Awake And Astral Projection?

Great job figuring that out. In terms of helping spirits, I found Lisa William's show really helpful, you may gather a lot of insight watching a few episodes or any particular episode that feels relevant.

Http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/lisa-williams

You can pretty much "download" experience that way, which saves reinventing the wheel to get up to speed on using an ability.

It was a spirit. Her presence around me was so strong that I decided to look on a missing persons website. I found her, shes been missing for over 50 years. I have seen her before, too, I just didn't realize it. Almost a year ago, she was standing next to my bed, watching me.

This little girl has been following me around for a while now. I don't know hoe too help her though...

Hi Zozo,
Your story shows a gift you have which has surfaced for you to develop. For a gift like this one, what I've learned over the years the most important thing is for you to become confident in your own intuition. This means spending more time each day tuning in to that inner voice, which you are now strengthening as a new muscle. As it gets stronger, you will know from the field of consciousness within you exactly what kind of experience this was as well as the purpose for knowing the information it revealed. So my goal in this comment is to promote that inner strength. I use this: Focus on a clear field of creation surrounding you throughout each day. Know that each day you do this, it builds stronger over time as you keep this focus. Use any other clearing techniques that suit you, or go to a clear place, to develop your inner communication. It is also important to ground your energy, meaning picture a strong connection from your core to the center of the Earth. Think of these suggestions as you setting up your healing space or workshop for being clear, so you can develop your abilities and practice discernment.

The experience you describe could be a past life experience, or could be a spirit energy with an unresolved story, or could be someone else's unresolved experience. If it is spirit energy, then it shows that you need to establish clear energy boundaries, and strengthen your energy presence throughout the day. This way you will get to be able to feel the difference between spirit energy, which has a different not life-like quality, and memories or past lives. Strengthening energy presence also let's you tell the difference between your own experience, or something that came from someone else's energy field (because you are enmeshed with their energy). Each person's energy has a particular energy signature, like a pitch in music. Think about the people in your life, family, friends, and see if you can tell if the experience is connected to someone around you. Picture the energy of the young girl, and compare it to your own energy, then to people you spend the most time around or live with. Do the same for the man with the knife. You can find out in this way who it has to do with. Or if it doesn't have to do with you or anyone close to you.

In strengthening your inner connection, locate your core, which is your creation chakra just below the navel. If your energy goes out from here un-shielded, this leads to random clairvoyant experiences. This is the center of empathic connection. It also is where you access your own intuition, which is why we say "gut instict". When you are in your clear place/space, keep focusing on your gut, or place a hand over your belly and breath deeply in there, to focus inward. Listen for answers to your questions here.

Also as you tune inward, you may want to write out what you get, or speak it, or describe images you see with your inner sight. Play with it and discover your favorite way of accessing your inner wisdom.

What is definitely clear about your experience is the vibration of a memory about fear and death is very low. So going to a clear, higher vibration first is the key to getting the most information and perspective. Like a view from a mountaintop, you can see all around. First go up in vibration, then access inward and you will be amazed how much you can find out from within!