So you're saying, and correct me if I'm wrong, the soul, or whatever you might describe consciousness, remains after the physical death of a human being?

I was just saying, that if this did actually occur that the said energy has to abide by Time, so long as it is in our reality/dimension.

But I will say that if the soul is actually its own energy manifestation apart from the physical body, then it would make sense that what we describe as ghosts, or consciousness of the former "living" is plausible if nothing else. One has to reflect that everything is some sort of energy in all the universe and that all is not known completely.

Would you say otherwise?

No, I'm pretty sure we would still die even without clocks. /tongue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Clocks only measure the passage of time, they don't control it, nor can they stop it. Although, if you spend a Friday afternoon at work staring at one, it will sure feel like it…

What if we've been looking at time, space, and energy the wrong way? Since everything in the universe vibrates in some way, and the amount of energy is proportional to the frequency of the vibration, then maybe time is energy?

Was time invented, or only the concept of time itself? If we had never come to know time as it is now, I wonder what our world would be like? Would we perpetually be late? If a bear looks at his watch in the woods, maybe he is just waiting for the rabbit to come along…wait that was supposed to be… oh, never mind. So many questions, so little time? /tongue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Time couldn't be invented anymore than space could be invented. Is it then that no space exists, only the concept of space? If that were fact, then that would mean that our reality must then be only a concept and thus part of our imagination only.

No, I'm pretty sure we would still die even without clocks.

Absolutely, as clocks are only a measurement of Time and age is only a measurement of Time.

These things only measure what already exists. Just as a tape measure, simply measures space, but it does not create it.

First we must remember that time or the concept of time was invented by mankind. Before the conception of time, it was just there, never being used. The measurement of time like the hour, the minute and the second were invented by humans. The calender as well. Before humans, things like stars and planets down to animals and plants on Earth just came and went. They went on instinct on when to move to another location, to eat, to breed. Mankind with it's advancement and declination of the use of instincts needed something to remind itself to do now what instincts did before.

Now as for spirits and the passage of time, we have to remember that there is considered to be two different types of ghosts: residual and intelligent. Residual hauntings are just loops of a particular event that happened in the past. They might not even contain a real spirit or soul, it's just a psychic impression from a traumatic event. Now on to intelligent hauntings, I don't think anyone has done much emphasis on this subject. Mainly since getting results have been less desirable than wanted. Some people and I have been one of them, don't ask ghosts questions about how long they have been dead. We've been concerned that telling a ghost that they are no longer living turns them off to answering any more questions or performing any other activity during an investigation. Now I have asked questions to get an idea of when they were alive, like asking who the president is right now. Thus far, I've not had any responses to questions like this.

Do ghosts know about time when they are deceased? No one really knows, we can just speculate about our theories, opinions and beliefs but until we die ourselves we might never know.

Well, I definitely know I will be asking a different question or two (like what year is it) the next time I'm engaged with one of the boys. I might even try it tonight when I'm at work. It will be interesting to see what kind of response I get.

Carolyn