why we need ghosts

Discussion in 'UFOs, Ghosts and Monsters' started by birch, Feb 27, 2016.

  1. Write4U Valued Senior Member

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    Seems we need a Holy Ghost....?
     
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  3. Write4U Valued Senior Member

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    But also spirits made by the material world, no?
     
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  5. sideshowbob Sorry, wrong number. Valued Senior Member

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    Holy Ghost 2: A Newer Testament, coming soon to a theater near you.
     
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  7. Write4U Valued Senior Member

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    Or,

    2019 model, totally redesigned and improved for greater mileage. 4 wheel drive optional.

    Hey, Rolls Royce had a "Silver Ghost", a little too spendy for most....

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    Never could find a Rolls Royce junk yard. Forever relegated to haunt the upper class with the memory and occasional apparition of the old "Silver Ghost".
     
  8. Magical Realist Valued Senior Member

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    The lesson of ghosts is a Buddhist one--stop being so attached to the things of this world and elevate yourself to the present eternity of pure awareness. A ghost is a hungry vestige of a poorly lived life, needing liberation into the higher planes of being. If you find yourself haunted by a remnant of the past, let it go. Be in this complete and sufficient moment, and find in this luminous immediacy the fountain of your true and timeless being.
     
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  9. Michael 345 New year. PRESENT is 72 years oldl Valued Senior Member

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    Holy crap never thought of that

    Thought I was just falling out of bed

    Not being pushed

    Thought bubble

    Do holy ghost take holy craps and what makes a ghost holy?

    Will the pope become a holy ghost?

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  10. DaveC426913 Valued Senior Member

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    The Bible has lessons too. They're parables.

    They needn't be factual.

    So, an argument that they're lessons is an argument against them being factual.
     
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  11. Magical Realist Valued Senior Member

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    The truths of life are deeper than factuality. They reach into the very depths of our souls.
     
  12. DaveC426913 Valued Senior Member

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    Equally the falsehoods.
     
  13. billvon Valued Senior Member

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    Spirits are made by yeast, sugar and some distilling!
     
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  14. Michael 345 New year. PRESENT is 72 years oldl Valued Senior Member

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    What truths?

    This phrase is tossed around as though THE TRUTH is some sort of massive secret, which when "found" will "open" your "mind" and in essence give you knowledge and superpowers to rule the Universe

    But apart from the hint - THE TRUTH - is out there (where else would it be?) nothing is mentioned about what THE TRUTH will refer to?

    The truths of life are deeper than factuality

    So THE TRUTH is not a fact? Curious observation. Does that make THE TRUTH a LIE?

    They reach into the very depths of our souls

    Ummmm now we have a bunch of lies reaching into the very depths of a non existent aspect of our body

    Got it

    Anybody like to buy another bottle of snake oil?

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  15. Write4U Valued Senior Member

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    I'm not sure if you are interpreting this correctly.
    In buddhism there exist Tulpas.

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    Tulpa is a concept in mysticism and the paranormal of a being or object which is created through spiritual or mental powers. It was adapted by 20th century theosophists from Tibetan sprul-pa which means "emanation" or "manifestation". Wikipedia
     

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  16. Write4U Valued Senior Member

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    However......, what is it in distilled spirits that affects the normal mental functions so drastically? What is the effect of distilling, the infusion of higher spirits inherent in the product..........

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  17. James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

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    According to you, then, it's their own fault they are ghosts? Does that apply in all cases?

    That sounds more like Buddhism.
     
  18. Magical Realist Valued Senior Member

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    Not always. Being murdered might leave you a ghost as well as committing suicide. Some might not even know they're dead.
     
  19. James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

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    So you're retracting the "poorly lived life" thing. Okay.
     
  20. Michael 345 New year. PRESENT is 72 years oldl Valued Senior Member

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    I would like to know where they get the chains to rattle when they are on the other side?

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  21. James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

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    I don't know why their clothes get to make the trip with them to the other side, either. And why they end up all washed-out when they do so, like they're in black and white. In fact, what's the whole deal with the greyscale on ghosts? Why no colour?
     
  22. sideshowbob Sorry, wrong number. Valued Senior Member

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    Jacob Marley forged his chain in life, apparently to protect his cashboxes. He proved that you can take it with you - though there probably isn't much to spend it on "over there".
     
  23. DaveC426913 Valued Senior Member

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    That's the thread that started all of this.

    The ghost of that ghost thread is coming back to haunt us.
     

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