Example 10: Halloween

To be honest, this story was not told to me by my Onmyoji friends, and I attributed it to an example because afterwards Onmyoji was convinced that it was a taboo that could easily provoke ghosts, so it was necessary to tell it here to warn everyone.

The case was told by a distant uncle of my boyfriend, who said that it happened not very long ago, probably only a year or two.

My uncle's town is an antique town in the south of the Yangtze River, and in my impression there are small bridges, flowing water, and the fragrance of the full moon and flowers, and it is a place like a dream.

Over the years, due to work, the contact with the distant uncle has also been estranged a lot, not long ago because of my aunt's fiftieth birthday went back, after the banquet idle and boring, in the room knocking melon seeds chattering vernacular.

Chatting and chatting, it also comes to the supernatural thing, everyone knows that rural people believe in these, and these topics are also more interesting chatters after dinner, or by the stove.

Old man Zhang is dead!

At that time, I was stunned for a moment and asked who was Old Man Zhang?

Uncle said that it was the old man in the town who opened a white shop and sold wreath candles!

I suddenly remembered that the old man who was thin and thin, always biting a cigarette pouch, always talking with a "whoosh" tail, and coughing could be heard most of the way down the alley.

I asked, isn't Old Man Zhang only sixty, why did he die early before he was old, when did this happen?

My uncle's swarthy face sank, and his voice lowered three times and said that he had died in July and a half of the previous year.

I asked, "Are you sick and dead?"

The uncle was about to say something, when the aunt wearing a wedding robe embroidered with the word Fu opened the curtain and walked in, and the aunt coughed and immediately stopped.

What are you talking about, so happy? My aunt asked with a smile.

Talk about old man!

Before he had time to look at his uncle's eyes, his aunt's face changed, and then he smiled, "Cut, Guosheng (uncle's name) you can tell the child, it's not a big deal, it's been two years!" Nothing that can't be mentioned.

I have liked to hear my uncle say these anecdotes since I was a child, and when I grew up, I was exposed to a lot of things that are difficult for ordinary people to understand, so I can vaguely guess that what my uncle said must be related to the supernatural, which is my favorite topic.

Uncle paused and said, Originally, today is a big day, so it is not suitable to talk about this, but your aunt will tell you about it. (My uncle is a strict wife)

The first half of July of the year before last, which is also known as Halloween!

On Halloween, it is generally necessary to burn paper money, paper clothes, and paper figures for the dead ancestors.

When it comes to burning paper money, everyone must know that the elders in the family will use a lot of white notes to write the names of the dead ancestors on them before burning paper money and paper clothes.

Old man Zhang opened a white affairs shop, and generally speaking, everyone who opened a white affairs store knew something about Yin Si affairs, but Old Man Zhang may have drunk too much liquor that day, and he actually committed a taboo!

After burning the white offerings (referred to as white things) for the ancestors, there are a lot of paper clothes and paper people left at hand!

Old man Zhang was confused for a while, lit it on the spot, took a bottle of liquor and poured it twice, and sprinkled the rest around the burning white object, and shouted loudly: "Black-shaped wild ghost (dialect), come and receive the sacrifice quickly, it's gone if it's late!" ”

Uncle Liu, who was burning paper money next to Old Man Zhang, hurriedly shouted: "Old Man Zhang, you are crazy, what nonsense!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the paper ash on the ground began to spin, and it turned faster and faster, and a small whirlwind rolled up on the ground, and the scene was very weird.

Uncle Liu hurriedly burned the paper money, pulled up his daughter-in-law and quickly closed the door, and hid in the house.

Sister-in-law Liu was still nervously asking at the time, what's wrong with the old guy?

You must know that the people in the countryside are very convinced of this, and they are also very afraid, and the old couple turned blue at that time.

Old Zhangtou, something is going to happen! He's going to get in trouble!

Sure enough, before he finished speaking, there was a commotion outside, and the cry of the old Zhangtou daughter-in-law came.

All the people were gathered there, Lao Zhangtou was foaming at the mouth, his whole body was constantly twitching, his eyes were wide open, the corners of his mouth were crooked, and he muttered something that no one could hear clearly, and everyone sent Lao Zhangtou to the health center.

In the evening, the old man is gone!

My uncle said that Lao Zhangtou should not invite wild ghosts, you must know that when the ghost door is opened in the middle of July, how many ownerless ghosts are floating outside, Lao Zhangtou's one or two sets of extra white things, I don't know how many wandering spirits come to grab alms, once it is not enough, those who do not grab it will inevitably vent their grievances on Old Man Zhang, poor Old Man Zhang doesn't know whether he is drunk, or really has the heart to give alms, so he lost his life in vain!

(PS: The ownerless ghost is a wandering soul that no one worships and no one offers incense, and this kind of wandering soul cannot enter the ancestral hall, but can only wander outside, and the resentment is very great!) ）

Afterwards, I made a special trip to ask some onmyoji friends, and they all gave a lot of advice!

Friendly reminder: Friends, whenever you encounter a day like Halloween, you should go out less, and when you see others burning paper money, don't spit and trample before the paper ashes will burn out, so it's easy to make a mistake.

At the same time, don't give alms at will, unless you have a special method and exercises, or someone who is in charge!

