Photos taken on the grounds of The Monroe Institute
At your next family gathering, bring up the topic of spirit communication. The reaction of the group will tell you quite a bit about how people generally regard the whole subject of ghost/spirits and contact with the dead. There are likely to be three types of reactions: snickers and rolling of the eyes, intrigue and fascination, and family members or relatives who eagerly relate their own experiences with spirits and spirit contact.
In 2012, when we originally posted this story, the percentage of Americans who believed in life after death was, according to a Huffington Post/Yougov survey, 64 percent and 45 percent believed that ghosts or the spirits of the dead can interact with the living. These statistics were startling different from a 1978 survey that indicated only 11 percent of people believe in ghosts and spirits. However, the problem with polls is how are the questions phrased? Is as religious organization or publication asking the question? Where does the belief stand in 2021?
In 2021,YouGov stats says that about half of Americans belief that demons and ghosts really exist. Given the proliferation of blogs, websites, books, movies and social media sites, I find that drop from 2012 hard to believe.
Regardless, the next time you’re with family or friends, bring up the subject and note the reaction – and the stories.
Another question to consider: as more people become aware that spirit contact is possible, does it happen more frequently? We believe so and that’s why we wrote Secrets of Spirit Communication.
Well said and thank you once again for your book! I find that most of the people I meet, even the conservative ones, seem to believe in spirit contact of some kind…..I think the subject has become more open now.
I certainly feel/experience the presence of spirits in many ways, most commonly through synchronicities. Sometimes I find it hard to interpret what those experiences mean – for example, back in the spring I found a coin right in center of my bed. I thought it was a dime, but looking closer I saw it was a British coin, and I have no idea where it came from, since I have no British coins lying around. I do, however love to go to Southern England on pilgrimage, the last time was in 2018. It felt magical and I’ve kept it among my “talismans” ever since.
I asked a friend who is a medium what she thought and she said that it was a guide or guides who are/were English, and it was just given to let me know that I am not alone. Also, I feel personally, it may be an encouragement to see with the eyes of Pilgrimage, since my two trips in the past decade to England were pilgrimage to sacred sites and sacred lands.
I agree! Spirit contact is always fascinating!
I believe that the other question to be considered is where the pollsters are finding the people they survey. I’ve never seen a pollster outside a public mall and those have been subdued for years. Seniors use the space for their morning constitutionals though why people would choose empty buildings rather than the great outdoors for their walks is a question I can’t answer for myself. Wherever pollsters are getting their samples, their polled sample may not be truly representative.
Pollsters probably poll on Facebook. Please. It’s under fire as we speak/write here and Mark Zuckerberg is being sued as the owner of this vast monopoly for the damage it has done by not factchecking its posts, by fomenting groups like Qanon, by all the lies, lies, lies propagated on his site.
Setting all this aside, Robert Monroe’s book, THE ULTIMATE JOURNEY, remains one of my all-time favorites. I would love to go to the Monroe Institute someday. Enjoy the rest of your trip.
Great book, one of my favorites too!