I have been wondering the same. I am not even sure I believe in anything more than the physical anymore. I have been an atheist for a number of years now, and religion in my learning has proved to be mostly fables and myth. However, when I was younger I had some experiences that I indentified as out-of-body experiences and astral projections. These all happened in my childhood and teenage years, and I later discounted them as wishful thinking or my mind playing tricks on me.

I'm now in my mid-twenties and rethinking things a little. Recently, my best friend comitted suicide. She was only 25. Like the person mentioned above, she was a wonderful person who enjoyed helping others. She dedicated her life to public service as a paramedic. Then changed gears and decided to become involved with law enforcement. In the end, she shot herself with her own gun.

She and I had not spoken in months, save a few e-mails here and there, not much from her side at all. We'd had a falling out of sorts last year and it wasn't the same. While I had been missing her for awhile, the day before it happened my mind was flooded with memories of her, and that night I lied in bed crying to my boyfriend about how much I missed and even picked up a phone, comtemplating calling her. I looked at the time and determined it was too late to call anyone so I put the phone down. A few days later I found out that late that night she committed suicide. I do not know what I was feeling. I chalked it up to an overemotional day, but when I found out what happened, I couldn't help but explore the what-if's.

Since then, I had talked to my friend who'd spoken with her the week before she died, and he said that she wanted to talk to me at some point but wasn't ready to yet. Well, the fact that she's gone leaves a lot unresolved. And if there is something more than I am infinitely ignorant of, I want to know. I want to know how she's doing and if I can ever expect to see her again. I also wanted to tell her how much she is missed how she affected all the people she left behind. I wish she had known how important she was to everyone, and that she really did deserve our love.

Do you believe this is possible for me to do? Is this something I should do? Or would this be disruptive for her? Should I leave her to find her own peace instead? Whifh would be better for her?

Also, I feel I should mention I lost my mom about one year ago. I am wondering also if I can find my friend that I might be able to find her also. I am not as worried about her. I think she was at a better place when she died than my friend was. But I'm also afraid that if any of this is possible, if I see either one of them, then it's a bad omen for me. Older relatives always have claimed to have seen deceased family members in their dreams or waking life just days before their own deaths. However, when a was a child, I may have, and I admit I myself am skeptical now, seen the ghost of my grandfather as he came to visit me in my sleep. Not sure I was sleeping though because after it happened I blacked out for just a moment, in one instant he was there, next instant gone. And I was sitting up in my bed, everything as it was. Even the dog was sleeping at the foot of the bed in the same position. I remember it was very cold in the room, and I was scared. Goosebumps on my arms. Remember running to my parents room afterwards.

Hi,
As have already been stated meeting deceased friends and family in the astral is more than possible. With some experience out of body they might even show up to where you are to visit you.

There are numerous things which should be kept in mind however. Such as it they have a new body or are still (or again) in the astral, and also some people remain in the astral longer after death than others. It might also be unlikely to encounter a deceased friend on your first couple of experiences, due to very limited time out, and due to the deceased friends knowing you have to learn and understand certain things first before a meeting is a good idea (assuming they are in somewhat "proper" spirit worlds).

It might also be quite unlikely to encounter them if they have just recently died as well as if you are still greaving them (but there are exceptions).

People after death tend to also have a somewhat different perspective of life and things than they did when in a physical body.

Death is a complex thing, but assuming the person is in proper spirit worlds there shouldn't be much of a problem meeting them, either you meeting them, or more easily having them meet you. People in the spirit worlds are oftentimes more aware of us than we imagine.