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A ghost certainly exists as an image.

By the way, as we already stated, all human beings have an image called a ghost in common.

Substance is set aside and the ghost exists in the state where it can perceive in a brain as an image.

Human beings bought in this image experientially as information.

Considering like this is appropriate.

However, a possibility that this existed beforehand as data in human beings' brain is also taken into consideration.

We know that a more infantile child is afraid of a monster.

Why is a child afraid of a monster?

"It is because the image of a fearful monster is planted as an expedient of upbringing in order that parents may punish a child."

Although there is also such an opinion, there are also many parents who do not do such a threat.

Nevertheless, children are afraid without an exception of a monster.

"Children already had data of the feeling of fear to a monster in their memory, when they were born."

It can consider like this.

"The fear over an unknown thing is one of self-defense instinct.

Since children are poor at expression, they will regard it as a "monster"."

Although such an interpretation is also considered, children do not feel fear for all unknown things.

The unknown target thing is various by the child.

However, there are many common elements in what children feel as a monster.

The similarity exceeding the difference of an area and a race is accepted in it.

"What appears suddenly out of darkness and inflicts an injury on me"

This is the common image which a monster has.

This is considered to be the image engraved by nature into a human being's unconsciousness.

The same matters can say also to the spirit.

"The dead person has influence to me, after dying."

It is the image in which this is also engraved by nature in unconsciousness.

Although we demonstrate rationality in brains,

and we think in materialism,

such an image arises from the bottom of our unconsciousness.

Reasoning power seldom suppresses the impulse.

As a result,

the person takes action filled to self-inconsistency as he respects rationality.