Psychic step from "Be The Light" is just wrong

Be The Light recently did a video post on youtube on "Six telling signs that the spirit world is trying to contact you." During the video about being psychic and the spirit world, it mentioned that if a person wakes up every day or often between 2-3 p.m. that more than likely a spirit is trying to contact you. Their advice was to sit quietly and open yourself up to the message that the spirit is trying to give you.

Now wait a minute, you want me to wake up from a deep sleep where my mind is open, sit in a dark room, and open myself up to the message? Most people enter REM sleep in the later hours of the morning. Most of the time they are in REM sleep when the alarm clock goes off. So there is a little bit of a concern here. A person mind is open to dreams, nightmares, premonitions, and messages from spirits during REM sleep. On the negative side, our conscious mind is resting or at a lower activity level.

Many Paranormal investigators have mentioned that when a person is sleepy or asleep their guard is down and they are more open to the spiritual world. Yet, Be The Light wants you to sit down and open yourself up from the spirit world without being fully awake. This may not be what it seems but it sure does sound like this is what they are suggesting.

 Our advice at Paranormal Explored is to protect yourself at all times. If a person is going to open themselves up to the spirit world and paranormal activity around them, then they need to make sure that their guard is up at all times.

Though we want to deal with the good, bad, and ugly of the paranormal world around us, one must always be careful when dealing with hauntings and ghost. Remember that what seems like a friendly child trying to contact you may be an evil spirit trying to manipulate you. Honestly, people can only assume what they are dealing with when it comes to interacting with the paranormal world around us.

What does paranormal mean?

When people hear of the word paranormal, most of the times they are thinking about the ghost stories and hauntings that they have heard about in their lifetime. What exactly is paranormal though? Does the term only classify hauntings, poltergeist, shadow people, and residual energy of a location? Or is the term much deeper than what people normally think of when they hear the word paranormal? 

To get the just of it, people have to break down the word paranormal. The word stems from the Greek word Para. 
Para just like many other words, depending on the culture, means different things. There's an old quote about asking people about information. "Ask one hundred people the same question, you're going to get one hundred different answers." One of the definitions of Para is the term "contrary to". So could one say that paranormal is anything contrary to normal actions and beliefs? 

So could one say that something that is paranormal goes against the majority of societies beliefs? Nearly three billion people believe in God and the Christian Bible. Yet, things like premonitions, psychic ability, energy manipulation, and conversing with the dead are considered paranormal in the world today. In the book of Numbers, chapter 27, verse 18 it reads "So the Lord said to Moses, "Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him" Is this not what we call the practice of Reiki today?

Once again, if a person asked a hundred people what they thought the paranormal was that same person would obtain one hundred different answers. So a person has to ask themselves what the concept of normal is to the group that they are asking. Many cultures for centuries have been warding off evil spirits and communing with their ancestors. Many cultures offer gifts and sacrifices to their ancestors but to some people in the world, this is considered Paranormal. 

Take for example the story of the Jersey Devil. Folklore of dragons it may be but definitely something not normal to most of society. This creature is reported to inhabit the Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey. What does the Jersey Devil look like? Personal reports have been of a quick moving creature with a blood-curdling scream. No one can actually give a full detailed description of the creature. People started reporting about this animal like the demon of the Pine Barrens. This Folklore and sighting may have started in the age of Ben Franklin but indigenous cultures around the world have been believing in creatures like the Jersey Devil for centuries.

What does Paranormal Explored consider what is paranormal is and what it isn't? Honestly, we try to take an unbias stance on the topic. It is our goal to share information about what other people might consider energy manipulation, hauntings, psychic ability, energy influences on the world, and more. 

As you can see, what one culture may think is paranormal may be everyday life for another culture in the world. The term paranormal depends on the topic and about whom you are asking about the topic.