I have mentioned many times in many of my previous posts that before coming to the village my parents lived in a quite old and big city name Hyderabad.
They would have lived their forever may be if my older brother would not have died because of T.B.
My parents lived their in a rental home which was owned by an quite old couple and his son, his wife and five kids .
It was very old double story building .We lived in ground floor and owners in upper story.
I used to play with those kids sometimes on roof of that building which was walled almost 3 feet and fenced .There was also a store room and few rows of wires to hang the wet clothes for drying.
Two of those children were around my age.Until this age (4) i new nothing about death .I had my own thoughts in my small head that when people get enough old they again become children and that is how life goes all the time in world.
One day uncle bhatti (real name) died .Mom went to attend the last goodbye event in which according to tradition all the relatives and friends were gathered . I was asked to stay and play with my older brother who was alive then. Until that time his sickness was not diagnosed properly .
While playing with toys i asked my brother that "why there are so many people in uncle bhatti's house and why the ladies looked so sad ?"
He said while mending his torn woodcart (made by himself)(he used to make me sit on it and push ) that "because uncle bhati is dead!"
"what does that mean" i asked innocently ?" He replied that"it means he has returned towards God and will never com back"
I asked him some more questions but his answers could not satisfy my curiosity. I decided to go upstairs and watch what happened to uncle bhatti. I went up and saw that all the ladies were sitting in a circular shape and within the circle uncle bhatti was laying upon strange kind of wooden bed that had four handles .
I stared a lot but uncle bhatti made no move .It was strange .Even just few days back he was walking actively in street when he yelled at her granddaughter for some reason .His fat body and eyes huge annoying eyes behind glasses made me scare special when he was angry.
Lunch time passed without having any lunch.My elder brother gave me biscuits with milk .After sometime dead body was moved to the men's section and then around 4pm men took dead body to bury toward graveyard .
When they came back the huge (very Huge) pans of different food were ready to serve the guests according to tradition(death is expensive for family left behind til today here).
We all kids were happy to eat specially sweet yellow rice .After eating we all children more than 10 i think because of guest's kids too went up to the roof .It was getting dark and on the sky only one single star was twinkling.
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Some more kids were standing near me and looking around or staring at the star like me may be .Suddenly i saw a transparent smoky (casper like) (i had never seen cartoons of Casper until then) body aroused from below and while waving weirdly moved above .The first part of second made all of us struck by this strange incident and in the other part of second we all shouted at same time and ran towards stairs . Before stepping in stairs i saw it that object disappearing in vastness of darkening sky.
While running blindly many of us fell and get minor injures.
As kid of four i could not understand it .I was too scared to repeat it though when we rushed down and elders asked us what happened we tried to explain to them but no one was interested in our story .
After two years ,due to death of my elder brother mom went under deep depression and doctor advised my father to change the place .Mom decided to come to her native village then. I was six than . My grandparents said warm wellcome to us and offered their old empty house to live until our own get built.
In next few years i heard lots of ghost stories from my grandma who lived with her kids as my grandfather was in army and used to visit occasionally. She had a cow ,a buffalo and lots of goats and hens .
My grandparents had many fields too where they used to grow wheat and corn. They had gardens where we used to play and eat lots of fruits among which my favourite were apricots ,loquat ,oranges, aloocha and berries. Below are the images of fruits that were in abundance there ,
(35,houses only) was well known fro her daring spirit ,bravery and love for justice .She was so fascinating person for me .Used to tell me lots of ghost stories to whom she encountered in her way to market (4 or 5 km away from village ) while walking alone .
When i told her that i saw that smoky transparent object she said it was the spirit of uncle bhatti who after his body's burial left peacefully .
She said people who die in unnatural are painful accidents their spirits don't leave world ,they just wander around and try to get attention of live people ."If you encounter with such then don't be afraid ,if you will be afraid even in your heart they will sense it and dominate your body and make you die terribly "
She told that when she get back from market it is almost dark in way So they surround me and play their tricks .They appear in a disguise of bold and beautiful girl and offer help in holding stuff i had, when i say no they turn bad ,some time snake or donkey ,sometimes lady with opposite heels and white eyes .But i just keep repeating my verses from holy book and faith on my God that he will save me ,and see he is saving me since years.
Her such stories used to blow away my sleeps many times .but as i got elder due to my readings ,listening radio and watching lots of t.v .my knowledge lessened this fear to some extent.
But one thing that still bother me is story from my mother .She was witness of one weirdest accident of her whole life .Once she was passing near the graveyard accompanied by three other women among which one was really pretty girl who was newly married .They were going to attend a funeral and it was night time not much late may be around 9pm.
When they passed near the graveyard which was on their way the young girl said "ouch" she took off her one shoe and pulled thorn from it .All other women including mom stood and waited for her .She wore shoe and walked with women towards the house where the person died .
