Craig,

I am proceeding as you explained in making contact with my parents. In the quietude of a meditative atmosphere I am beginning to make conversation with a knowing that they are present in the room.

I have a couple questions as pertains to this. Is there a certain type of dialogue that may be best to pursue, or simply talk as I would if I could visually appreciate them in the room? Does it matter whether I say it out loud or merely think it?

Also, in having listened to a few of the recordings of David Thompson's and I find it very fascinating, the descriptions from those physically departed ones, in describing when they first realized their situation.

It seems that there is a learning curve so to speak that each spirit must evolve through. I was wondering, how does the spirit or spirits know when they are being called? Do they hear some sort of bell or chime, or do they simply hear their name? What would cause some spirits to respond more than others? Is it practice? Is it their own coming to grips with their spiritual reality? I ask this because my mother was always a very conservative Protestant Christian, and her particular beliefs while in the physical realm did not recognize an afterlife until "The Second Coming of Jesus", and was forbidden certainly to make attempts to contact spirits. It all seems somewhat convoluted.

I on the other hand, maintain an ever open-minded perspective and am not hampered by this mind set.

Thank you for your response.

David