Spirit Q & A: The television is changing channels (turning on and off) and no one is touching it!
Updated 2025.06.09
Television is an electronic piece of equipment that captures our attention and keeps us thoroughly entertained and occupied.
When I was younger, my siblings and I were allowed to watch an hour of television a day.
Then the rest of the time had to be spent reading, practicing playing instruments, doing homework, helping with chores or spending time outside.
In college and after, I went ten years without it, but these days, things have changed. I now usually watch TV as part of my wind down activities every night - I find historical documentaries very relaxing.
It doesn't matter how much or how little television you watch, many of us have a ritual of watching the TV.
With your eyes fixated on the screen, noise and light, the television in the main social room of the house, it is an obvious choice for Spirit communication.
As it is sometimes seen with children's toys, Spirit can engage in minor electrical activity through the television to get your attention.
It is not unheard of for the television to change to favorite shows and channels of a Loved One, or be the ideal spot in the house for your Loved Ones in Spirit to cause the picture to flicker.
The Spirit World does and will send us many signs they are present.
However, those in Spirit usually have to create a diversion and create something unusual to get you to stop, think, and consider something else that may be going on.
They have to move something, make an unusual noise, or create some other out-of-the-ordinary happening, to get you to pause and question the nature of things.
Spirits will do this immediately after they pass to let you know they’re right there. They will also do it on and off, in the many years following their passing, usually because they have a message.
Times in which the television is on, often also coincide with times of the day when the veil between human and Spirit is thinnest and when you're alone.
Spirit loves to get our attention when we're alone because our notice is more quickly gotten, and we're less likely to write off an odd happening as we might be in a group to ease anyone’s concerns.
Minor spiritual television interruptions can happen, such as channel changing and it turning on and off, but before jumping to Spirit involvement:
Make sure to look at the television connections
Scan the remote for sticky buttons or someone sitting on it
Check televisions in other rooms to see if similar can be replicated
Make sure your power isn’t surging in general - we’re tied to the last electrical pole on our street, so sometimes during high use times, our power flickers, my understanding is it’s due to demand
Still, if your television is acting up, changing channels or turning on and off, and no logical explanation presents itself, someone in Spirit may be trying to get your attention.
What Spirits communicate using television?
Electronic activity is often a deceased person.
Angels and Spirit Guides typically use other means to connect, like signs, dreams and even telepathic thoughts.
The Spirit trying to get your attention is usually someone you personally know. However, there are rare times when it's an Earthbound Spirit who has wandered in and needs assistance.
Take a moment to tune and notice how the energy feels in the space, if it feels heavy, dense or unfamiliar, it may be an Earthbound Spirit. Check out this article to help release the energy: How To Cross Over A Spirit
If you think it could be a loved one, you may have warmer, cozier feelings when the electrical activity begins, so continue reading.
How do Spirits communicate using television?
All of us, including you and your loved ones in Spirit, operate in the realm of energy.
Everything is energy, and according to the law of energy conservation and transmutation, energy can neither be created nor destroyed. Still, it can be manipulated to change form.
Every object in your house carries energy and those which are plugged in, carry more energy than other items. Your thoughts are energy, your emotions and even your biological processes.
Spirits communicate through energy in the easiest form it is available.
Televisions, which run on electric currents, are a natural outlet for all Spirits to manipulate - as are lights, radios, children's toys, and mobile phones. Poltergeist (psychic, emotional or mental human) energy can also influence electronics.
Through drawing power from the television or sending energy to it, your Loved One in Spirit could easily power a wavelength transmitting device down or up.
Unfortunately, Deceased Loved Ones and Earthbound Spirits have been known to short circuit devices and drain battery devices, so you do want to identify where the energy is coming from before this happens.
You have a few options if you think this activity could be spiritual:
Find out who this energy is and their message. Ask for the sender to send you another sign to confirm their identity or to come to you in a meditation or dream. Ask for them to share their messages with you. Once you uncover the message, the activity typically dies down.
If you believe it’s an Earthbound Spirit (a deceased who hasn’t crossed over), ask them to leave or cross them over. Some people like to set a candle outside their door to guide lost Spirits out.
Clear your home’s energy. I like to light some Frankincense on a Hookah Coal in either an incense burner or ash tray, and walk around the home saying blessing prayers.
Don’t be afraid. Fear energies can amplify unwanted spiritual activity, plus all spiritual energies I’ve encountered so far are manageable in some way or another.
If you do feel afraid, keep in mind this can be a sign the Spirit is Earthbound and it is their fear you feel, and in that case, this fear will release when you cross them into the light. You can also call in your Angels and ask for protection.
Whoever it is, they clearly care enough about you to manipulate the power of energy to get your attention, which usually says something about the Spirit - either they really need to have a message delivered or the energy they have to communicate with is very strong.
All in all, if you have electrical spiritual activity through your television, this is possible and you are probably not just “making it up.” There may be a Spirit who has a message for you or they need assistance.
Increasing your spiritual boundaries and amplifying the positive energies in your home will prevent any negative or lower vibrational entities from connecting with you or your home.
For more on finding out who the Spirit communicating may be, check out the Spirit Identification Key!
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