Who can actually do it? (see the future/past)

[Cassius2]

A dark shadow leaped to my parents van next to us stop and then just vanish.l It never came back again but when Lost was on that black evil cloud reminded me so much of it.

ohhh i know what you are talking about there lol! the black shadow thingy from Lost was *kinda* like the scary as hell thing that used to harass me for years on end...not so round and formed, but black shadowy/smoky like itms. totally uncool TBH.

my Oma passed away yesterday morning. and the last 2 weeks have been pretty full on as my Godmother (who passed away 13 years ago) kept visiting me (she has done this in the past a few times). i tried ignoring the 'presence' for awhile (didnt realise it was skadi) until she bucketed a toddler stool at me lol! but she kept me updated basically over the the last couple of weeks and tried to prepare me as much as possible. still, it didnt help with the real loss iykwim but darn it it felt good to know that Oma was ready and that she was going to be there to hold her hand. One thing that i dont understand is that the night before Oma died (so thursday) i had a man (silhouette only) standing guard at my front door. when i 'opened' the door (didnt physically, dont know how best to describe it...) he turned and i wasnt scared, he just gave this reassuring and knowledgable look. I'm not sure who he is or what he was doing there??!! but man oh man he was frikkin powerful! i am intrigued...does anyone know what or who this could be?

overall it was a very strange night (we had a massive gum tree fall on our bedroom roof and but by some miracle it didnt come crashing down on us...SES and the whole works took about 4 hours to clear it...it was a nasty fall across powerlines etc).

[AnyDream]

Cass - so sorry your Oma has passed. What a blessing to have your godmother there helping you at this time. Maybe the man was standing there to make sure none of you went outside where the branch fell, or maybe he just gave it a bit of a push as it came down so it didn't hurt anyone?

[Cassius2]

Cass - so sorry your Oma has passed. What a blessing to have your godmother there helping you at this time. Maybe the man was standing there to make sure none of you went outside where the branch fell, or maybe he just gave it a bit of a push as it came down so it didn't hurt anyone?

yeah i just dont have any clue who he is....and TBH i CANNOT get over the strength and warmth and awe i felt in his presence. it was really powerful...almost addictive lol!

[Arimeh]

Cass -

This thread is amazing. I don't think I have any gifts really, I can sense some things, and I always have dreams that come true - which is a bit freaky. I used to be able to feel my guardian (don't know what else to call her) and one night I was having a severe panic attack, and I was on my own in a strange town in NSW, in a small motel room, having this awful panic attack and was thinking I was going to die. I lay down on the bed, and felt a hand running continuously through my hair, and a voice telling me it was all ok, its ok.. everything is going to be ok... shhhh... and I fell asleep. It was so peaceful and loving.

And - I'm not sure whether or not to tell this story, but I will - and if it freaks too many people out I'll delete it later.

When I was pregnant with DS (14 weeks on the dot) I was lying in bed one night with my back to the bedroom window. I felt a presence behind me. Then, I felt whoever it was trying to yank me out of my body ITMS? I was holding on tight to DH around his belly and just squeezing and squeezing him, determined not to let go. I was saying (in my head) - no, no, leave me alone, you're not going to get my baby. It was such a strong feeling and I thought I was going to let go, the pull was that strong. But I didn't - and then I blacked out. (in saying that I blacked out, sleep was immediate, but I did not fall asleep)

After I had blacked out, DH had woken up and saw a shadow on the wall, for whatever it was behind me. He was pretty freaked I think and never turned around, and then he blacked out as well.

We have suspicions on what it was, but we're keeping the theory to ourselves (mainly for fear of judgement). They never came back when I was pregnant with the girls, just DS.

[~Hestia~]

Arimeh - that sounds terrifying!

[Ryatha]

arimeh - that sounds so scary

wow - thank you all for sharing your stories. Some gave me goose bumps and others reminded me of times it has happened to me.

I have dreams as well, very distinct and usally don't come real for about 10 years. So when I was in high school dreaming about my hubby (balding and with a gut ) and my kids was a bit bizzare! I also know things and can send this information to my mum and sister. When my sisters dog died she was in europe and we had decided not to tell her that her dog died until she got back but she call that evening and asked what had happened to her dog. Also I remember sitting in my room and thinking 'I really need a desk fan, I need to tell mum' and mum came home about an hour later and gave me a desk fan saying 'I thought you might need one'

I have only been visited by my mums parents. My grandpa died 5 months before my wedding but a day or so before he passed he kept asking for my DH and saying the date of our wedding. Then at our reception mum, DH and I all felt him, it brought tears to my eyes but I was so happy he could be with us. My nana died only recently and when I was at her bedside saying goodbye I meant to tell her that I had just found out I was pregnant but what I said was you have another granddaughter on the way. There was no way I could know this but I 'knew' then I was carrying a girl. I have felt that nana has always been close to DD2 and when we were at the dawn service DD2 and I were quietly standing there when I suddenly smelt her perfume. I knew that she was with us and I let DH know. He couldn't smell her but was happy she was with us. I smelt it a few more times after that as well.

I also know that DD1's guardian is very active. He has needed to be with all her accidents. But one day when I had got to my parents house I had parked on the other side of the road and it was very busy. DD1 ran out from the back of the car to run over the road and suddenly just before she stepped on to the road she fell flat on her face. Just then a car went speeding past. Had DD1 not tripped she would have been killed. All I could do was hug her and reassure both of us she was ok.

Ok, that is probably enough from me, and maz calls herself a thread whore!

Just one last thing, does anyone just 'know' things when they talk to someone? I have felt recently that I am able to tell what is going on in someone as I speak to them and I'm trying to work out if I am being super observant or if my intuition is starting to kick in.

[AnyDream]

Mel, thanks for posting that story. If you haven't read any Stuart Wilde, you might find it helpful. I know what you speak of, I've had a brush with them too. Freaky, but the universe is obviously a very large place.

Ryatha and Cass, lovely stories. I've had guardian moments, the best one is the time I stopped, without knowing why, when I was about to drive onto a roundabout. 2 seconds later a speeding vehicle appeared, careered around the roundabout, swerving uncontrollably into the lane I would've been in at exactly that time. If I'd driven on their car would've collected mine right where the driver sits. I said a very big thankyou after that.