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During the many
years that I have been doing paranormal research and investigation, I
have learned that our human emotions are what makes us all unique
individuals. From a very early age we begin to learn values and belief
systems, culture and religion. We all go through life with strong
desires of success, family, and belonging. We all come from diverse
backgrounds, we all value life differently, we all deal with race and
prejudice, we're all classified by color or ethnicity, we all live in
social structures established by government intervention, very few
achieve great wealth, and many more live in utter poverty. Many are
cultured, many more aren't, some are intelligent and some are idiots.
One common factor we all posses in life is that we were all born of a
woman; with flesh, bones, and a soul. However we do possess one more
commonality: we will all die.
During our lifetime, our developing body, soul, and mind creates a
unique personality that make us all who we are. I now believe that when
our physical body dies, our mind does not die with it, we keep
everything we are, everything we learned, and everything we experienced,
and take it with us. Our love, our fears, our hopes, our dreams; while
some also take their hate, their anger, their anguish, and their vile.
Right now you are a physical body with a mind and soul; spirits are
simply people whose bodies may have died, but their mind and soul
continues to exist.
The human body is an amazing machine, we all have the same internal
organs that sustain our physical being. Organs that wear out and
eventually fail. Take our heart for example, during the course of a year
the average adult heart rate would beat anywhere between 31,536,000 and
42,048,000 times; figuring a heart rate of between 50-80 beats per
minute. Have you ever considered how much energy that would take to
power if the human body ran on batteries? How about our brain, lungs,
kidneys, or digestive system? And just like an automobile which burns
more fuel to create the energy needed when you
put-the-pedal-to-the-metal while passing on the highway, the human body
also requires a source of electrical energy to power the every muscle in
your body, and exhausts that energy quickly just as any car would
depending on how fast one drives, or exercises. But where exactly does
that power source come from.
Manifestation
For
those of us that have studied paranormal phenomena long enough, we have
experienced sometimes strange, sometimes startling, and sometimes even
really, really weird things that happen while out in the field. But the
one thing that everyone who has been doing this as long as I have will
tell you, it all involves energy in one way or another!
We've all seen
the old movies with Boris Karloff, Bela Lagosi, or Lon Cheney and Lon
Cheney Junior; or read horror novels about ghosts and goblins that all
began with lines similar to, "On a dark and stormy night the ghosts
began to..." The key words here are, "dark,"" stormy," and "night." It's
not only because "a dark and stormy night..." creates a mood, it has a
strong association with paranormal phenomena! Storms generate
electricity, and lots of it. When the ozone of an approaching storm is
high, the negative-positive charges in the atmosphere are a prime energy
source for any ghost to manifest. While storms are a really good source
and provide lots of energy, they are not always available. Therefore,
spirits will steal energy from any source available, and the batteries
that power your equipment is a prime target.
Ask any
paranormal researcher or investigator out there and they will tell you
that they have all experienced (at one time or another) the strange
phenomena of "battery drain" while investigating paranormally active
areas. It doesn't matter if the batteries were Nickel Cadmium (NiCad)
rechargeable batteries, expensive alkaline batteries, or the cheap Radio
Shack give-away batteries, nor does it matter that they were all new and
fully charged. Battery drainage happens, and it happens frequently. As
many a paranormal investigator will tell you, many times they ended up
walking out with a candle as their only source of light.
A spirit can
also draw its energy from the room; because the heat itself is also a
source of energy. This phenomenon is known as "cold spots," and that
cold spot can be anywhere between 10 to 30 degrees colder than other
areas of the same room. It doesn't matter how large small or large the
room is. Investigators may also tell you of "warm spots" when outside on
a cold night during an outside investigation.
And when there's
not enough energy to pull from batteries they will sometimes even try to
zap it from the living. Many a researcher has excused themselves from an
area being investigated because they were feeling dizzy or nauseous.
Psychics, clairvoyants, and mediums will be the first in line to support
this fact.
So in order to
plan ahead, here are a few pointers when preparing for any
investigation. This is where being a Boy Scout came in useful, "Always
Be Prepared!" For example, be sure your NiCad batteries are fully
charged, and always carry plenty of extras in an acid free container
should leakage occur (when these batteries are being stored, it is best
to store them fully drained and only recharge them when you're going to
use them). If you're not using NiCads, take along plenty of fresh new
alkaline batteries (I call all my new batteries primary batteries),
and by the way, don't use the inexpensive ones with a merchant name on
the package as they drain much quicker than the higher quality brand
names we all know and love. And when preparing for an investigation,
always replace the used batteries in your equipment (I call these
secondary batteries) with new ones, and place the secondary
batteries in a drawer at home for use around the house where reliability
is not as critical. Store all your disposable batteries at room
temperature in an acid free plastic container and be sure to remove
batteries from all your devices when you're not using them. If you
don't, you could damage your expensive equipment. Do remember not leave
your equipment in your car, as the high and low temperature fluctuations
can wreak havoc on your batteries and can also cause damage to your
expensive toys by leakage. And remember, please dispose of your dead
batteries properly and keep them away from children and animals.
It's also a good
idea to take along breakable glow sticks on any investigation as these
are a great source of light that do not require batteries to operate and
is readily available at any sporting goods store. Of course candles and
dry matches work very well too.
Okay, now that
we've covered our equipment's energy source, what about the human energy
drain? One thing that our human body definitely needs is water, and lots
of it. It's a good idea to drink an average of four 8 ounce glasses of
water every day. But water by itself cannot replace the carbohydrates
and minerals required to maintain the electrical impulse our nervous
system needs. These are called electrolytes, which are made up of sodium
and potassium that the body loses through exercise and sweat. An
electrolyte is basically a salt that can carry an electrical charge
throughout our central nervous system. The cells of your body rely on
electrolytes to carry the electrical impulses responsible for muscle
contractions, as well as our nerve impulses to other important organ
cells like the brain. Without electrolytes, our body's cells couldn't
communicate efficiently. When your body's electrolytes become depleted,
you'll know it, because a common symptom is dizziness, nausea,
headaches, and vomiting. Sound familiar? So while at that sporting goods
store don't forget the Gatorade!
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