Saturday, August 22, 2009

revolution 9. (turn me on dead man)

The Ghost In You. casper and slimer may be the most popular, funniest ghosts kids have known. creating pleasant chilling fun to the child's imaginations. in the higher level, everybody may have heard of "the white lady". the specter sightings appearing as a lady in flowing white gown or robe. in everyplace, they have their own versions and tales about this white lady thing. versions of sightings vary. they are commonly called as ghost. ghosts as it seems, the apparitions would momentarily send you aghast.

then there's that big house in 1600 pennsylvania avenue telling a legend of occasional presidential appearances, documented apparitions of a great president look-alike has made that portion of the white house a dropby-spot-it-if-you-can tour itinerary. the lincoln room. the regal queen wilhelmina of the netherlands during her state visit at the white house was billeted to this stately guestroom and saw a ghostly familiar figure sitting beside the coffee table trying to put on its boots. the queen fainted.

elsewhere, across the atlantic, london has its 'ghost walk' for tourists. rain or shine. the two hour tour in the medieval sector of greater london guarantees to 'spot your ghost'. otherwise organizers will tell you you're not just observant enough or doesn't have a sense of specter at all.

here in cebu city, i can point to you two haunted houses that i know of who are reputed to be inhabited by ghosts. one in paseo aurora located in an upscale neighborhood, the second, in midtown sikatuna street just across a public school. and... ahem... just by standing outside its gates facing the house, you can feel 'the feel'.

so many stories have been told about ghosts. tales, legends, folklores and all that jazz. characteristics vary, ghosts becoming violent, friendly ghosts, playful ghosts, the scaring ghosts, bad spirits and some stories about your friends and relatives appearing as ghosts after death. on the contrary, my favorite book, the ecclesiastes says, " for the living know that they will die, but the dead knows nothing. they have no further reward, and even the memory of them is forgotten." dead remains dead, demons promotes contradiction to this verse and plays as your dead granny's ghost blah blah blah.

jesus christ, after his resurrection was erroneously identified by his followers as a ghost, but he corrected them by offering to show them the wounds in his hands and for them to feel his flesh telling them that spirits has no flesh and bones in which in him he has.

saul, israel's first king, in his desperate and panicked state, summoned for a medium to contact the dead prophet samuel. by way thru the medium, "the ghost samuel" talked to saul, in great and impressive detail ceded advises on what ways to do to save his failing kingdom. jean dixon, in her lifetime was regarded as a seer, she can predict the future, so they say, a clairvoyant, who can talk to the dead, so they say. even the police seeked her help in locating missing murder victims through the aid of ghosts. michel de nostradame, a monk, once confided to a friend that he can tell coming events through a spirit talking to him. the monk became popularly known as nostradamus.

the point of the argument will be... are these spirit beings, termed as ghosts, spirits of the dead? science is silent on this. unless obi-wan kenobi intercedes and explains about the hologram effects.

moses, during their journey to the promised land was visited many times outside his tent by angels giving instructions on what to do next. lot and two of his daughters was spirited out of the city away from harm escorted by two angels. an angel appeared to joseph and mary to foretell the birth of a child. abraham, aged 99 and sarah 90 experienced the same and they begot isaac. moses, was helped by angels to win the war during their battle against the amalekites. and one thing he has to do was to raise both his arms and the day would stand still during fierce battle on the israelite's favor.

what does an angel and a demon have in common? they can appear and communicate to humans. what else? demons can mimic humans and do some dirty tricks. demons can manifest as anything. mislead you to falsehoods like worshipping idols, pretend as mediums or false samuels. appear as monsters. dwarves. white ladies. aliens in flying saucers. and lastly, and most commonly, they pretend as a dead person's ghost. purposely, they are here to mislead. demons know God, and they tremble. james, one of the great dozen, wrote that in his book 2:19.

the devil is the father of lies. angels on the other hand are straightforward. they appear and introduce themselves as angels. they show signs and acts of truth.

demons manifests as ghosts. anybody who experiences of seeing a dead person's ghost is abstract. impossible. your spine tingling fear, the goosebumps, the errie feeling you experience, is the ghost in you.


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