REFERENCE | WHISPERS
Never Respond to a Whisper of Your Name When No one Is there…
What will happen if you do?
Sitting alone, many years ago as a 17-year-old, the smooth, whispering & beckoning calls of my name were echoed through the stillness of the darkness…
I looked around, nothing but the familiar shadows of my bedroom stared back. My siblings were sound asleep in their rooms & my parents were downstairs, I knew it wasn’t any of them…
I got into bed, shrugging it off while thinking it was my imagination playing games, perhaps I was just too tired, time to sleep.
Looking back, I know this wasn’t my imagination, why you may ask? I know this based on my intuition; it has always led me right. Even though I wanted it to be my imagination, I knew it wasn’t…
Wise words from mi abuela
One of my grandmothers, who is very spiritual & wise, randomly told my friend & I some words of advice while we were on holiday visiting her.
Never respond to a whisper of your name when no one is there…
Her words triggered my memory of that moment in my room. I hadn’t told her or anyone. She continued as she recognized the intrigue & confusion on our faces begging her to tell us more.
It turns out that her grandmother had warned her some many, many years ago with legends from the Philippines of people who had reported hearing their names called & those who dared to answer were…
Let’s pause here, where did your mind take you to? What do you think would happen if someone answered? Would it be a strange conversation? Would the voice reveal them-self? Would the person start hearing voices all the time? Would they go mad? Would they get ill? Would the secrets of life be revealed? Would they not live to tell the tale? So many questions, few answers (that make sense).
Back to the conversation with mi abuela. She told us that those who answer are called back home. Home as in the realm of those who are no longer on earth. Be it heaven, paradise, space, the universe, wherever home is, they would be taken there.
This type of belief in the Philippines stems from many urban scary tales, disappearances & people reporting hearing mysterious voices in particular places. I will cover these in another article.
She also explained that she too had heard voices a few times in her life. She remembered the advice given so she ignored the voice.
I felt chills as I listened, as I imagined what could’ve happened if I had answered my name. What if I hadn’t simply shrugged it off? Even though the voice wasn’t scary, it was strange & my name was repeated several times making it clear that it wanted my attention.
I left the conversation feeling a bit perplexed as I couldn’t understand how this legend came about. If someone heard their name called & answered, how could they tell the tale as they weren’t here anymore? She didn’t have the answers for that. So the suspense sent us on a quest to find out on our own.
Other thoughts on hearing your name called
There are other views out there on hearing your name called. We’re going to explore these, so let’s jump in!
Hearing the voice of angels
There is the view that when one encounters a clear voice when no one is around, that they are hearing the voice of angels.
These angels are trying to communicate with you when there are no distractions in order to tell you something. If you hear them, they are figuring out the best way to communicate with you. They are letting you know; you are protected & not alone.
The good news is that you’re likely not imagining things.
In fact, it may be a sign from the spiritual world that you’re being visited by Angels — author of the Angel Writer
The author has a free Intuitive Powers quiz so you can check out if you are one who has the power of hearing these messengers & how intuitive you are.
Dreaming state & more opens the door
From a psychological perspective, hearing a voice or voices can be for different reasons such as being hungry, being physically ill, mind alternating paraphernalia, bereavement, or in a dreamlike state.
When you’re in a dreamlike state or any other mentioned above, your mind is most likely going to misinterpret things.
Voices as you fall asleep or wake up – these are to do with your brain being partly in a dreaming state. The voice might call your name or say something brief. You might also see strange things or misinterpret things you can see. These experiences usually stop as soon as you are fully awake. — Mind
Religious views
Many people have asked questions on platforms such as Quora & Pinterest about what it means to hear voices. Many answers flock to religious views with quotes from various religious books. The main tie between them is that the voice is a spirit. Whether it is good or evil depends on what else is said or the feelings evoked such as peace or fear. Many encourage the questioner to not entertain the voice without prayer & guidance.
Neuroscience view
There are many articles displaying a perspective from neuroscience suggesting that it is an audio hallucination. The causes are similar to those of a psychological standpoint; bereavement, drugs, trauma etc.
It is important to recognize that not all voices are negative or as a result of mental disorder. Hearing voices is much more common than many people realise, and sometimes they have positive effects. Whilst negative voices that are affecting a person’s well-being can require treatment, this is not always the case for positive voices and some people are able to live with them — news-medical.net
Yet none of the psychological or neuroscience views explain one-off experiences which many people around the world have experienced. Not every case can be pinned on being a sufferer of mental illness or from being high on drugs such as LSD/magic mushrooms. And not all experiences have occurred while one is going to sleep…
My husband was warned by his mother when he was younger not to answer his name if it was called from behind as it could be a spirit. For those who believe there is a spiritual realm (as we do), this resonates as more of a valid answer as to where the voice came from.
We live in a 3 dimensional realm where there are multiple frequencies all around us. Can we see the sound waves that come from our voices/devices etc.? No, when we choose to listen to a particular radio station, we have to tune into the frequency yet it doesn’t mean the other frequencies are not there. With this in mind, I believe that if someone hears their name called or a voice uttering something, they have tapped into a frequency (perhaps unknowingly) which is the spiritual realm.
Whether the essence of the spirit is good, evil or both (as life is dualistic), we can only go by our intuition or what we believe/learnt to be true.
Final thoughts
Never Respond to a Whisper of Your Name When No one Is there…
Before receiving the advice, my intuition told me to shrug it off. Did I choose the right option? Did I miss an opportunity to learn a higher message or meaning to life? Or was it a voice calling me to another dimension? Maybe in this situation, ignorance is bliss as I wasn’t ready to understand at that point even if it was going to provide me with information I was unaware of.
I may never know, yet I do know that I wasn’t ill, I certainly wasn’t high, I wasn’t particularly stressed, yet I was tired.
The most poignant point is the fact that my grandmother warned me not to respond several months after this happened. This didn’t feel like a coincidence.
Upon experiencing many strange spiritual experiences in a haunted house a couple of years later, I’m relieved that I didn’t respond!
Have you ever heard your name called while no one was there? Let me know if you have & if you responded or not.
Thanks for reading!
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