
Artificial ‘spectres’ were conjured up by an experiment which proved so disconcerting for participants that two begged for it to stop.
If you consider ALL religions and philosophy's results in successfully contacting another 'realm', and resulting unexplained 'miracles', it doesn't seem to matter who/what you pray to/worship as much as your intention to contact a higher realm.
I have had the misfortune of knowing a person who had a very strong connection to this 'other realm' and the powers that are there....and he used this connection for pure evil.
I have known of people(Mother Terresa, Budah, Mandella) who have used this same energy for good.
I'm thinking the 'force' is malleable. The 'energy' can be used in any way you choose to use it. Your 'choices' will determine whether or not you continue to exist as spiritual energy and move on to a 'higher plane' of existence, or cease to exist.