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Originally Posted by KatesFate
Astral Projection: The process of the spirit taking temporary breaks from the body that houses it.
Miles states: "I am exactly where I want to be"
Harper says: "Ben is exactly where he wants to be"
Whether you believe in this sort of thing or not, Miles is a psychic. Some psychics believe that we astral project in our dreams at least a couple of times a week whether we realize it or not. There are some psychics and people who are quite good at controlling the ability to do this.
Perhaps that is how Harper, Ben, Walt and others are able to appear instantly and then disappear in the blink of an eye. Electromagnetism is thought to increase these abilities. Ben is quite good at doing this. I think that is how he is able to be one step ahead of everybody at times. He can project to different dimensions as well as different times. The whispers that we hear are people in that other dimension that is temporarily opened up when Harper, Walt, and others project.
Also, it is always raining when we see someone who shouldnt be there. Water is an excellent conductor of electricity which would be very helpful to someone time traveling or astral projecting.
I had posted this yesterday in a different thread, but now think it makes more sense here. Sorry if you see it again elsewhere. I wasnt sure how to delete the previous post.
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Good post and I certainly agree with most of it - although i'm not convinced Miles is a psychic - I think he's more of a medium, as he doesn't appear to 'know' what's going to happen, rather he can tune into the consciousness of spirits...
But yes, I totally agree with the notion that during sleep our consciousness leaves our bodies - which is only our physical constant anyway, our consciousness is what defines us. And when we sleep, we dream - and we know that dreams are a big factor in Lost, perhaps explaining why the island is able to induce such startling dreams (i.e EKo/Locke dream of Yemi, Charlie's dream in F+W etc) - as you said, the island appears to heighten people, thus increasing peoples dreams and desires (Jin getting Sun preggers, Jack fixing Charlie when he was already past dead, Locke walking etc) - a literal 'magic box'.
I agree, the whispers are the murmers of the dead - those who's consciousness now reside 'behind the curtain', if you will. Makes you wonder about the way in which Shannon died - why did those whispers suddenly appear - was Boone angry at her for romancing Sayid? Was Goodwin angry at Ana for killing him?
Interesing mention about the rain - certaintly there is something up with that other than Dharma's weather experiments.
I should add that Ben might not be astral projecting exactly as Walt did - but his skills are in that mould, if you will.
Again, I think it's down to perception - if you can perceive something, then you can believe it, and the 'magic box' delivers.