MANILA, Philippines?I received the following intriguing questions about ghosts, which I have not been asked before, from a regular reader of this column named Jol Dave.

I thought I?d share these thoughts with other readers who may be asking the same questions.

Do spirits, ghosts, fairies, orbs and other beings in the other dimensions interact with each other?

There are levels or hierarchies in the spirit world (or other dimensions) just as we have here on the physical plane. Those which are in the same level can and do interact with each but not with those of other levels. There are different degrees of vibrations or frequencies corresponding to these different levels.

We know this from the reports of those who have gone before us to the other dimensions. And from channeled information from higher beings and guides.

Some say those in the higher levels can communicate with those in the lower level but not vice-versa.

Are they affected by time?

When a person dies, I assume his spirit in terms of ?physical? look would be the same as how he died. I guess that?s how he looked when still alive.

Do spirits grow old? Or do they stay the same? Somehow, I may be misinterpreting this idea because it?s a bit hard to think of something that may not be affected by time.

Spirits are not affected by time, as we know it in the physical world, because time does not exist in the spiritual plane. But we know spirits of the dead also undergo some transformation while physical time on earth passes. For example, immediately after death, the spirit may look exactly the way the person died. And this is what has been depicted in many horror movies.

But later on, as the consciousness of the spirit grows and is no longer earthbound or attached to his or her body, he or she will appear to the living in the prime of his or her life. So, the old folks will look young again and remain that way throughout his or her stay in the spirit world. They don?t grow old.

Do spirits know where they are?
If they know where they are, does that mean they can also be where they want to be? If they can do that, can they also think and learn and become wiser? Again, a bit hard to understand the need to become wiser since we don?t know what good that would be when you?re dead.?

After some time in the spirit world, the spirits become aware of other spirits around them. Where they can go is limited by their consciousness. But they can be in different places they may want to be.

A spirit of the dead told us the spirit world is just like what we have on the physical plane but it does not have physicality. In the spirit world, the spirits learn they truly create their own reality.

Spirits can think and also learn. Consciousness or awareness is not dependent on the brain. The brain is physical matter, which dies, but consciousness is of the soul and cannot die.
It is said that we don?t stop learning when in the spirit world. There are many things spirits do. Some make preparations for coming back to earth. Others may prefer to remain there to learn new lessons from their guides and higher beings on that plane.

What good is it to be wiser when one is already dead?

I think you are forgetting there is such a thing or process called ?reincarnation? or multiple rebirth on the earth plane. You grow in each incarnation as your spirit grows.

Do spirits also experience something similar to death, like we do?

Yes, when the spirit decides to go back to the physical world in another body. In other words, when the spirit reincarnates.

Remember this: Death on the physical plane means we become alive in the spirit world. And we ?die? in the spirit world when we become alive on the physical plane. Does this make sense now?

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