Anything that anyone gives attention to, becomes true
I guess we should define ‘ghost’.
Ghost
The spirit; the soul of man.
The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter.
Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea.
A false image formed in a telescope by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
To appear to or haunt in the form of an apparition.
“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, but spiritual beings having a human experience.”
Teilhard de Chardin 1881 – 1955
Your post brought Spirits in the Mater World to mind. The song was on Ghost in the Machine. Here is a bit from wiki about Ghost in the Machine from which the album got its title.
And, what about the idea that a actual machine/computer/robot/android could become self-aware? What exactly is it that makes something alive?
Have you ever been in your house and heard someone who has passed say your name? I have, and on more than one occasion. I realize, of course, that it may have been my imagination, but, I have heard my mother say my name since she died. It wasn’t scary in any way, but the thing about it was that it didn’t feel like it was imagined whether it was so or not. It felt real, it felt like there was an actual voice saying my name, a very specific voice – my mom’s. I wasn’t consciously thinking about my mother at the times that that occurred either. I’ll bet lots of other people have had that experience.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
— Gandalf, J.R.R. Tolkien
I’m Alright
Life Less Ordinary
…I love to think…but I don’t like to over-think some areas. If I feel my mom’s presence …her warmth…her smile…in a dream…in my heart…in my thoughts…in my life…who am I to say what lives on and how? I believe my folks…their Goodness & Warmth are ‘somehow’ with me & will continue and that is is good enough for me. I am thankful to God for all of my experiences. Thank you Mara for this thread, and for all who contribute to assist bmindful in the beautiful community that it is(:
BE YOU
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Anything that anyone gives attention to, becomes true
Anything that anyone gives attention to, becomes true