P.S. I'm sorry for writing too much. I bet there are many grammatical errors, but I'm too lazy to re-read this long post so please ignore the errors! ;D If you don't understand what I'm writing then..... oh well, that's too bad.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
"Ghosts do not exist."
Hey guys. I'm pretty sure that many people believe that ghosts do not exist. I don't blame you because I used to be the same. However, a few weeks ago, I saw a Korean show called "Exorcist." The first two shows I saw were about people who are victims of ghosts/spirits/souls in their bodies. One lady had 15 ghosts in her body because her body was easy to get to. Every time a different ghost took over her body, she acted differently. When a young gangster ghost took over, she acted tough and said previous experiences of fights that she was in. Then when a 5-year-old ghost took over, she acted, cried, and talked like a baby. It was astonishing to see how she changed her posture, voice, tone, speaking habits, and expressions every time a different ghost took over her. Next, the exorcists exerted all the ghosts out from her. Another incident was when a woman requested to investigate what happened to her parents on the day that they passed away. She said that her parents went out in the ocean to fish (her parents were fishers) and then they passed away there. The funny thing was that her father and step-mother's bodies were found at different places that were pretty far from one another. Even more weird thing was that her father was found at her hometown. Anyways, the program brought the most skilled shamans to investigate what happened. They found out the places and causes of their deaths by sensing her parents' spirits in the ocean. Then, they did a ritual to accept her parents' souls into their bodies so that her parents' would be able to tell the daughter what happened to them. As I watched these episodes, I just thought it was creepy and that was it. I still managed to persuade myself that ghosts did not exist. 2 weeks ago, however, I saw another episode. There is a woman who passed away at age 28 and she was not married before she passed away. So her mother, feeling guilty that she didn't make her daughter to get married, wanted to get her daughter a "Soul Marriage." In the program, 3 candidates that matched the most with her daughter's ideal type of man, age, and death reason. Then the shamans brought the souls to say how they thought about the marriage. I did not yet finish the who episode, but up to the part that I have seen, one guy rejects because he saw that the woman already has someone that she loves. The other guy says he doesn't mind her except for the fact that she likes someone else and that she is too pertinacious and stubborn. Anyways, from the episode, I learned that there are many people who call shamans to do soul marriages for the past-away ones. One of the men's parent said that if the marriage is that satisfied between the souls, the souls come to their dreams complaining about how the marriage sucks until the people call the shamans to divorce the souls. So, I'm starting to think that ghosts actually do exist.
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Wow, Ellen, nice 1-2 paragraphs...haha, jk!
Well, the program you were watching sounds really fascinating (possibly a little creepy, but fascinating nonetheless). The soul marriages part I never realized existed! Weird, I guess people's subconscious can be so strong that they feel a great need to fix things that weren't fixed in a past lifetime!! Great post but there's just one thing I want to know: do you actually believe in all that spirit stuff you described?!
This peculiar television show sounds quite intriguing, ellen-san. However, I personally believe that all the spiritual phenomena you described in this blog post can be rationalized in adherence to the logic of reality as a being purely coincidental. The existence of ghosts simply cannot be scientifically proven or justified. While shamans, witch doctors, exorcists, and other spiritual guides may have proved to be useful in past centuries, modern life has no necessity for such nuisances. Instead of putting your faith in such questionable theories that involve ghosts and spirit marriages, it is far more beneficial to understand the science behind our universe, which has already been proven.
Ellen you have one odd sense of humor, “The funny thing was that her father and step-mother's bodies were found at different places that were pretty far from one another.” Yea, I know you didn’t mean it that way, but that sentence had me lol’ing for a good 5 seconds.
The program you described seems fascinating, yet it also seems a bit eerie. It might be just me, but I never found these types of programs credible. I mean after all, they could be just a group of paid actors acting out the appearances of being possessed by a supernatural force. In my opinion, the fear of ghosts just comes from paranoia and a person’s inevitable superstition.
I'm not sure I believe in "exorcists," and possessions, but I obviously believe that ghosts exist. I mean like, I've had some weird experiences before and I have no doubt that it's possible that "spirits," if you will, could exist. A lot of the ghost shows on T.V. are stupid, but one can't believe them all to be false.
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