Yea Briarne! Thanks for your posts and for sharing you thoughts and excellent questions.<br /><br />Metaphysical Awakening is the title I came up with for my journal of paranormal occurences and lessons I experienced when I decided to find out for sure if there is a spirit world. Metaphysical Awakening has become my theme, as I feel I am waking up to a greater reality.<br /><br />Metaphysical means: that which exists beyond the five senses. It is another name for paranormal or the spiritual realm.<br /><br />Deja vu is accurate for what you experienced. It is a French word that means something you have seen before--premonition. Your dreams that predicted some events that ended up happening is a premonition. I rarely have premonitions, so I am quite fascinated when I hear from someone who does! Any details?<br /><br />As for the black things you see out of the corner of your eye, this is a description many other people give in relation to seeing spirits. I believe the reason is due to the fact that the retina contains two different types of photoreceptors, rods and cones. Rods are used for night vision and account for peripheral vision (around the edge of the eye). These receptors seem able to detect more subtle things that our front-on photoreceptors, cones, sometimes can't "see".<br /><br />That is not to say that a spirit cannot make itself more visible so that it can be seen full-on. But if there is some general spirit activity around (and there usually is), then if you are "sensitive" you may from time to time visually sense these beings via your peripheral vision.<br /><br />And finally, while the unknown can seem quite scary at times, and I have definitely felt frightened at times in my search, you can also begin to acclimatise by seeking it out, and trying hard to accept and welcome it so it is not so scary. You might even make some spirit friends.