Spirit Hugs?

I'm really curious about whether souls can hug each other in the afterlife? Does it feel the same as hugging someone on Earth?

There are tons of stuff out on the net about Spirit hugs. They come in lots of variations too. Here on CE, I think you can find several really good insistence's in the archives or by searching or what not.

Hugs could be from loved ones, past friends, past life relations, guides, teachers, angels, etc etc. Mostly it's just their energy blending with yours that carries the emotion of love. It can come in many different energetic, psychic, and physical manifestations or any combination. For example, you'll hear people talk about temperature changes, static electricity feelings, buzzs, tingles, gooseflesh, tickles, feather touches, squeezes, air pressure changes, air thickening, feelings of floating, change of mental and visual spacial orientation, visions, sounds, you name it. Many many times it is a combination of these. I mean, for someone without 3D flesh, how would you describe a hug like interaction? The point is, is that it's love.

Now as far as "technical details" go. What is happening is that they are blending their energy with yours. They expand or contract theirs, they use energy bodies drawn from whatever plane they are functioning on and interact with you. So they could approach you via what would appear to us as a morpheus energy cloud like structure, or a energy body. Or they could operate through an intermediary. They might be able to have enough experience, know how, and energy to do anything themselves. Frequently they team up with other spirits, such as guides and angels to boost the energy to reach us or cause a manifestation. For example I once had a hug from Erik back in the day, in which he said it took a good handful of them to raise my state of being and lower their and punch the power through to make me feel a hug. What had actually happened though was that they enabled my energy body and consciousness to project closer to theirs; me and the whole room. In that place and state, they were able to interact with me. Other times, they create vortexes through our auras and energy fields so that their energy can be felt or sensed by our sensory organs and nerves. Sometimes this looks like tunnels, worm holes, waves and clouds, motes of light jumping from contact point to contact point. Here's an example. Have you ever had just a horrid day? Where you found yourself praying, "Oh God, just please help me get through this and keep it together" Then at the end of the day you crash down to bed or the couch... suddenly you feel like your surrounded by soft thick air and your mind with blissful gratitude shuts down and sleep overcomes you, without explanation? That is more than likely your guardian angel hugging you and wrapping you in their energy. There are all sorts of variations. Unlimited. Everything from a feather light tickle to an example I had a while ago, Here's how I wrote about it.

[One night, I felt so bad that I was in tears. Then all of a sudden I had a really unusual cool experience. My eyes were closed and all of a sudden I felt this thick air surround me with pressure and I felt slightly dizzy, kinda like I was suddenly floating on a pool raft, and wobbly spinning. Then suddenly it felt like my point of consciousness, you know that feeling of looking through your eyes and thinking, this is me? Suddenly it felt like that point had moved up out of my body through my chest and head and I was now smaller. And that I was, the me, was now located above my head, about where the head board is. And at the same time this was happening, this air pressure had the sensation of rolling from my feet, around my body and up and against the wall carrying me. Exactly as if you can imagine picking a child up as you scooted to a sitting position in bed, while sitting up against the headboard/wall, and then holding that child in your arms against your chest. This went on for what seemed like a half hour]

Now, people will say, "How to I facilitate these more often?"

Well, there are a few approaches. 1) You could just hold your concept of Angels and Loved ones to mind and simply ask. Then wait. In this instance the ball is in their court. Be patient as each spirit is different and each situation is different. 2) Co-create these experiences. This will require you to closely examine your own belief structures and emotions as each of these impact the energy available. I know this sounds sooo pat and cliche, but its really true. For example you can get stuck in emotional cycles of "wanting or not having" vs "love or sending love" and gratitude. All the emotions are a-ok, Erik swears they are; but it's were the point of your focus is that matters......is this always true. Oh sure, when spirits are motivated and team up, they can get through a lot, but it might be that you chose to experience a particular aspect of having vs not having or some other emotional paradox. One a very related note one of the easy hugs to manifest is from you angels. So be sure to focus on them! Also, Beliefs and belief systems, fear, and perceptions are a huge influence. I know growing up in the traditions I was raised, any spirit contact was forbidden and those ideas carried a lot of fearful baggage that was really tough to work with. It was only after I reexamined my beliefs and emotions about them that I was able to change my perspective from fear to love. My life is a lot richer and happier for it.

Hope this helps some!

**Follow up questions

Q) I remember reading one of the channeling sessions that made me think that touching on that side wasn't the same as it is here. I remember Erik saying something about the physical touching not being the same or how he missed it.

A) It's not the same unless you choose to manifest it in co-operation with another soul. In which case then you create it from personal energy or you create it from the environment they operate on, IE. astral, mental, etc. plane... This can be done via an energy body, a physical form they create based on whatever plane it is they are operating from, or they project it as energy hologram so to speak. Otherwise this is in addition to "the energy merges", as well as different from sharing energy with those in denser vibrations... It's really a lot more convoluted than we think of here on Earth. What he misses is the tactile contact of a loved one who is still on Earth. There is always something to be said about sharing love with two souls who are playing on the same field.