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Ghosts of Japanese Tsunami Victims Trying to Get to Destroyed Homes

Gambit

Well-Known Member
I am an open-minded skeptic and 'unicorns' is not a subject I have studied as much as bigfoots. I agree there may be something real (but not strictly physical) to these things. I just haven't looked into it.

Okay. I think there might be something to a variety of mythological creatures and beings from folklore. I'm not ready to give this subject matter full credibility, but I think it is an area worthy of more critical study.
 

George-ananda

Advaita Vedanta, Theosophy, Spiritualism
Premium Member
Okay. I think there might be something to a variety of mythological creatures and beings from folklore. I'm not ready to give this subject matter full credibility, but I think it is an area worthy of more critical study.
'Atlantis' is a subject that has always intrigued me. It seems somehow in-between reality and myth.
 

Theunis

Active Member
I am sorry to not understand your question (i.e. who is the 'he' in the second sentence?). Maybe expand your thoughts:).
He is the one, that is anyone who heard the voice of Brahma (or his God) while others did not hear it.

My apologies for on re-reading it, I find that he could have referred to Brahma.
 
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George-ananda

Advaita Vedanta, Theosophy, Spiritualism
Premium Member
He is the one, that is anyone who heard the voice of Brahma (or his God) while others did not hear it.

My apologies for on re-reading it, I find that he could have referred to Brahma.
Well there are many gods in Hinduism. People feel they receive visions and communication all the time and I'm sure not everyone hears them. I believe there are innumerable above the physical plane beings that can communicate with us.
 

von bek

Well-Known Member
I'd love to hear that story!

If memory serves me correctly, his uncle (along with a friend of his) picked a girl up near the Golden Gate bridge who was acting distressed. She got in the back and did not respond to questions. They figured she had been in an accident and were asking her if she needed to go to a hospital or the police. Somewhere along the way, before they got to the other side of the Golden Gate, she vanished from the back seat. They were freaked out, understandably.
 

Saint Frankenstein

Here for the ride
Premium Member
If memory serves me correctly, his uncle (along with a friend of his) picked a girl up near the Golden Gate bridge who was acting distressed. She got in the back and did not respond to questions. They figured she had been in an accident and were asking her if she needed to go to a hospital or the police. Somewhere along the way, before they got to the other side of the Golden Gate, she vanished from the back seat. They were freaked out, understandably.
She might have been a suicide, since the Golden Gate Bridge is one of the top suicide destinations in the world.
 

von bek

Well-Known Member
She might have been a suicide, since the Golden Gate Bridge is one of the top suicide destinations in the world.

A possibility. A car wreck is something else I consider as other accounts of phantom hitchhikers seemed to be associated with areas where a wreck occurred. Exactly why someone would be reborn as a ghost, I hesitate to say. The Buddha teaches the ghost realm is a possible destination for rebirth and considers it a bad birth. The Buddha typically uses the adjective "hungry" in connection with ghosts. They are driven by desires that they can never fulfill. They are not considered evil; but, they can be dangerous.
 

Saint Frankenstein

Here for the ride
Premium Member
A possibility. A car wreck is something else I consider as other accounts of phantom hitchhikers seemed to be associated with areas where a wreck occurred. Exactly why someone would be reborn as a ghost, I hesitate to say. The Buddha teaches the ghost realm is a possible destination for rebirth and considers it a bad birth. The Buddha typically uses the adjective "hungry" in connection with ghosts. They are driven by desires that they can never fulfill. They are not considered evil; but, they can be dangerous.
I tend to view ghosts as spirits who have gone through intense trauma and haven't processed it or let go, and so aren't prepared to move on. They need to be helped by experienced (actual) mediums or shamans at times, or to reach out to those on this plane of existence that they may still have ties to.
 

Theunis

Active Member
Well there are many gods in Hinduism. People feel they receive visions and communication all the time and I'm sure not everyone hears them. I believe there are innumerable above the physical plane beings that can communicate with us.
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About a year ago I came across a site where it was stated Ishwara wasThe God and all others were demi-gods and as such were avatars of Ishwara. Brahma was seen more as a Pantheistic God.
Hindus do not worship the idols but use them as a focal point for that which lies above and beyond.
 

Hockeycowboy

Witness for Jehovah
Premium Member
.........................How do people even consider this???????????

Because, it happens! It just hasn't happened to you. There are simply too many incidents to discount it out of hand.

I'll tell you something else....it probably never will happen to you. I think apparently the "ruler of this world" -- John 12:31 -- is happy where you're at, in life. Only you can change that, my friend!

Best wishes, from HC
 

Hockeycowboy

Witness for Jehovah
Premium Member
I think some of the shows are of good quality and point to the existence of forces unknown to current science.

That's it, right there, George....."forces unknown to current science."

It's a masterful enemy, when he can get you to think he doesn't even exist!
 

George-ananda

Advaita Vedanta, Theosophy, Spiritualism
Premium Member
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About a year ago I came across a site where it was stated Ishwara wasThe God and all others were demi-gods and as such were avatars of Ishwara. Brahma was seen more as a Pantheistic God.
Hindus do not worship the idols but use them as a focal point for that which lies above and beyond.
I think you are confusing Brahma with Brahman (with a 'n').
 

Taylor Seraphim

Angel of Reason
Because, it happens! It just hasn't happened to you. There are simply too many incidents to discount it out of hand.

I'll tell you something else....it probably never will happen to you. I think apparently the "ruler of this world" -- John 12:31 -- is happy where you're at, in life. Only you can change that, my friend!

Best wishes, from HC

And yet even more unsubstainted claims are thrown at me like they have meaning...
 
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