Paranormal Psyche

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So, has anyone thought about this?

If you have, then read my perspective. If you haven't, then just read on.

I am not insanely well read about the beings (what an oxymoron!) of the “other world” and neither am I a psychologist, this is just an opinion well elaborated. You can never stop wondering, can you?

The power of mind is so immense, that it has the capacity to create/ produce, recreate/ reproduce and justify almost anything seen or imagined at any given point of time. Agreed? Now, personally, I haven't had any strange, curious or inconceivable episode in my life that scared the s**t out of me. But. yes, I have watched movies that have made me go pale and given me the adrenaline rush, YES! So Mr. Spirit, if you are reading this, Hi!

Here's what I think is a plausible understanding of “spirits” or “ghosts”. Whatever we hear, see or pick up while eavesdropping gets primed and accumulated in our “unconscious” even without the awareness of the “conscious”. Also, when the fear of the wraith exists within oneself, phantom apparitions make frequent visits to one's mind. One cannot rule out the possibility of these strange happenings being an unconscious esthesis of the mind, what one calls “hallucinations”. So, I do think the mind is capable of playing tricks on us. Perhaps, in some of us, that capacity is more pronounced and they are more susceptible to hearing things or seeing things or drawing inferences.

But, that does not explain the strange occurings in many “haunted” locations, does it? Well, to some extent, it does. Whenever something achieves the status “paranormal”, it usually starts off as an enumeration of the “experience” of someone, or the historical (read Gothic) significance of that place like, a murder, a war, a suicide or even the natural death of a dissatisfied being. These enumerations undergo several reformations and become the legendary yet shuddering “ghost” story that sends a chill down the spine. Hence an impression of the supernatural is created which does all the creepy cruel things.

Yes, most of you “believers” won't agree, so again, just a plausible perception!

There is more! Now, what about possessions? Looking at it from my point of view, you will again see the mind playing a significant role. How? Heard about “Dissociative Identity Disorder” (DID) or “Multiple Personality Disorder” (MPD) or “Split Personalities”? The human mind and body are capable of astounding strength, something that the conscious mind cannot comprehend. Sometimes a person develops an alter ego so strong that it disseminates into a completely different personality inside the same person, of which the main personality is unaware. This may gibe the descriptions of a demonic or spiritual possession and hence are seemingly supernatural.

Yes! The mind can create extremely vivid and lucid visions/ apparitions/ imaginations or out of body experiences and also justify them. Come to think of it, they may just be a figment of imagination.

Think about it!