Ghosts, Hauntings And Manifestations....??? Options

[Reeth]

Although Ghosts and Apparitions have been reported for thousands of years, surprisingly very little
informatiom is available with regard to their nature or essence.
Ghosts are elusive and unpredictable, and, the ways in which they manifest are surprisingly diverse.
Contrary to popular belief most ,ghostly encounters are not visual but rather consist of noises, smell
sensations,voices, cold spots,electrical disturbances such as lights switching on and off,displacement
or movement of objects. The available data on this is prone to exaggeration and sometime outright
deceit.

studies suggest that approximateli 1 in 10 of us has the ability to perceive ghosts, those of us
who are actively looking for them are apparently the least likely ones to have a ghostly experience....
Children seem more apt to experience manifestations....
Women seem more attuned than men....
There are several interesting theories regarding the basics of ghostly manifestations

Ghosts are the earth bound souls of the deceased
This is the most common interpretation.....for most of us this theory is comforting, as it hints at a life
after the physical body is gone...
The theory is tht when the physical body dies this energy continues in some form and can be tapped
by living persons sensitive enough to perceive it....

Events are somehow recorded in certain surroundings to be replayed over and over to living people sensitive enough to discern them....

This theory accounts for a lot of our ghost legends and likely the source of all hauntings that repeat again
and again...
Frightening as these type of manifestations may be, the apparition is not a thinking entity, nor does it have
a will or a purpose, and it is no more a threat to an observer than watching a chracter on a telivision...

Ghosts are actual beings living in one or more parallel dimensions

To put it simply, this theory suggests that there are one or more complete universes co-existing with us

Ghosts exist only as Figments of our imagination

This theory can be made to apply to every kind of paranormal manifestation there is,and in some case it
is probably at least in part correct.
However there are still a lot of questions left unanswered by this theory, such as when more than one
person sees the same phenomenon....Skeptics use the term 'Mass hysteria' for situations like
this, but nobody has offered an explaination for the core catalyst causing many brains to suddenly go
haywire.....
This Theory needs a lot of research.....Only time will tell....
In the meantime....here are some photographs of ghotly manifestations...
Girl in the graveyard.......she appeared in the photograph!!!!!


The man seems to have come out of a tombstone in the graveyard......









Please come forward with your own views, theories and personal experiences if any.........

[balajigade]

Now we are slowly shifting to another topic of seeing the future and predicting the unforeseen which constitutes another part of the occult sciences.

Continuing with the spirits for some more time, there are two aspects of our deeds: good and evil. Whatever bold we are, we have some amount of guilty-consciousness at some corner of our heart which keeps us pinching. This consciousness perhaps manifests into a spirit and haunts when we are alone.When we do something good it gives a satisfaction which is forgotten fast and on the other hand when we commit an evil it keeps haunting us until we search for an 'antidote' which could be a sacrifice, a worship or a prayashchitta. And when we do that the mind gets relieved and perhaps the 'spirit' never strikes back. From our childhood we are taught by our parents to be scared of something unknown to keep us away from doing wrong things, we may call it a boogeyman, a kabuliwalah or a ghost, depending on the age. This, no doubt, refrains us from doing bad things but makes us timid. We are also made god-fearing but this boogeyman has a greater impact on the mindset. In most of the cases, when we stay in a haunted house we start seeing the ghosts only after we come to know the antecedents of the house. I remember having spent two nights under the tree in a graveyard unknowingly opposite to our hostels to escape ragging when I joined the Engg. and I didn't see a thing. It makes me therefore think (in the broad daylight of course!) that the ghost is nothing but an illusion or an imaginary mental representation of our ideas taking a shape. If the ghosts really existed most of the murder mysteries would have got solved by themselves (in the 'Madhumati' style).

I reserve my comments about the prediction or foretelling by way of astrology, palmistry or face-reading but as per the basics, the astrology predicts only the way things are going to happen, rather than what is going to haapen. Let me differ a bit from Noorie ji. Everything is not predestined. If it was so then why are we told to speak truth or do good things always? Things should take place as per His wish. The Likhnewala only writes a part of the taqdeer whether it is aabadi or barbaadi. He leaves a certain amount of the destiny into the hands of the person as the free-will. This can vary in %age, which is not to known us. If he writes say 60% barbaadi in a particular activity, you can get hold of the balance 40% only as the free will and whatever good you are, you have to face the failure. But in many cases He leaves the lion's share to the man himself and the man's deeds can really modify his fate. As we or any astrologer on this earth can never predict this %age of 'allotment' , better do always good, chose auspicious time etc.

--Balaji