Overcoming Fear – Trusting Myself

By Peter Perkins

Although I have had experiences with seeing spirits before, one experience that really stands out for me happened when I was around eighteen years old.

I was riding in a friend’s truck when I perceived a figure floating ahead down the road. Time suddenly seemed to greatly slow down.

I saw a white figure – see through – that looked like a drowned woman. Its appearance was frightening; yet I felt an empathy with the spirit. Appearances aside, my empathy was telling me this was a good person and that I was safe.

All in that instant I felt fear then the dispersal of that fear. I decided to trust in my empathic instincts, and when I did that, the image of the spirit became clearer; I could still see through ‘her’, but the definition sharpened.

My friend continued to drive, completely unaware of the spirit, and drove right through her. The spirit passed through me, and when we merged, I felt as if I were experiencing bits of her life. I knew then, from those shared memories, what had happened that had caused her death.

She let me know that it had been reported that she had been drunk and drove into the nearby lake. The truth was that she had been murdered, and the murderer had pushed her and her vehicle into the lake.

The images I got were from the flapper era. She was a beautiful young woman in life and had simply been enjoying herself when the man she was with wanted more then just a companion to dance with. Things escalated resulting in her death. It was not an act of premeditated murder, more an act of passion.

I feel that she wanted someone to know; she had the need to feel the truth of her death was known by someone.

When she finished passing through me, time sped up to normal; all of this had occurred in mere seconds – if that.

My friend looked over and asked if I was OK; he said I had tensed up.

I asked him about the spirit – he reported he had not seen it at all.

At the time, this was just added to my expanding list of experiences with spirits.

Like most of my other encounters in seeing spirits, it started with fear. This one experience was a turning point for me – for even though I was afraid, my emotional compass kicked in; the empathic feeling of this encounter was not a feeling of it being dangerous, but rather a positive encounter.

In hindsight I learned several things from this encounter.

• Appearances should be overlooked.
• If I had gone strictly on the vision of this spirit, the fear would never have left.
• I learned to trust my empathic feelings; previous to this, it had not kicked in as strongly as this time.
• I also learned we could help spirits. Sometimes they just want someone to know something; to feel validated or acknowledged.
• I learned not to jump immediately to fear when encountering a spirit.

So I have some advice to give to others who might experience seeing spirits: it might seem frightening at first, but try and look past the fear – or try to see if you can feel what the fear is from.

Is it a fear of the ghost itself; is it a fear of the unknown? Does it come from ghost movies or stories you have heard or seen? Try and see if you can feel where the fear is coming from. If it is not from the spirit itself you might come to realize the spirit is something you have no need to be afraid of.

Trusting ones empathic feelings can help you judge things.

Thank you Peter!