Phantom Limb Syndrome refers to the sensation felt by approximately 80% of amputees that one or more of their missing limbs are still
attached to their body and moving appropriately with all of their other body parts. The majority of these sensations are painful.
Phantom sensations may also occur after the removal of body parts other than the limbs, eg. after amputation of a breast, extraction of a tooth (phantom tooth pain) or removal of an eye (phantom eye syndrome). The missing limb often feels shorter and may feel as if it is in a distorted and painful position. Occasionally, the pain can be made worse by stress, anxiety and weather changes.
A slightly different sensation known as phantom pains can also occur in people who are born without limbs and people who are paralysed. Phantom pains occur when nerves that would normally innervate the missing limb causes pain. It is often described as a burning or similarly strange sensation and can be extremely agonising for some people, but the exact sensation differs widely for individuals. Other induced sensations include warmth, coldness, itching, squeezing, tightness and tingling.
I believe that the major underlying reason why people can sometimes feel phantom body parts/sensations is because their astral body remains intact. My belief is that every object in the physical plane has an astral counterpart which is its source. Our physical bodies are no different in this regard. While our astral bodies remain lodged within our physical bodies, they assume the same shape and size as our physical bodies. The five senses (ie. seeing, hearing, tasting, touching and smelling) originate from the astral body of one's soul and are never subject to deterioration in and of themselves. Thus, there have been written records of numerous people throughout history, though born blind and/or born deaf, who have yet been remarkably able to produce stunningly accurate and beautiful representations of the world around them or compose sublime music respectively (despite their sensory handicaps). Check out this painting:
![[image]](http://www.armagan.com/i/2b.jpg)
At first glance, it appears to simply be a decent painting. Yet, it's actually an EXCELLENT painting if one considers the fact that the Turkish man responsible for this painting, Esref Armagan, was BORN BLIND. Here are several more lovely paintings from this incredible man:
![[image]](http://www.armagan.com/i/13b.jpg)
![[image]](http://www.armagan.com/i/12b.jpg)
![[image]](http://www.armagan.com/i/8b.jpg)
![[image]](http://www.armagan.com/i/6b.jpg)
![[image]](http://www.armagan.com/i/14b.jpg)
Esref Armagan is one of my personal heroes. He has CLEARLY shown to the people of our planet that the internal eye is greater and more refined than the external eye. I firmly believe that though people might be physically born blind and/or deaf, these defects do not plague their astral bodies. That is why you can read accounts of near-death/out-of-body experiences by blind/deaf people who claim to have been able to see/hear whilst in an out-of-body state. Our astral senses are governed by mental forces, NOT physical forces (which govern the expression of our astral senses through our physical bodies).
So there you go, that's what I think. I think that our astral bodies (and perhaps other bodies or soul-encasings) are the cause of phantom limbs and phantom sensations.
Phantom sensations may also occur after the removal of body parts other than the limbs, eg. after amputation of a breast, extraction of a tooth (phantom tooth pain) or removal of an eye (phantom eye syndrome). The missing limb often feels shorter and may feel as if it is in a distorted and painful position. Occasionally, the pain can be made worse by stress, anxiety and weather changes.
A slightly different sensation known as phantom pains can also occur in people who are born without limbs and people who are paralysed. Phantom pains occur when nerves that would normally innervate the missing limb causes pain. It is often described as a burning or similarly strange sensation and can be extremely agonising for some people, but the exact sensation differs widely for individuals. Other induced sensations include warmth, coldness, itching, squeezing, tightness and tingling.
I believe that the major underlying reason why people can sometimes feel phantom body parts/sensations is because their astral body remains intact. My belief is that every object in the physical plane has an astral counterpart which is its source. Our physical bodies are no different in this regard. While our astral bodies remain lodged within our physical bodies, they assume the same shape and size as our physical bodies. The five senses (ie. seeing, hearing, tasting, touching and smelling) originate from the astral body of one's soul and are never subject to deterioration in and of themselves. Thus, there have been written records of numerous people throughout history, though born blind and/or born deaf, who have yet been remarkably able to produce stunningly accurate and beautiful representations of the world around them or compose sublime music respectively (despite their sensory handicaps). Check out this painting:
At first glance, it appears to simply be a decent painting. Yet, it's actually an EXCELLENT painting if one considers the fact that the Turkish man responsible for this painting, Esref Armagan, was BORN BLIND. Here are several more lovely paintings from this incredible man:
Esref Armagan is one of my personal heroes. He has CLEARLY shown to the people of our planet that the internal eye is greater and more refined than the external eye. I firmly believe that though people might be physically born blind and/or deaf, these defects do not plague their astral bodies. That is why you can read accounts of near-death/out-of-body experiences by blind/deaf people who claim to have been able to see/hear whilst in an out-of-body state. Our astral senses are governed by mental forces, NOT physical forces (which govern the expression of our astral senses through our physical bodies).
So there you go, that's what I think. I think that our astral bodies (and perhaps other bodies or soul-encasings) are the cause of phantom limbs and phantom sensations.
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