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Ghosts are
very illusive beings, there are believers and disbelievers. The believers would
show many photos to proof that ghosts exist. Modern scientific minded folks
would say that ghosts are in fact electro-magnetic forces that could be
detected by electronic gadgets. If one is not too demanding, then a person can
use a compass to detect the presence of ghosts; however care must be taken that
one must switch off all his/her electronic gadgets beforehand.
Defining intelligent ghosts
Basically
ghosts can be divided into two types:
·
Intelligent
spirit
·
Residual
spirit
Intelligent
spirits are those entities that can react to outside world while residual
spirits are just images of a person being recorded down in time to re-enact a
horrific event. However, once the surrounding is changed, the residual energy
would disperse. A residual energy cannot react to the outside world.
The ghosts
that we are discussing here are spirits of intelligent.
Ghosts in the eyes of Buddhist doctrine
It is
interesting to say that the view of Buddhists on ghosts varies (unfortunately)
on the existence of ghosts. However, majority of Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhists
agree that ghosts and other spiritual beings exist; or else we would not have
all those spirit deliverance and food offering rituals to these spirits.
In higher
tantric teachings such as Anuttara Tantra and Ati Yoga where theory of
emptiness take precedence, not only ghosts; Buddha, spirits, bodhisattvas,
dharma protectors etc are treated as the reflection of our minds. So if a Buddhist
denies the existence of ghosts, then he/she would also need to deny the existence
of Amitabah and Pure Land. Because of these euphoric illusions are only
creations of our mind.
(Perhaps I should clarify about theory of
emptiness: according to theory emptiness, emptiness refers to ‘impermanent’ of
a phenomena and not the ‘functionality’ of the item.)
Religious
persecutions did occur in Tibet in history due to the disagreement of interpretation
of ‘emptiness’. So much for peace loving and compassionate monks under
political power struggle… Now back to the ghost story…
What are ghosts?
As we all
know, ghosts are spirits of the dead that liger in this physical world. Now,
perhaps you would wonder why these dead souls refuse to go to the light when
there is still a chance?
According
to ‘Tibetan Book Of The Dead’, when one dies the hearing sense becomes most
active and one may be frightened on hearing loud noises such as crying or
screaming. It is due to extreme fear and hatred that a dead soul refuses to
enter the light at first instance. This is similar to human behavior that when
one is in fear or pain, he/she would hide in a dark corner rejecting light. It is
common human behavior to shy away from light when one felt that he/she is being
persecuted. So when a dead soul misses its chance to enter light, it could only
wonder in the dark and lost in the darkness forever.
Because
these dead souls are electro-magnetic force, it lingers within the dark space
and moves aimlessly as if a person moves from one room to another wedged in
between door seams; it could neither move forward nor retreat. So this lost
soul is as if marginal of a dark room. Hence perhaps now that we can have a
little understanding of how ghosts feel at this point.
How ghosts posses our body?
In the eyes
of ghosts, our astral and physical bodies appear to be a large sponge. So,
unless the ghost is purposely seeking revenge or of other karmic reasons; they
would try to avoid being sucked into this big sponge because it would be
virtually impossible for a ghost to free itself from the sponge unless the host
is dead. So, it is possible for a spirit to be trapped in a physical body for
more than 50 years!
Becoming a spirit medium
When a
ghost possessed a person due to karmic reasons, the person it possessed would
also possesses psychic abilities such as psychic audio and visual. Likewise, it
is also due to more powerful ghosts that possess a medium so that he/she can
perform exorcism. This is known as ‘use a ghost to catch a ghost’. Of course,
once these spirits are delivered and exorcised properly, the person’s psychic
ability would be lost simultaneously.
Characteristics of a ghost
Ghosts are
pitiful beings and yet it is best to keep them at a distance. Since ghosts are
electro-magnetic entities hence they have no form so they can transform
themselves into any shapes a person like to see. For example if a person misses
his late father, then any ghost can transform itself into the image of the
person’s father after reading his/her brainwave. It is also in this matter that
one should be careful of ghosts as ghosts always tell lies too!
Conclusion
Ghosts are
not something we should be fear of as they always live in pain; yet they are
something that we should not deal with due to their deceptive nature. Most of
the people who claim to see ghosts are in fact being possessed by ghosts. It is
through the ghosts’ visions that people could see other ghosts. The best way to
deal with ghosts is to deliver them to the light.
Well written.
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