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Since we're on the topic of Buddhist beliefs and ppl's spirits returning, I have a few:
2 nights after my parents died I had to take my sis to the ER cuz she kept passing out from what I thought was diesel poisoning (my family was in a boating accident, I was in Taiwan). Anyways, I was at my sis's bedside and all of a sudden her anxiety attacks stopped and she had this really calm look on her face. She said that my parents were standing right next to me and talking to her. I was still overwhelmed by everything so I naturally thought the worst and thought my sis was going crazy. Anyways, she starts to relay all the stuff my parents were saying to her, stuff like "We understand everything now... Don't worry, you 4 (children) are going to be fine.... Don't be scared..." It was the sort of stuff that my sister would never dream of saying but exactly what my parents would have said. She was looking right past me and smiling the way she would when she smiled at our parents. Wierd thing is, she doesn't remember this at all.
On the 7th day after the accident, I was in bed and dreaming that I could hear my mom trying to wake me up. I could smell her skin as if I was right next to her, but when I opened up my eyes she wasn't there.
For the Buddhist reasons, we had to burn ghost money and incense every week for 7 weeks after the accident. We always did this at the rocky outcroppinf at Ambleside Beach to make the offering to the ocean, since our dad's body was never found. On the 7th week (the last day we were to make the offering) it was an okay day as usual, but as we were burning the incense it started to get windier. By the time we had finished burning all of the ghost money, it was a full-fledged wind storm, with waves crashing up against the rocks and the splashes formed huge walls of water all around us, but the area we were still standing in was dry. THAT was pretty messed. Cool, but still messed.
Finally, about a month after the accident, my sis was home alone, taking a nap. According to the contemporary Buddhist beliefs, the ghost money allows the spirits to live a more comfortable afterlife. Anyways, my sister had this SUPER-DETAILED dream of how she got off at a bus stop and our mom was there to greet her. Our mom took her to this huge house and told my sis that it was purchased with all the ghost money we had burned (we burned tonnes.... it helped us cope). Our dad had an antique camera collection, and our mom finally had bought some nice dresses. She took my sis on a tour of the house, saying how there was already a room saved for each of us. She also met our "eldest brother", who had actually died at childbirth before I was born. Then she told my sis to tell us that when our time comes, we shouldn't be scared, cuz it's supposed to happen. Finally, when she said bye to my sis, she whispered in her ear, "See you in 2005."
And no, I'm not shitting you guys about this, so don't say I am. This is nothing to bullshit about.
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