Earlier this evening I went over to a neighbors house to help them investigate a supposed haunting... In the tank I opened up my mind and felt a lot of things that I can not put into words… I felt the spirits of every being that ever existed and that will exist… They are all around us…Below is a journal entry written earlier today from my investigation...

08/25/00 - Howard's house: First Visit
(NOTE: this is not a flotation session journal)

My neighbor, Howard, explained several strange occurrences that happened in the house. A picture frame was knocked off the TV set. He explained that it did not seem like it fell, it seemed like it was flung across the room, since it was displaced several feet. A knife was knocked off the dining room table. At several times, footsteps were heard from upstairs when nobody was up there. One time Howard was upstairs shaving and he heard a voice calling from downstairs. He answered back, "I'm up here," but found out nobody was home. Often disturbances occur around 8:00pm to 8:30pm. The dog goes crazy and stairs upward towards the ceiling. Howard and other people have also felt a strange breeze and presence.

Howard believes that the ghost in their house might be his past wife. She was sick and died in the house about 5 years ago. The dining room was her bedroom, she spent most of her time there and I believe that is the room she died in.

We both sat down at the dining room table tried to relax and open up our minds to whatever might be present. After a few minutes we both felt a presence. I felt a breeze go across my arms and back. It was a strong presence and it made my skin tingle...

Then we headed upstairs into another room that she spent a lot of her time in. This room is where a lot of activity has also been observed. Before we entered the room I stopped and asked Howard if there was a chair she used to sit in, in that room. After he said yes, I described what I thought it looked like. About a month ago, while meditating in the tank, I tried to focus on his situation and I saw a form sitting in a light blue wing chair. The chair I described matched up with her favorite chair that used to be in the room. I was never in his house before.(see related entry)

After several minutes of concentrating in the upstairs room, I saw a form. The form was of a woman with a medium size build. She had dark brown hair, there was something in her hair or a mass of hair around the back of her neck but I could not see it clearly. She wore a long gown that was light blue/white. According to Howard, this description matched her and what she was wearing while she was sick. I never saw a picture of her or heard a description of her before in my life. The figure I saw was pointing upward toward something but I could not figure it out. Later we thought that she might have been pointing towards the attic where her stuff is stored.

How in the world did I know what she looked like and what the chair looked like when I never saw them before? Did something supernatural occur? I like to think about all possibilities, rather then just believe whatever I want to believe. I know Howard well and trust his word but human memory is not always reliable. I should have asked if he had a picture of her at that time for more definite confirmation. There is always the chance that it was a pure coincidence (a lucky guess) but the odds that every single detail (the color and type of chair, her hair color, hair style, build, and outfit) matching is unlikely. What other possibilities are there? Maybe Howard telepathically sent me the image, if telepathy is possible. Maybe I saw into the past, through time? Maybe her spirit actually made contact with me? Maybe my entire life is just a dream? I guess it is also possible that I am just making this all up but I doubt that very much.

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