tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029855538723228200.post3140689202172617598..comments2016-06-19T14:35:10.261-07:00Comments on Chris von Halle's Blog: A Christmas Carol: Nature of the GhostChris Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00628682876855958199noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029855538723228200.post-8029810141179892682011-12-05T04:54:15.353-08:002011-12-05T04:54:15.353-08:00I like how you mention that most of the stories we...I like how you mention that most of the stories we read the ghosts try to haunt and hurt the people, with the few exceptions. I didn't realize that until you said it. Interesting.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507035726069444018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029855538723228200.post-14316540946485185592011-11-30T12:38:52.489-08:002011-11-30T12:38:52.489-08:00I'm not well-versed in limbo / purgatory, but ...I'm not well-versed in limbo / purgatory, but I think that's the idea here, not that ghosts are meant to wander the world, looking at stuff they missed, so much, but that they're required to drift around, seeing all the people they could have helped, at last feeling with clarity the empathy they should have embraced on Earth as living people, when they still could have done something. Imagine that... spending a portion of each day for years on end watching others suffer, caring VERY much, being consumed -- or perhaps "defined" is more accurate -- by caring for them and never being able to do a single thing to help them.John Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610195561053152028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029855538723228200.post-38340079875873542892011-11-29T19:46:58.191-08:002011-11-29T19:46:58.191-08:00Chime! Japanese ghosts, for example, almost always...Chime! Japanese ghosts, for example, almost always seek to cause distress, if not outright harm, to humans. This is because the spirit has not joined its ancestors in the afterlife; when this happens, it's usually because the person has died violently or in some kind of emotional turmoil. So there is definitely unfinished business involved, but it's typically of the vengeance-seeking variety. They don't care about making contact so much as making someone pay (and without the difficulties Western ghosts seem to have).Jennifer Loringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12140138618841118386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029855538723228200.post-22791282050500339042011-11-28T19:30:22.800-08:002011-11-28T19:30:22.800-08:00Well at least a Western ghost. I'm sure Jenn ...Well at least a Western ghost. I'm sure Jenn or Joe could chime in on Eastern ghosts. Nice post.Chris Shearerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11248919336925960105noreply@blogger.com