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This anecdote is a bit off-track but there is a connection, I believe. When I was about 8, I had my only known experience of sleep-walking, witnessed by many people and vividly remembered by me. I had been in bed asleep for maybe 3 hours when I came down two flights of stairs in my sleep and was woken up with my arms round my sister Joan, who was enjoying a party with friends. I explained, rather bemusedly, that I was saying goodbye to her She was 18 and a nurse in a hospital within walking distance of our house and was due to return there before midnight. On her way back to the hospital that night she was killed by a hit and run driver. Len

Valley Thank you for your kind words. I guess the knack of marshalling thoughts and putting them down in some sort of order comes from years of having to write reports. It is a technique which can be learned. Of course, it is far better to be able to talk face to face as only about 10% of meaning is transmitted by spoken or written words, the other 90% being by facial expression and body lanquage. Unfortunately, written words are very easy to misinterpret - hence people can get entirely the wrong meaning by reading a "tone" into written words which was not intended by the author. My most memorable flash of inspiration came when I was sitting on the toilet. I had been sent to a large shipping company, with an assistant, to sort out a problem with a pre-computer electronic accounting system which was consistently showing small (to them) but serious discrepancies and no one could figure out why. After several days of investigation I had more or less given up hope when, sitting on the throne, somewhat forlorn when, for no apparent reason, the answer popped into my head: the machine was printing out half pence but not registering them. Within half an hour we had proved this to be the case and called engineers to fix the problem - and 10 brownie points to Len and assistant. Len Ps Have you looked into Tracy Blackburn's thread "Life after Death, How Many Believe?" I have added quite a few thoughts to that which may interest you, if you have the time

No-one calling my name, but something heappened at my dad's funeral a few years ago. My dad had suffered heart problems for years and it was not that much of a surprise when he finally gave up the fight to a massive heart attack. We never really got on brilliantly, but the loss hit me hard at his funeral, and I broke down in the pew. Someone put a comforting hand on my shoulder and gave it a squeeze. I turned round to thank whoever, thinking it was my auntie or a cousin, and realised it hadn't been any of them. I like to think that dad and I made our peace that day. Steph x

Valley and Terri have identified the right conditions for receiving telepathic messages. It is when one is absent-minded or day-dreaming. It is called a meditational state. An everyday example of this is when drivers on a longish journey realise they cannot recall part of the journey and wonder if they are cracking up and should not be driving. Actually, they were on auto-pilot and their subconscious had taken over. Probably they were driving better and more safely than when their conscious mind was in charge. Arthur Koestler once did a study of about 600 scientists or researchers who have made ground-breaking discoveries and most of them seem to have made their inspiration (the "Eureka - I have it !" syndrome) when they were more or less giving up and and had relapsed into a day-dreaming state. Apparently, Einstein got his theory of relativity in a sudden flash of inspiration after months of arduous mathematics. The sub-conscience or right brain is sometimes referred to as "the problem solver" and it often sorts out problems during sleep, hence the saying "Let's sleep on it". What happens is that the conscious mind closes, stops interfering and the subconscious comes into its own. This often happens when dozing, just before going into full sleep. I would suggest that the mind is more receptive to other minds when in meditation and hearing one's name called is a direct contact with another mind, maybe living (as we understand it) , maybe not . Having done transcendental meditation I confirm this is a fact and would recommend meditation to everyone as a means of enlightenment - although some people seem to be better at it than others. Sorry to keep harping on about it but Dr Stephan Schmidt and Researchers at Freiburg University have recently published a paper in the British Journal of Psychology confirming the existence of paranormal abilities in humans. There was quite a splash about it in the Sunday Times of 27th June (and other newspapers and I am surprised that not more people have realised the full implications of this. Len

I am sure I have many times. yet the clearest, time i heard my name, was when distraught with guilt over the lack of close communication with my mother, I heard her say" I forgive you Tess" The name I was always called as a child.

