There
are many ghost stories in China from earlier times; for example, Liao
Zhai Zhi Yi (Tales of Fox Fairies and Ghosts, a book of Chinese ghost
stories), and so on. Some of the ghost stories are not completely
fictional; there is some truth in them. Because the human psyche is
funny; it can create a lot of things. That’s why people can have psychic
power.
It is said that, in Tibet you can practice devotion to a kind of
deity. And then one day you will see the deity appear as a real person;
you can create it. If you don’t have a deity that you already like,
you can create one in your mind - as a deity, a monk, a woman and
so on. After a long period of practice, these imaginary personages
will become real. And each has a reality and a personality of his
or her own. And sometimes if you’re not powerful enough to control
this created apparition, it will even harm you.
Similar to ghost stories, many things happen in our life because
of our mind. So if people say, “Everything comes from the mind,” it
means that our thinking affects our living standards and everything
around us. If you think the flu is contagious, you should know that
the thought process is even more contagious than that.
But there’s no need for harm. Besides reciting the Holy Names, you
can pray to God, meditate and think all the time of the good side
of things. You must check your psychological lifestyle as well, such
as being too obsessed with some kind of idea. For example, if your
body is very healthy, and you live in an environment that is always
propagating or encouraging people to have intercourse with the opposite
sex, then the cells in the body will sometimes listen to that message.
So you have to keep your mind at a different level (Master points
to the wisdom eye) and tell the cells the opposite. If you can’t do
that, then sometimes the bodily demands are greater than your mental
ability to control them. And then sometimes you see a ghost appear
to you, like a beautiful lady in your dreams or not in your dreams,
making more trouble for you. In that case, you should know that this
is a psychological apparition. It’s not real.
So in that case, if you want to deal with this kind of ghost, you
can ask something that he cannot answer. Anything you think in your
head, the ghost will know, because he is you. So make sure it’s something
that’s puzzling. For example, if the ghost comes again, you can hold
a handful of rice in your hand and ask him, “How many grains are inside?”
and surely he can never answer; then he will disappear. In that case,
you’ll know it’s your own psychological apparition that appeared to
you because you suppress yourself too much. So try not to suppress
yourself so much. Get married, or do something legal. (Master and
everyone laugh.) So you don’t have to make trouble for yourself and
invite a ghost.
...Next Page
Pearls
of Wisdom: Guiding
Youth through Spirituality
