Very often, when we watch horror movies at home or late at night, there are lingering spirits watching together with us. Most of the time we are not sensitive to it, especially because we’re mostly concentrating too much on the movie, or that we feel comfortable being at home.

Yes, if there are spiritual presence, it can be felt. You might just be feeling warm, and yet suddenly without the wind blowing, you feel your goose pimples rising.

Things shifted are also a common note, but by then it means you already lived in there. By right, every house would have something living in there, it’s just a matter of whether it’s the unbothered spirit or a bothered spirit. An un-bothered spirit will not disturb you when you occupy the house. But the bothered one will feel that you have invaded the territory, hence all the disturbances to let you feel its presence.

While most people will ask for some master to come capture the spirit, in another practice, you can always ask a Siamese, Burmese or Sri Lankan monk home for “Dana”. This has to be done before noon, prepare dishes for them to serve as their lunch, have them say some Dhamma and do recitals before feasting. Do this until one day you will feel a sudden freshness at home, as if it has become exceptionally spacious, and you know that the unhappy spirit have been appeased and released for new birth elsewhere. This will be the best way because we do not want to be so cruel as to get rid of them in ways that hurt them. We do not wish to be treated this way either, right?