The average man on the street is not physically or mentally equipped to deal with ghosts during intermittent encounters, let alone on a constant basis.

Many of these wretched creatures are half-crazed from pain, anger and grief - completely incapable of rational thought and unable to listen to reason, which makes them extremely dangerous.

The job of handling them, be it via preaching, subjugation or whatever, should be left solely to spiritual professionals.

I don't know how many people with the second sight you have encountered who have suffered, sometimes even died, as a result of their affliction.

I have.

Trust me, it's not pretty.

As for the attainment of enlightenment, there are plenty of virtuous, enlightened individuals around who possess no unearthly powers whatsoever, the second sight included.

Most mediums do not have supernatural abilities, nor do they require them to commune with their divine patrons; my teacher certainly didn't.

You do not need the second sight to achieve enlightenment; focus instead on being a good person.

If things were so simple, everyone would have attained Nirvana a long, long time ago.

The Pure Land school is but one branch of Buddhism, by the way, whose teachings are not something all Buddhists agree with or subscribe to.

Let's try to keep things on track; this isn't a Buddhism discussion thread.

You want to alleviate their suffering, participate in salvation rituals for them and contribute offerings.

Contact your local temple or sintua and ask them what you can do to help.

Chinese folk religion is practically extinct in China, no thanks to Communism. Most mainlanders are atheists.

Sintua is and always has been a religion of the common folk. It was quite widespread in ancient times; some sintua deities received imperial support, but certainly not all.

I can't say I ever have, although coins (symbols of prosperity/wealth) and dice (symbols of fate, luck and chance) certainly are objects associated with the Black and White Brothers.

Perhaps they were 'producing' these items as good luck charms to offer deserving devotees.

Undead beings do not ambulate as we do.

Here is another good video that showcases their shambling walk; a perfect example can be seen from 0:46-0:59.

This is not a fortune telling thread.

Doesn't sound like he's a medium who channels deities.

The deity in the centre is known as Ruan Gong Sheng Fo/阮公圣佛 or Sagacious Buddha Ruan. He was a devout Buddhist who attained enlightenment barely into his mid-twenties, and, after his deification, became famous for aiding several emperors, including healing a serious eye illness in one emperor, warding off a terrible fire that raged another emperor's capital city and helping yet another emperor repel a foreign invasion.



The deity on the left is known as Wen Shi Zhen Xian/文氏贞仙 or Chaste Immortal Wen. She is a guardian goddess of the people of Si Hui County in Guang Dong, being particularly efficacious in bringing rain in times of drought.



The deity on the right is known as Liang Gong Sheng Fo/梁公圣佛 or Sagacious Buddha Liang. He was a disciple of Ruan Gong Sheng Fo, a young preacher who was well known for being a selfless philanthropist.

Indeed; they're fairly obscure.

The only temple I'm aware of where they're worshiped is in Kepong (KL).

Two of them, the Buddhas, are master and disciple, as previously noted.

The third one, the goddess, is a matron goddess of Cantonese people from a particular region in the old country, like I have mentioned - I believe the temple's founder has ancestry that links back to there, and reverence for her probably runs in his clan for generations, hence her inclusion.

She has no links to the other two per se, but it is not uncommon for several unrelated deities to be enshrined on the same altar.

A list of every single Chinese god and goddess would be extremely long - too long to fit here.

Ask me about a specific deity and I will provide you with as much information as I can about him or her.

Most of this information is not available online.

If they had such abilities innately, they wouldn't need to become mediums or even pretend to be mediums, now, would they?

They could just become clairvoyants in their own right.

The book you see me reading in the photo below is a good place to start.

It is called 'Chinese Gods: The Unseen World of Spirits and Demons', authored by Keith Stevens.

The volume features most of the well-known and some of the not-so-well-known Chinese folk religion deities, and contains plenty of pretty pictures.

Well worth the effort to source and the money to purchase.

Impostor entities will not be able to produce concrete results, the same way a fake doctor cannot really treat the sick.

The proof is in the pudding.

I think you underestimate the power of a true deity, which extends beyond clairvoyance.

It is not easily matched by impostor entities, who in any case have no interest in aiding mortals, just in exploiting and preying upon them.

Aliens have no need for such rigmaroles.

I mean, look - there are TONS of popular comic books, video games and movies that feature aliens in some form or other.

The public is more than prepared to face the reality of an alien presence head-on, with no need to pussyfoot around the issue.

Here's one.

Who is the Great Protector?

The story of Tai Bao Ye/太保爷, the Great Protector, is a very Batman-like tale, in that he was orphaned when his entire family were murdered by demons, and that being consumed by anger and grief almost turned him into a wild, wayward being of darkness.

Fortunately, Lord Zhang the Serpent-Queller (whom I have discussed earlier in the thread) took him under his wing and taught him to control his emotions and prevent them from consuming him entirely.

After learning the mystic arts from Lord Zhang, he distinguished himself via numerous acts of demon-slaying found employment within the Netherworld pantheon, rising to become a captain of the Hellish armies.

Although he is firmly on the side of good, the mostly-dormant rage within him occasionally manifests as outbursts of near-bestial ferocity and battle frenzy.

This is why some statues of him are depicted as being fairly human looking, while others look quite savage and monstrous.

He is always depicted with magical axe held high in one hand, the severed heads of his foes in his other hand, and a vanquished foe crushed under his left foot.

The bolded part is a big assumption.

For all you know, they merely want to enslave us or have us for dinner.

I've experienced this plenty of times.

Such dreams do not necessarily mean anything, unless (1) a clear message was imparted within the dream or (2) events that relate to the dream or lend greater significance to it subsequently happen in the real world.