We all crave to feel more comfortable in our skin. We read self-help books and exercise and search for answers at every turn to find that feeling of wholeness. While the items listed above mark great places to start, the answers are really inside of us at all times.
Where To Turn
Many have explored this deep, inward reflection and have turned to practices found within Buddhist and Hindu religions which require you to recognize your chakras. There are 7 types of chakras inside all of us. Where you need to start, however, is with your root chakra; also known as Muladhara.
Every year the residents of Hong Kong honor the “Hungry Ghosts” in the 7th month of the Chinese calendar.
If you’ve ever been to China or studied even the basics of Chinese culture you probably know the importance of respecting one’s elders as well as departed ancestors. While thoughts of family generations past are always on the top of mind for many in China, the spirit of venerating the lonely departed comes to a head during the Hungry Ghost Festival in Hong Kong.
According to an AP article syndicated on The T and D the Hungry Ghost festival allows Hong Kong residents to pay respects and make offerings to those restless spirits who left no descendants and therefore no one to venerate them in the afterlife. According to local custom, the ghosts who left behind no legacy roam the human world jealously seeking the attention that those spirits who left behind large families and groups of friends get regularly.
Known in Chinese as Yu Lan, the Hungry Ghost Festival is the antithesis of a traditional Western funeral or memorial service. More akin to Mexico’s Day of the Dead, the Hungry Ghost Festival involves parties, music, and copious amounts of food, which are all offered to the shiftless spirits before they are enjoyed by their living counterparts. The festival also involves prayers to the departed along with the ritual burning of incense as well as paper effigies of physical items that could help the ghosts in the afterlife. Some of these items have even adapted to the modern world with photos of TVs, iPhones and other digital technologies being burned as a way of making the afterlife richer for the spirits.
Check out the full article complete with a great photo gallery to get a feel for the Hungry Ghost Festival.
Psychic Readings by Ronn 