60 Taiwan Ghost Research Chapter 59 "Ghost Research" Miscellaneous: 鬼學

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	Taiwan Ghost Research Chapter 59 "Ghost Research" Miscellaneous: Author :Chang Kai-Chi      張開基 translation:北展昭 (You are welcomed to share or reprint but please indicate the source and author) There has always been inaccurate statements in the Chinese folklore concept; 1. Only the bad luck guys will see the ghost; 2. When you see the ghost, the luck will definitely be bad, and even a major accident will occur. In fact, the luck is bad and there will be no absolute relationship between the ghosts and luck. When the lock is bad, it is not necessarily because of a ghost. Those who see the ghosts may not all be bad luck people If you see a ghost, it also does not mean that the luck will get worse and there may not be an accidental disaster. Brief descriptions are as follows: 1. Usually, the so-called "bad luck" has a considerable relationship with physical health. It may be a disease or a weak body. When energy is weak, when a certain biological energy frequency vibrates slowly, it is possible to have more chances to see a ghost or something different. However, not all people with bad luck and poor health will seeing the ghost. 2. In some hospitals, severe cases, or high fever coma, there will be so-called "conspicuous" symptoms. It is really no telling a dream or not, So if you wake up and say "ghost seeing"  most of them are not real. 3. Sometimes, because of occupations or special studies, I may take the initiative to "see ghost". This has nothing to do with the "good or bad luck". I personally took the initiative to witness the spiritual entities at the haunted house and did not have any  bad outcome afterwards. 4. Some people say that they will see their deceased relatives in their own homes. That may be deceased's residue memory still stays. So they have been staying in the most familiar home until they are naturally dissipated, so they are not meant to let their families see it (because of that kind of the spiritual mind of this state is the weak energy without self-awareness, but it is only seen by the family members . Moreover, because the differential energy  is excited, human beings had already perceived the instinct of this kind of different energy), but we have not used it for a long time so the ability is degraded. Some animals, such as dogs and cats, and even infants and young children are more sensitive. As for whether his family is affected and more prone to witness, maybe -------maybe not ----- because we are not sure when we are bored, we will not fix our head's position. A certain fixed direction, therefore, in this unconscious rotation, it is possible to "miss" a lot of "excellent shots", but selectively remember the strong memory of "turning and witnessing." Between Supernatural, spiritual world, ghosts/deities and psychics 1. The "Empirical soul research" that I advocate is the actual field investigation in various ways. After repeated verification, it proves the psychic ability and the existence of the spiritual world. 2. Psychic people: the kinds of psychics are so broad , including the martial and sitting shamans, or the death soul guiding, even the low level ghosts such as ouija board, coin fairy , pen fairy, etc., in a broad sense; even the ritual guiding via psychic to lead person enters the spiritual world by means of a magical spell, it could be categorized as temporary psychic way. 3. No matter how you communicate with the spiritual world, you must first affirm the existence of the spiritual world, followed by the existence of ghosts and detiess. Ghosts and deities are just one of many forms of life entities. Human beings are also one of many forms of life. In the past thirty years study, I am sure  the existence of the spiritual world and the ghosts. However, I personally do not have any religious beliefs. I am not "atheism" but "admit they eist but nor worshipping god nor ghost".  Per Taiwan's folk religions, ghosts and deities can almost be equated. There are many temples worshipping to the ghosts. 4. I have been exposed to a lot of high level spirits but I have not seen those high level spirits  claim to be "God". Instead, there are many ghosts who claim to be "deities". When they are possessing a shaman or psychic's mind,  no ghost will confess that they are "ghosts". 5. The average person bump againt a ghost, or ghost in the haunted house is less likely to hit the lottery. Because we live in the world of yang, not living in the spiritual world, there is very little interaction between ghosts and people, and it is impossible to affect daily life. Operation. Although there are indeed many lonely ghosts who have stayed in the world because of their self-conscious, then their situation is poor and terrible. 6. There are many people who question "cause and effect". However, all the laws of science are based on the platform of "causal law." The law of reincarnation is of course the same. However, the purpose of reincarnation is not to penalize the bad or reward the good deeds,  It is to fulfill people's wishes and choose their destinies. 7. From the era of Japanese occupation in Taiwan, the high-suppression ruling on the Chinese culture and the "martial law period" were strictly prohibited under the policy of blaming the powers of the deties. In the period there were many psychic people  dare not to admit that they were psychic, often pretending to be traditional fortune-telling methods. Nowadays many mages are not psychic at all but they pretend that "psychic" to deceiving the public and make money. 8. Even a true psychic person, or people own "little devil", may be able to read other's mind abut their past history, but their best is basing on old days to speculate future, not 100% accuracy to predict the future. Although Psychic capabilities own the limitation,  mainly is the "future" is not predictable by any means. 9. Ordinary  things can be solved by human being, so people don't have to bother the psychic, unless it involves the confusion from the Underworld related spiritual  trouble.. The general public should not intend to use ability  to trade with the ghosts, otherwise it would lead other extra issue. Anyone who wants to rely on ghosts and deities to make advantage in this world will finally pay a painful price. 10. I have been in touch with many psychic people. None of them has happy life. It has more troubles than the average person. Therefore, if you live well, don’t try to use any means such as remote vision and so on. 11. There is no redemption and no savior. The future of all human beings would only be solved by all human beings. Person control one's own future. No ghost or deities can determine the future of all human beings. Ghosts and deities cannot decide the future of one person. The most valuable also the most powerful is the human will in the world. No matter whether the average person or the psychic person has a "Savior Plot", the history of the sacred, all who profess to be the savior, will always lead a large group of people to destruction, and will destroy more people. 12. There are no true "spiritual photos" or "spiritual films" at all. The so-called "spiritual photos" or "spiritual films" are mostly from photography failures and illusions, and the rest are deliberately forged. The more you like the dojo or religious figures who are flaunted by symbolic objects such as spiritual photos or various plausible "mirages", the more they are not confident, false, or even malicious. 13. The world has no miracle. The only miracle in the world is the journey of our own physical life.