Mom told that the girl started to shiver slightly and felt cold as it was sudden fever with cold shiver. But soon she laid and her eyes became wider as they eye balls will be thrown out by some one .her mouth was releasing cough and she was screaming loudly .Mom told her scream seemed blend of more than one voice .In last she vomited blood and died at the spot within half and hour .
She was healthy young girl happily married but died in weird circumstances .Postmortem declared that her heart was squeezed and blasted in her chest but how or why no one could understand.
Mom said that she though does not believe in such things but old women says that she was killed by a bad ghost who caught her while standing in grave yard.
I in my whole life never encountered with such situation except that strange waving object that i saw along with all other kids. I after my marriage once felt little weird touch of finger tips on my upper back while i was alone in room though light was on and everybody was close to room watching t.v in lounge . But i rejected it and though it could be my fad. Because after that i tried many times to refeel this touch to identify as if it is real.I stood alone in room in dark but nothing happened.
When on national geographic channel i saw a reality show for years about people who get lost in barren deserts and forests alone for months and finally manage to survive i ask my self that why ghosts caught those lonely stuck if they really exist?
Dear friends please take great care !
Stay blessed with strength that comes from faith and self confidence .Love yourself because you deserve it !
God Bless You All!!!
Long interresting story,greetings,Joan
ReplyDeleteHi Baili. Your account reminds me of how I also learned about death when I was a child. It is not an easy subject for children or adults. I think that coming to understand it is one of the most profound things that people experience.
ReplyDeleteTake care.
Such learnings can never be forget Brain!
DeleteI still remember how much painful was acknowledging this fact that my parents ,me and my siblings will be buried under the pile of mud .
i believed for years and sometimes still do that i will be reawaken there and feel to be deceased slowly by creepy insects
Creepy, Baili. There are many things in our world that we do not yet understand.
ReplyDeleteYes agreed!
Deletein this world of wonders there are still LOTS to be revealed dear Sandi!
Spooky! Your grandma was full of ghostly lore!
ReplyDeleteYes she was indeed .
Deletei still wonder was it her brain's tricks to her or real .
because when ever i watched horror movie my brain did this to me terrifyingly but for long if i did not see such crap thing get back to normal
I never saw or felt a ghost but my mother was certain that she did.., many times items she was searching for would show up out of nowhere... most often moved...there were odd things that happened to her over her lifetime xox ♡♡♡
ReplyDeleteDear Launna it is said that with some people such energies get more obsessed than others .
DeleteBack in my native village i saw a woman of my mom's age who was changed within months after such attack(according to elderly her body got caught by a spirit )
she was almost new person with new behaviours ,even she start talking in other language which was totally from another province and her status raised after this in her family and specially in laws who were so bad with her before
Haunting stories Baili!
ReplyDeleteSpooky Tales Baili, made even spookier by the fact they're real childhood stories!!!!!!!!!! Your Grandma sounds like a remarkable woman.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful November with hopefully no ghostly sightings xx
Thank you Prunella!
Deletei feel blessed that i had such AMAZING lady as grandma .she was outstanding .even most powerful people of high status in surroundings were so impressed with her confidence and dare .she was not learned from school but she had lots and lots to taught others through her powerful personality
One never knows ...
ReplyDeleteSounds like you have a wonderful grandmother.
ReplyDeleteI like ghost stories/experiences.
Thank you for your kind comment on my art blog.
Thank you so much dear Sharon and Tammie!
DeleteScary experience! I have had such happen to me. I don't talk about those much to anyone. Some spirits cannot move on, why I don't know. Good post.
ReplyDeleteBelieve me dear Susan either i don't like to think or talk about it but this time of the year i don't know why my heart is wanting to share more of my unshared experiences with my friends!
Deleteyes i heard lot that some spirits roam about in this world for various purposes .
My mother-in-law used to say, "Of course I don't believe in any of that." But she was the one who could explain many of those things. She experienced more than she was willing to admit.
ReplyDelete"The Skeleton key" movie tells that to feel or see them first you have tom Believe it .and i don't want to believe it for sure
DeleteYou gave me goose bumps all over.
ReplyDeleteI have seen and talked with ghosts, all friendly except one in an old house we lived in in South Carolina. It was frightening and felt evil but it never could come in the rooms we lived in. Seemed only to haunt the hallway and stairwell. Shivers!
Hooo..
Deletethat is spooky Toni dear!
My grandma used to say that she can sense that which place is occupied by such things
It is so interesting to read and catch glimpses of your life as you grew up, baili. I can't remember when I learned about death. It seems it must have been more gradual than you, because there is no single event that I can remember.
ReplyDeleteDear Jenny i was quite a duffer but one think was little special in me that i always looked for knowing more and more and more .
Deletei still think i know nothing about life .
i still remember the day when i learnt that time will not move further if i push the hands of clock ahead lol...
