Originally posted by: astha36
Since people are sharing their stories. I have a very small incident to share.
I was once taken to a relative's place where an exorcism was underway. So, the baba needed children to see which spirit it was. They asked me to look at my thumbnail and focus. I did that and my eyes started watering and all. That baba tried very hard but I didn't really see anything and he chalked it up to my poor eyesight. Another kid saw whatever he was trying to show.
Also, I saw firsthand that day, a woman who spoke in another voice, like 3 different voices cuz she had 3 spirits inside of her. All of them scary voices and all of them were gotten rid of by the end.
I was really young and felt like what I saw was real because of the voice change in that lady even though my own experience was nothing. But looking back, and also because I have seen enough documentaries about this, I can say that it was not real. I wouldn't call it a fraud. Because I think the "patients" are going through a mental illness or a need for attention and these babas realise that and give them what they want and so that heals them. In the end, all that matters is that they get back to normal. Also, the other kid that saw something, I would say it's because the pressure to say yes when they keep asking continuously if you see anything is very great lol It's almost embarrassing to keep saying no I don't see anything. So, I think most people just say yes to get it over with.
I don't believe in supernatural stuff simply because I have lived many years now and never even a single incident has happened to me or to people whom I trust. Those who relate stories of actually having seen a spirit or been possessed, I have found that there is always another reason for these happenings. Usually personal and psychological.
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