I have had several unique experiences of the otherworld in my life. I look at it as quite normal and a part of normal life, rather than 'paranormal', just all part of God's plan.
If you believe in heaven or an after-life it makes perfect sense to me that there are ghosts or spirits in the next dimension. I know I would want to comfort my loved ones when I pass on if I possibly could.
My best friend was murdered and his body was hacked into pieces. The night after his death, I was lying on the couch and saw a pinprick of light across the room. The light magnified in intensity and floated closer to me until it hovered over my head.
Man, I'm getting goosebumps just reliving all this.
I was totally lucid and was studying and examining this light - awed but unafraid. It all felt so peaceful, and I knew it was my friend - it was his light. Then the light turned into what I can only describe as a ball of energy like looking inside a brilliant atomic molecule - ablaze with colors I'd never seen and pulsating.
I swear I have never taken any hallucinogenics. This was so real.
Then to my amazement the ball of light-energy descended to my feet and I felt it enter through the soles of my feet. I was overwhelmed with the warmest rolling undulations coursing through my body - like I was being washed with pure love inside. It lasted for about 5 minutes then the ball of light hovered over me again and then retreated to a pinprick and disappeared.
The same thing happened the very next night. And that was the last time. Even more interestingly, a medical condition I had never surfaced again. It's been 7 years.
Am I a believer you bet. There is no reason to scoff or be afraid of the life after.
I still miss my friend. They say it takes a second to fall in love but a lifetime to forget someone. So true.