it's the hungry ghost month according to the chinese lunar calendar as we speak [it commenced on 6th august this year]; which the journo of this piece has brilliantly and neatly summarised about.
i may not agree with any of the organised religions' dogma [statistically buddhist/taoist but i visit the church more often], but the seventh month is one that i've been observin for yonk's. apart from what's been recounted by mates and relative's, no one could actually explain why gust's of wind only come around in the evenings.
and it gets only more windy on the first and last day's of the month. without fail.
spooky.
as enscribed by the letter b @ August 18, 2005 09:23 AM | someone's pingedwell, it's the values and belief system that one grew up in kinda influence the degree of superstition. i've always believed that if i don't harm anyone, i shouldn't be afraid of what's going on "out there".
it's harder walkin with toes crossed.. i think :D
as blahed by the letter b @ August 18, 2005 02:20 PMHonestly, I don't believe it's the dead we have to worry about. It's the living that are trying to get us to join the dead that are important to me.
p.s. It sure is hard to have your fingers crossed and typing at the same time.
as blahed by "Alice" @ August 18, 2005 02:05 PM