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There is no such thing as a "separate individual" but there is indeed such a thing as an "individual".
I think you are perhaps confusing Oneness with 'Sameness'.
Everything is unique but within a singular whole.
Think of it like your body. It is not just one singular body but also a collective of unique cells all united and formed into your body. It isn't just 'you'. You are also a collective of unique living organisms.
And not only that, but those cells all have their own unique organs.
And each piece is made up of atoms. And those atoms are made up of particles. And those particles are made of sub particles. And those sub particles are all vibrating waves. And that's as far as we've gotten so far.
So let's go the other way!
You are also part of a community. That community is part of a society. All societies are part of humanity. All species of animal are part of life. All life on Earth is but a small part of the whole Earth. Earth is among many planets in the solar system. There are many solar systems in our galaxy. Many galaxies in our universe. And again that's as far as we've gotten on that!
In any case, these things are all unique, are they not?
All part of a whole, yes?
Therefore Oneness is not without individuality or uniqueness. It is the collective of these unique and individual things.
But what of when one dies? That uniqueness and individuality is no more, it has changed.
But that's okay, right? Because all things are One. The past is never forgotten. The individuality still exists, just in a different form. It exists in the past, which is still part of the whole. It exists in memory of those left behind, which is still part of the whole. It exists in all the things effected by that entity. The entire universe is still imprinted with their existence as all things are connected and influenced by each other as part of one singular whole.
So, you do not see these 'ghosts' as they are now. You see them as they once were. You see but your own memories of them. But do not be dismayed by this! Because the truth is that those memories are what keep them alive. What you experienced was your imagination, but what created that part of your imagination was the entities whom you once knew. And in this you'll find that your experiences with them are perhaps more "real" than most other things in life, because they exist within you now. Just as they have always been a part of you.
Perhaps it isn't easy to say they were a part of your 'imagination', because this makes no distinction from them and the things which you imagine and are not real to you, and that is fine to use some other word for it. They are, after all, a different kind of experience. Such things are just words.
What matters is the fact that they were real to you and they were created by those whom were once real to you, and in doing so they reached through time itself to be there, just as all things do. Imagination is merely the medium for the perception of that reality, where they can be manifested.
Does this satisfy your questions?
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