Ever since my brother passed away a year or so ago, my DVR will turn on and off by itself. It will even try to eject or play a tape when there isn't one in it. Sometimes I will say, "If this is you, then do it again," and it DOES! I miss my brother so much. Do you think this is him trying to contact me, or is it my imagination? Have you ever heard of anything like this before?
- Collette
Dreamchaser:
My favorite part of your question was when you said, "If this is you, then do it again," and it happened. Despite this, you're still wondering if it is your brother. OF COURSE it is your brother!
The easiest way for spirits to contact us is through electricity. Spirits, after all, are energy. They have ways of manipulating electricity and making their presence known. It happens with the ghosts in my house all the time.
One evening I was sitting at the table with my son doing homework, and the stereo turned on all by itself. We just looked at it and he said very calmly, "Excuse me. I am trying to do my homework," and turned it off.
On my nightstand in my room, which is a loft, I have a touch lamp. You have to touch the base to get it to turn on. You can touch it once for low, twice for medium, three times for high and four times for off. I was sitting in another part of the house when suddenly, the light in my room turned on to high.
Then there are the times when the television turns on or off by itself, or I walk in the kitchen when I am the only person in the house, and the oven light is turned on. I could go on and on.
As you can see, it really is quite normal for spirits to manipulate energy. I think that most of the time when it happens in MY house, they are just trying to play with us and/or get our attention.
This is what your brother wants: your attention. He wants you to know that he is there and that he is alive in another form. He absolutely wants you to see it and believe it. He also used to like to play practical jokes on people. He loved to watch their reactions. He's still like that, so this DVR trick is right up his alley. He loves your reaction.
He does wonder, however, why you don't pick up on everything else that he does. He messes with lights all the time. Your lights will go off, on, or flicker by themselves. He also has learned how to make your phone ring. He could only manage one ring for a while. Now he can actually get it to ring until you answer it, and there is nothing but static sound on the other end. He is quite active around your house.
You can also FEEL his energy around you. At times you feel that if you turned around, he would be standing there. His energy is that tangible to you. Please believe that energy. It REALLY is him in spirit form, standing in the same room with you. All of these jokes he is playing on you are his way of telling you to stop grieving. He is not gone. He keeps stressing that point to me and to you via his activity around your house.
I wish you acceptance of life in its various energetic forms.
*****
Astrea:
I often hear about this kind of thing happening. Often when people we love and are very close to cross over, they will find a way to show us they are all right. This is especially true of those who depart at a young age.
Your brother was a big prankster when he was alive, so he has decided the best way to get your attention is to work through your DVR. He knew that you would recognize it was him trying to communicate with you.
For spirits, electrical current is an easy way to travel. It takes less effort for HIM if he can come to you through wires that are already humming with energy to feed the DVR.
One reason he has taken this subtle approach is he doesn't want to frighten you. You're lucky there. His only reason for producing this kind of manifestation is to let you know that he's all right, that he's with you from time to time, and that he misses you (which feels very different for the people THERE than it does for us). Even though you can't hear him talk to you yet, he can hear YOU. He hears everything you say to him.
He's not trying to frighten you or seek revenge on anyone or anything like that. Nothing negative can come from him and certainly doesn't have any negative intentions. He's just trying to let you know he's there to help you if you need him.
Sometimes it's so difficult to let go of someone we love that we keep calling that person back to us from Heaven over and over again. They never get any rest, and they can't move on to be a part of the Complete Whole Spirit, which is God.
I don't feel, however, that you are doing this. Your brother is lingering because he decided to keep all of you company until the pain of his passing subsides. If you're not afraid they'll think you're nutty, ask other family members if they've had anything like this happen to them.
It might not be the DVR for someone else. My Big Daddy used to enjoy turning lamps on and off at regular intervals. Granny likes to turn the light from the stairs off when I'm about halfway down.
A tidbit of warning here: spirits come and go as they will. You'll NEVER know when he'll turn up, and no matter how ready you are, it's ALWAYS a little disconcerting. I have a friend who comes in my studio and taps me on the shoulder if I'm there alone. Even when I think about this on my way out to the studio, and feel I am prepared, I always COME OUT OF MY SKIN when he does that! Making us jump must be part of the fun for these spirits. Don't think you're being a big baby when that happens!
If you're still not convinced this is your brother, buy another DVR. The same thing will happen with that one, too. 🙂