To save me laboriously retyping, have a look at the thread TELEPATHY. Apparently we do have psychic abilities and I quote from a recent article: "they're a kind of subtle energy field that as yet we can't measure but which can. in various ways, interact between living organisms" ( David Marks, Professor of Psychology at City University). Maybe someone was thinking of you when you heard your name called ! Len

TracyLee Your message is really interesting. To my amazement I was asked by a clairvoyant whether or not I was a practicising medium when I attended a clairvoyance session out of curiosity! My grandmother was alleged to have had 'sixth sense' but I don't know how true this is. Ever since Ive posted this message my computer keeps doing weird things - spooky! Sally

This has happened to me regulary and untill recently I to thought i was hearing things or at least going round the twist. I recently went to a medium only to be told that i dont need him as i can hear the spirits my self, and that it is past family calling to me. he recomended that i go and get trained to listen to them and that if i should hear them again or sense that they are near then i should simply say bless you and then ask them what they want.

yes its happened to me, myself and my daughter thought we heard my son call me one afternoon from up in the bath, i shouted what , my daughter said, what did you call mum for , he shouted i didnt, we both heard it, later that evening he was up in the bathroom with a bad tummy as he sometimes gets from allergic reaction to some foods, he shouted as he does, mum. I said at the time to my daughter thats why i heard him earlier calling me. Sue, your mum will probably send you a message via your friend, i recently read john edwards book about spirits and he says that as your consious wants to hear from your loved one, its better they come through someone else as then it gives you the proof. you dont then think its only in your mind as you want it to be. hope that makes sense.

i get it all the time but then all my family call me vicky or vick and i have a step dad mick a dad mick a cousin nicola nick a sister in law nicky or nick. my step daughter is zoe her cousin is chloe my son is ryan and my father in law brian. so it gets a bit confusing and thats when you get called the right name in the first place lol

My Mum loved her classical music I like modern day music from the locol radio. The morning after she died I put the radio on and found I was listening to Classical Radio. Spooky Julia

Hiya, Whenever i'm at work i often hear my name called when nobody's about. I have answerd a few times but i have never had a reply. Dawn

The sense of smell is apparently the most powerful of the 5 senses. If you smell a particular smell linked with a subconscious memory, it can bring back that memory in a way that no other coaxing could. I have also heard it said that smell is the first sense we discover, and the very last that we lose. I am not therefore surprised it is linked to spiritual/emotiaional experiences. I have heard my name called by relatives I have lost on a number of occasions - more than once around the time that they died. It used to unnerve me, but now I accept it and feel privileged that they feel that I mean enough to them that they should alert me to their passing. Angela

i was awoken at 3-45am on the day my dad died in hospital, he had a heart attack, we got a call at 4.00 to tell us he had died about 15mins ago. some very strange things happen that week whenever i was around, like the kettle turning itself on etc. spooky however i have also never heard my dad call me, i think this is because i would love to hear him and that is why subconciously he can't get through. i have also in the past seen a spirit, so maybe one day when i dont expect it maybe my dad will appear. i know this is a bit off the subject but thought it might interest you all. penny

sally, glad your open to hearing things its only spirits letting you know that they are there most people shut these out wich is a shame. if you reply they will be more than happy tina xxx

Yes I have heard someone calling my name. It has happened on quite a few occasions, but the one I remember most is the day my Mum died. In the morning, I was getting ready to take the kids to school when I heard her call me. She lived about 10 miles from me. I thought I must phone her when I get back, but I was waylaid and forgot. A friend of hers phoned me at 2.30pm to tell me that Mum had not turned up as arranged and the friend could get no reply on the phone. I knew then that Mum had died - I don't know how, it was just a feeling. I drove over there and found her dead on her bedroom floor. Her breakfast dishes were in the sink, and the newspaper was on the table as if she had been reading it. The post mortem showed that her probable time of death was around 8am, just when I heard her call me. That was in 1997, and I have never heard her call me since, but strangely, my best friend has heard her on many occasions. It's as if Mum called me when she needed me and I didn't come, so she doesn't bother now. Sue

Penny I didn't mention it but I have also experienced the smell of a fragrance to when this hass happened - flowery/lavender smell. Sometimes the fragrance without the voice!

Happens to me too from time to time. Think there might be something about it on Derek Acorahs website.

Sorry don't know what happened there. Anyway I go out of the back door and of course no one is there. Why did the message get onto the board when I had not pressed the Add message box? Spooky.

Yes, it seems to happen to me a lot, either someone is desperate to get hold of me, I'm not sure. It's happened this week a couple of times, I gone out of the back door thinking it's one of the neighb