Chapter 4 three ghosts

When there was no so-called science, most people believed in ghosts and gods. Now, a small number of people still believe in ghosts and gods.We live in the present world, and ghosts and gods are things outside or above the present world in the imagination of believers.Whether there are ghosts or spirits, in the past, some people thought that they could exist without asking, but more people are interested in it, because it involves the question of whether they can continue to exist in another form after death, whether they can continue to have awareness. Are there any ghosts?To expand, are there any surreal, mysterious things that can't be explained by science?The answer is divided into two aspects.

One, the so-called God, or more precisely, the Great Mystery, is metaphysical, and in colloquial terms is the "creation", the origin of "existence".Is there any?We don't know yet.If so, is it conscious? 'That is to say, all kinds of things are what they want to be like?If this is the case, will it think otherwise, so that all kinds of things in the universe suddenly change their course?According to our current understanding of the universe, it seems unlikely that there will be a change of course, but "not necessarily" does not mean "impossible".So far, we know very little about the "origin", so it is difficult to determine whether a certain possibility is absolutely impossible. In this way, since the great mystery is also a possibility, its existence is naturally not absolute. impossible.

The other kind, the so-called ghosts and gods, are imagined by ordinary people.Ghosts are a form of existence after death, or souls.God is the aristocratic class above the world. It has power, power, and has transcended reincarnation, but it often interferes with the world. The ghosts and gods in this world are man-made and naturally do not exist. People assume that there are ghosts and gods. The main reasons are: 1. Some phenomena do not know how to explain.For example, a dead person, a living person, capable of carrying a tripod, chatting and laughing happily, suddenly disappears, where did he go?The natural thought is to become a ghost.It's like a dream again, people are obviously sleeping on the bed, but they feel that they have done all kinds of things and met many people, what's going on?Obviously, it also makes people think that this is the activity of the soul.Another example is some hallucinations, night or somewhere, like seeing some strange phenomena clearly, such as dead people, which will also make people think that there are ghosts.Second, the human nature is unspeakable, so I hope to assume that there is a power beyond the present world to uphold justice, good fortune and misfortune, as compensation and comfort for regrets, and gradually form a world with ghosts and gods.

The assumption that ghosts and gods are born in humans is illusory, so when scientific knowledge is getting deeper and deeper, its life span will be difficult to maintain. 1. Phenomena such as death, dreams, and hallucinations can be clearly explained by modern scientific knowledge, especially psychology and physiology. 2. People who believe in ghosts and gods cannot produce evidence that can stand the test. Like the experience of Ruan Zhan in the legend, let people who don't believe it see it for themselves. 3. The legends about ghosts and gods are all contradictory and difficult to justify.To take the most obvious example, if the living are reborn from the reincarnation of the dead and the population increases, where do the extra souls come from?

4. The world we live in, according to current knowledge, has strict laws.Nature seems to be maintained by chains of cause and effect in every detail, and all development and changes are restricted under the laws of nature.Without illusions, there will be no miracles.The imagined ghosts and gods are miracles outside the laws of nature, so they must not be facts. There are no ghosts and gods, is it good or not?Emotionally, that's another story. Quite a few ghosts have been written, some of them are horrible, but most of them are lovely.Regardless of whether it is scary or cute, it is indeed worth thinking deeply about the fact that there is no complete extinction after death.After death, the soul is erratic, and you can still see and hear, have joys and sorrows, and even meet relatives and friends, say goodbye, and drink soju. Maybe this is better than death and everything is empty?Buddhists say that life and death are important matters, so it is no wonder that some people think this way, if the world is really as described, is it okay?

However, modern science has completely disproved the veracity of such stories.Compared with the real world, modern science is blunt and cold. It makes people have to believe that with the self as the center, there is only one life, and death is extinction.This is destiny, you have to accept it if you want to, and you have to accept it if you don’t want to.The attitude of acceptance can naturally be different. For example, a poet may "recite the world and the earth, and feel sad and weep."