What if your neighbour who you have known since you were two years old died in a house fire last Wednesday and you wanted him to know that you love him and care for him greatly can he hear or see you?

One Pagan's Perspective I was raised to believe that those who pass have the ability to hear us. When ever I "lost" someone I cared for, I took time to "talk" to them, say my goodbyes, mourn, and make what peace I needed. This is a healthy way to deal with your loss.

Envisioning them in a place of happiness and peace will also help. The only thing I was cautioned about was holding on too hard, that my need to keep someone with me might interfere with their own advancement on the next plain of existence Pagans tend to think that a "soul" has from the time of their physical death until the next Samhain to "take care" of unfinished business and say their goodbyes At Samhain we hold a ritual of farewell for those of our honoured dead who have passed in the previous year. We also take that time to send wishes, ask questions, or other types of communication with those who have been gone longer than the one year One of our group is a "veil walker", one who communicates regularly with those who have passed.

And as he explains it to me, time moves differently for the spirits. We travel on in a linear manner, while they, no longer held by the needs and restrictions of a body can be anywhere and everywhere in time all at once. He will here you and be able to feel your love.

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