Why is being a ghost considered a bad thing?

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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I may be an atheist who has only seen ghosts on various psychoactive substances during prolonged periods of sleep deprivation and nutrient deficiencies, but I'd like to weigh in on this.

A ghost may not exactly be a sentient, or cognitive spirit, it may be a spirit in limbo or repetitive state where they are trapped. Similarly, the concept of a ghost may in fact be an imprint on space-time which is so profound that it breaks through at random intervals, appearing like a person but is actually a memory.

The fact that I've switnessed profound visions through stimulant abuse and psychedelic use over the years has led me to question whether there is a way to see through to another realm, where there are beings which can be interacted with. On every occasion it was purely visual with no audible communication, and always with limitations as to what can be seen and what can be comprehended. These were more than just shadow people, but are most likely just projections of my imagination.

If anything that we do see is a real ghost, what can they interact with other than turning up places to observe? To be human is to experience sensation. Emotion is chemically driven, and all senses are experienced through chemicals and electrical signals through our nervous system. I don't see how any of that can be achieved in a spiritual state.

[–]Vulptex[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Why not? In fact you already are, right at this very moment. Because nothing in this world is real. It is now that you are trapped.

Your suspicion about memory imprints is the correct explanation for the "limbo" sightings. As a matter of fact, the people in those are often still alive; you may even see your younger self. Those are nothing but memories, they do not count.

The limitations you experience are natural limitations. They are yours, not the other's. If you need substances to see anything at all, which of you is more likely the disabled one?

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Ah, the ghost in the machine. If we are thinking along lines of the matrix, I cannot deny that I'd be curious as to the extent that a ghost could exist on such a platform. That may well breach the boundaries of the required physical state to experience that which we define as being human, a ghost in the machine would continue to do so but without the constraints of what we consider life as we know it.

[–]Vulptex[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I would think they're kind of like the red pillers hacking in.