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	Superstition about "Ghost Month" Many people misunderstand because of the folk religion and traditional superstition concept. They are almost deeply convinced that the yearly seventh lunar month is the "ghost month", and even mistakenly think that in the "ghost month", it is the time when the ghosts come out to find the alternate body; It’s a big mistake! If in July, the land is a lot of demons and ghosts to come to Yang space to find a substitute, this kind of "murdering" evil, will the spiritual rules apply? July is not a ghost month! In July, the Underworld government does not have a holiday to temporarily release the parole! "Looking for a substitute" is a statement that human beings imagine based on ignorant fear, One doctor had done the survey about accidental deaths in the lunar calendar in July and found that it did not increase or decrease from the normal months. The reason for inferring is that people are afraid of July, less travel or risky activities, and everything is more cautious. The so-called "replacement" or "alternate substitution" is of course an accidental death. The more common ones are drowning or car accidents, fires, etc. - especially in places where frequent accidents occur. Frequent accidents, there must be special environmental factors, such as the rapids vortex  of the whirlpool, it is easy to cause drowning and not suitable for swimming.  Some roads are easy to side treck because of cornering or poor sight about the traffic lines, more martyrdom and so on -- There are also some lanes that are  straight for people to like speeding, which results in tragedy----------- these factors are "natural" and none of them are "ghost  pursuing the substitutions" related? These rumors may be fun topics during tea time and may have a little intimidating vigilance. In addition, there is no value to help people life get better. A completely unfounded superstition legend, if there is no solid basis for argumentation, peopel should not get convinced. Instead of arbitrarily covering the legend of "Ghost Month" with the words "Ghost am looking for a substitute." If July is really a big holiday for ghosts to come out to find a substitute, see how many believers in the Greater China area are in involving it, and see that the ghosts of the holiday are over millions, and the living people who died unexpectedly are suddenly in July every year. Will it increase to 10 million? million? 100,000? Ten thousand? One thousand? How big is the universe, I know that it is far less than a drop in the sea, why dare to call it "the universal rule"? However, at least I will not say: "July is not a ghost holiday and is a releasing to find a substitute." It is so arbitrary and eliminates all other possible words as a conclusion. An Overview of the Interactions between Human and Spiritual world. People die the become "ghosts". In the ancient Chinese concept, people died and "returned" hometown. The voice of "ghosts" came from "returning" in Chinese. Commonly known as death is to return to the home, that is, to reunite with the ancestors, and the oldest character, ghost, is a very narrow definition about ancestors used only to refer to oneself in the begining, and later gradually generalizes the life after death. Note: The narrator of the Analects of Confucius said: "It’s not your own ancestors who worship, it’s a flattering act!" Here, what Confucius calls "ghost" is specifically referring to "ancestors." At the same time, the original "ghost" did not have much horror, but after the generalization, it was too horrible to attach too many rural legends. Since in the traditional concept, people die as "ghosts", if the "ghost" is identified as the surviving life of another space (the Underworld), and some of them are friends of their own relatives, then of course they will have some interactions. In ancient times, "Ancestral Worship" was formed at the same time as " Animism." Since I believe that my deceased relatives are living in another space (the Underworld), they are buried with their belongings because of their affection and grief. Gradually become a custom, the first is "physical funeral", most of the tools or special favorite objects used by the deceased during their lifetime, as well as the treasures of the dedication of the family, which are common archaeological excavations. Among them, the most cruel is the custom of "living people, living animals and burial" of emperors and powerful families. Later, it was gradually changed from "physical" to a copy of the funerary object. The name of the school was "Under" or "Ming", including clay, pottery, house, poultry, utensils, etc.--- ------ evolved into a variety of paper products that are still circulating today. Of course, the most common is the paper money of all kinds for burning. Often, we will hear that some deceased people will tell their relatives and friends in various ways (including dreams, psychics, incent burner, etc.) that they are poor in the Underworld, and asking for burned paper money for various supplies. What's more, there are some ghosts who swindle paper money by means of intimidating the living and occupy people's mental thinking. Then, what are the "ghosts" in the underworld, because they are really poor and need to take the initiative to come to Yang space to ask for money and supplies to their relatives and friends, to form this custom, or the live began  the "burial" behavior before ghost requested the supply? My personal research and inferences tend to favor the latter; because this kind of "believing that the deceased will live in the same life as the living, the same need to use tools, utensils, and wealth". After a long-lasting formation of a social consensus, it becomes a kind of bribing, a kind of "folly seeing" of the living, and it created the obstinacy of the general fallacy of the dead soul. Therefore, when some souls of the spiritual world are poor and lacking energy, they will try their best to ask the relatives and friends of the Yang space to supply the long-term Incense Sacrifice-----without descendants of the male souls will ask the descendants of the brothers to sacrifice the incense, and some homeless rogue ghosts would intimidate innocent live people. Look at areas outside the Chinese community in Greater China, or other non- and most foreigners. They don’t burn paper money and the custom of offering sacrifices. But it is hardly heard of any foreigner has such things. Is it that the "dead friends and relatives" of foreigners in the Underworld are richer than Chinese ghosts? Of course not. This problem only highlights that some deep-rooted concepts in the human world will be brought to the Underworld after death, and they will be mutually causal. Others custom the female ghosts asking for "marriage" to have a home and no offspring ghosts ask for succession, etc.  All are basing the same reason.