Soul, Mind and Body by Jayanathinathan

Chapter 9 - Ghost - Real Story


Ghost or spirit can be good or evil. We have indicated that the soul who could not live up to its destined period, will wander in the wilderness till the completion of its period. It can even enter the living body suppressing the original soul for a short period. Though soul has no gender distinction, the ghost or spirit does not normally lose its gender difference.

One of my close relatives had undergone the agony of the ghost creating tremendous problems for a few years. One of the male members was afflicted with a ghost. When the ghost entered his body, the original person’s entity would be lost. This could be known by the voice of the ghost which would be quite different from that person’s original voice. A male ghost could enter a female person and vice versa.

In the incident which was known to me, the male ghost would be speaking from the body of the person suppressing his original soul during that period. The ghost would demand that he was hungry and that he wanted food to be served. The food that was served would be eaten by the ghost in no time. The ghost would tell the relatives around in the house that he would come again on a particular date at such and such time on the same person and that he wanted a specific food to be served, as otherwise he would create problems for the person under his control.

Believe me, the ghost would come again on that person exactly on the same date and time as revealed! The ghost would eat all the food served with gusto. When the ghost had left the body of the person, that person would come back to his normal sense.
Actually, he would not remember anything that had happened when he was under the spell of the ghost. Even his appetite would not have been affected in spite of his taking sumptuous food served to the ghost. You would be surprised to know that the person regaining his normal composure would demand his normal share of food.

When the ghost was confronted with the question “Why did you trouble us? Why did you not go away from that person?”, the ghost would answer that if any one in the house was willing to offer his body, he would leave that person. But, who would be willing to be ready for the ghost’s request? And hence, the ghost’s ability or otherwise to enter other person could not be known. Further, there is no logic or reason for having chosen originally that person to ‘live’ within him for a short period.

After a few years, the person was cured of the ghost. Because the ‘life period of the ghost’ might have expired!
(To be continuted.)

Soul, Mind, Body by Jayanthinathan

Chapter 8 - Views of Soul


Spirit is akin to soul, but not soul. Spirit is a supernatural, incorporeal being, as a ghost. There are many instances wherein the ghosts had been photographed and published in papers.
I had read an article in the Readers’ Digest long back which I like to narrate from my memory.
The story goes like this: It was midnight. A diplomat was sitting in the garden reading a book. He was by nature a courageous man and had even served in the army.

Suddenly, he could see some figure moving nearby. He had shouted without moving from his seat. The figure was still and with a torch in his hand, he moved towards the figure.
On nearing the figure, he focused the torch towards its face. The illumined face of the figure had registered in his mind. The figure had disappeared.

After the lapse of some years, in a different country, he was posted as a diplomat. He was asked to preside over an important meeting in that country.

He was accompanied by a few officials who took him near the lift. The meeting was to be held in the top floor for which he had to use the lift. He saw the face of the lift man. The diplomat was taken a back, as the lift-man’s face had reminded him of the face of the figure that was seen and registered in his mind some years back in some other country.

He was hesitant to use the lift. So, he said that he would come later. Hence a few who accompanied him, had gone inside the lift. The lift was shattered in the midway and all inside including the lift man had died.

The diplomat had then explained about his predicaments about the lift man who, according to him, was a ghost in a human form.
Spirit or Ghost may be good or evil. It will have the shape of flame or smoke. Mostly the color will be white. The head will be prominent with body like shape drooping down. It will be a shadowy figure.

Soul is destined to be in the body earmarked for the specified period. If the person discarding the time frame commits suicide or dies in an accident, then the soul is said to take the shape of a ghost to complete the period of its existence in the world as predetermined.
If such spirit enters any one’s body, the soul belonging to that body will be overpowered till its exit.

There are some known instances of such spirits entering the persons which will demand from the people nearby to serve him food etc.

The details of such happenings will be dealt with in our next issue.
(To be continued.)