Another
theory concerns the imaginary friends of children. Some believe that
spirits are all around us, we just lack the open-mindedness to
acknowledge that they are with us.This is because we are "programmed"
when we are young by adults, that told us that there are no such things
as ghosts. Imaginary friends fall under this same programming. Parents
will teach the children that their "friend" is not real, and they should
stop talking to themselves. This is the kind of thinking that closes
our minds to anything that is not flesh and blood or solid as a rock.When
we are born, we have no preconceived notions of what is supposed to be
real and what is supposed to be imaginary. We don't even know what
imagination is. So, it is believed that babies and small children are
the best chance a spirit has to communicate with the living.
There have
been numerous documented cases where a child or baby has been moved from
one spot to another, or an infant has gained possession of toys that
were no where near them. Many people have watched a baby move it's eyes
around, as if following someone or a child suddenly laughing for no
obvious reason. Perhaps that child is seeing a grandparent who passed on
before getting a chance to see their grandchild. What
about children who are heard having long conversations with an unseen
friend?
Most can be attributed to an overactive imagination, but there
are a few cases in which children have gained information they could not
have known Perhaps imaginary friends are more real then we give them
credit