Some things that you think are accumulating virtue may not be right, don't be careless about these things, it is really necessary, and you must have the guidance of people in the industry!

Extra-article provide: [Divine and ghost knowledge] What is a ghost (my master explained carefully, and my master also said in the Lingyin Island post, available for inquiry)

The definition of a ghost: "a mind or consciousness that can exist independently of the body, and theologically regards it as a way of continuing life" This is the most controversial term in theological and scientific circles for thousands of years, and almost every nation in the world has a legend about ghosts of one kind or another. Absolute idealists: They want to believe in the existence of ghostsAbsolute materialists do not want to believe in the existence of ghosts, but because there is no sufficient evidence to prove their respective views, neither can convince each other, so far the two camps have their own supporters, and the objective view is: "Since there is no sufficient evidence, we neither deny nor admit the existence of ghosts!" The essence of science is to seek truth from facts, not just based on personal subjective conjectures, "to get a definite answer, we need to explore for a long time and hard work by people in the future."

Ghosts don't exist, at least not the "ghosts" that people previously imagined. People always say that people are divided into body and soul, and ghosts are generally called "ghosts", that is, only human souls, and human souls are mostly attached to the body, and the death of the body also indicates the incidental death of the soul, or the death of the mind. People's explicit thinking (such as language, behavior, etc.) has a way to preserve, while implicit thinking cannot be preserved, which determines that "ghosts" do not exist.

Ghost saying

There are ghosts after death, but what kind of thing is a ghost? In fact, the relationship between ghosts and bodies is like the relationship between electromagnetic waves and walkie-talkies. Ghosts are also a kind of magnetic field, a magnetic field with memories. The relationship between ghosts and bodies is like this: people are divided into two parts: the body serves the ghosts, and the ghosts depend on the body, and the organs exist to preserve the health of the body, so that the ghosts do not disappear.

The formation of ghosts - when the fetus is in the mother's womb, the first trimester of the first trimester is weak, or even none, and its source is formed by brain activity and the flow of body fluids (the main thing is blood, body fluids are with electric ions). All animals have ghosts after death, that is, as long as there is a flow of electric ions, an electric current will be formed, and if there is an electric current, there will be a magnetic field. After three months, the brain gradually develops and blood flow to the mother increases, and ghosts gradually form. The body of the newborn baby is close to the primitive, so many children (6 years old) and younger will see ghosts, they are not looking with their eyes, but their own ghosts and ghosts communicate (children under 3 years old have a very close range of vision), at this time the child's body and the ghost are not very harmonious, easy to be frightened and other reasons and separate, this is the common saying "lost soul".

The growth and maturity of ghosts: With the growth of the human body, the ghost gradually closes closely with the body, all the memories of the person are stored by the ghost, and the brain plays the role of a medium, just like the relationship between the information on the disk and the magnetic powder on the disk, but it is not exactly the same, and the ghost does not completely rely on the brain to exist, it has its own magnetic field memory mode. It's like the information on the disk is sent out in the form of electromagnetic waves, and they can be received and displayed by the brain at any time. It should be noted that magnetic field memory depends on the structure of the brain (the position and arrangement of the magnetic particles on the disk), and if it is not appropriate, it will produce idiocy. If memory is simply a function of "brain folds" as some scientists say, there are reports that idiots have fewer brain folds than normal people. Some scientists have experimented that the energy that people should produce by eating food every day is far greater than the energy consumed by people with fever every day, so where does the difference in energy go? It is sent by the brain in the form of electromagnetic waves. Some people may ask, why don't I receive electromagnetic waves? With this question in mind, please read on.

Separation of the ghost from the body - When the person's organs are damaged or the body is weak and old enough to produce enough energy, the ghost is separated from the body, to be precise, the body dies before the ghost leaves the body, not after the ghost leaves the body. Ghosts will continue to exist after leaving the body, and they may be received by personal bodies with the same attributes as their original bodies, which is what people call ghost possession, so these people who are possessed by ghosts will know a lot of personal secrets of the original body of ghosts. Some people will worry that the ghost will not leave the attached body, which is superfluous, although it is temporarily possessed, but the body it is attached to is not exactly the same as the original after all, so it will not be provided with energy to make it continue, and it will disappear after possession, and the energy will be exhausted. Some people will wonder, then from ancient times to the present, there must be many ghosts in the world, everywhere? The answer is "no", a ghost is a magnetic field that will be shattered when hit by a powerful other magnetic field, such as a powerful magnetic field generated by lightning. So a lot of ghosts were destroyed. This is the reason why people can get it back if they don't encounter thunder and lightning after "losing their souls".

The world is made up of matter, including time and ghosts, which are just a kind of material forms that we do not fully understand.

The ghost is also material, it is a field similar to a magnetic field, I will call it a "ghost field", it is the same as a magnetic field between two magnets. And once this field is recognized and used by us humans, it will produce major changes in history.

Ghosts have their own activities. When our bodies are resting, sometimes they don't rest, they wander around, and they are vaguely stored, but it doesn't have the help of the body, so it's blurry. I don't know if you feel this way: one day when you go to a certain place or something happens you are amazed: Huh! I feel like I've experienced this place!

In fact, the form of ghosts is not what people think is terrifying, and the most common ghosts exist in a gaseous state, and the ghost impermanence type is recorded in the Taoist collection.