Hah! But that is how we learn as children :)
DeleteI meant to add to my original comment that I am sorry for the loss of your brother at a young age. That must have been difficult for everyone in your family.
Yes dear Jenny it was indeed .
Deletesomehow it affected our whole life ,during the hospitalization my parents left my eldest brother with my aunt where he lived for some mothes but when we met again he was not same person.
Mom went insane for months and on doc's advise we moved from city to the village where began the complications between mom and dad ,they stayed together though but were not same as they were before .
though life passed in village and being close to my grandparents and nature brought huge positive change in my upbringing
The world is full of strange things, some we do not fully understands. Those that touch us from just outside our realm are one of those strange experiences. You will be able to feel if those touches are healthy and good or if they are not.
ReplyDeletei totally agree dear Cherie.
Deletei am over sensitive to sense positive or negative energies around me and will you believe me that it never went wrong even sometimes i wished it go
Who you gonna call?
ReplyDeleteGhostbusters!! :)))
Do you remember the movie and the song?
Have a nice weekend!
Yes i remember the movie Pedro
Deletethough i have strong memory of that glimpse of strange object but still can't say anything else as it was only a strong "experience"worth mentioning
My aunt told ghost stories about the village where whe grew up. I loved and hated those stories all at the same time.
ReplyDeleteit sounds that when the people were less on earth their sixth sense worked more than crowed of today
DeleteHow interesting, it's believable that you saw a casper shaped object.
ReplyDeleteLovely grandmother.
I'm not a believer in ghosts but of course I believe there is something.
Yes dear Margret i believe it or not that was so strongly felt fact which could not be denied .
DeleteIn spite of all i don't believe in ghosts
Interesting! Especially children have the ability to see something that most of the adults do not do.
ReplyDeleteYes it is said most often that children and all kinds of animals can feel such energies stronger than grown up humans
DeleteWow...being a trainee medium, I found this post absolutely fascinating.
ReplyDeleteI have seen seeing Spirit People all my life. As a child, I was rather frightened by it - especially when I plucked up sufficient courage to confide in my mother, who promptly informed me that what I was doing was evil and I would be eternally damned!*smiles*
I am so grateful that I finally came to trust my experiences, and to realise that I have a gift which I can use to help heal the grief of others.
Thank you so much for this post, dearest Baili...I found it so interesting!:))
Big Hugs xoxoxo
Hi Baili :) I know that all of those experiences must have been frightening for you. I really enjoyed reading them though. I'm fascinated by such things. When I was much younger, 19 years old maybe, I lived alone in a basement apartment. I woke up one morning to whispers and opened my eyes. I saw about 8 ghostly figures scattered around my bedroom just looking at me. I really got scared. I closed my eyes and pulled the covers over my head. The next day I couldn't figure out if I had dreamed it or not.
ReplyDelete... ooh, spooky!
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
So interesting to hear your experiences, Baili, and it must have been so frightening as a child. I do believe in ghosts, although I have never seen one, but I have felt the presence of them. My Father, who didn't believe in such things, did see a ghost later in life - the presence of a miner. My Mother was away (with me) visiting my sister, and he was alone in bed and woke up for some reason. There was the ghost of a coal miner with coal dust over his face at the foot of his bed. This area was once a very active coal-mining community and there were still open mines on his property deep in the woods. My daughter also experienced ghosts when she stayed at a girlfriend's very old home. Doors would slam, rocking chairs would rock and lights would flicker. They even had a 'ghost whisperer' come to the house to try and 'send them home'. I find it all fascinating. I think ghosts are souls that are trapped here and haven't followed the light. Sending hugs xo Karen
ReplyDeleteWhat remarkable memories, Baili! I always enjoy hearing stories about your life and family. You were blessed to have a wonderful grandmother.
ReplyDeleteI have never seen a ghost, but I have several family members who have seen them, as well as several close friends. Because I haven't experienced ghosts myself, it is hard for me to believe they are real; and yet, it's also hard for me not to believe my family and friends whom I trust. I think that some people are more attuned to spiritual things and sense spirits more than other people like me. I do know that the universe is far bigger and more complicated than I can imagine, so there are plenty of possibilities for spiritual or other beings to exist.
What a gentle way your brother explained death to you, as a return to God from which you don't come back! I remember your writing about your brother's dying from TB before. It must have been devastating for all of you.
I have no memory of learning about death, but I must have been very young. One of my earliest memories was of the racetrack fire in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. I woke up hearing fire engines and the screaming of horses trapped in the fire. I climbed up on the window sill and looked out into the night sky. I was so small that I had to raise my arms to reach the middle of the window, so I was between 2 1/2 and three years old. I understood that the horses could die and what death meant.
Sending you a big, warm hug, and lots of love!
Hi Bali, Hope you are doing good. ITs pleasure to read your interesting stories... this is good one...
ReplyDeleteSpooky but interesting story! I do believe that the spirit lives on.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting and spooky!
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