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Originally Posted by PenangsangII
But of course, this procedures may not be acceptable to the western standard...
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I have no idea what you mean here by "western standards".
Generalizations about what is or isn't acceptable by any culture are bound to yield surprising results.
A touch of healthy skepticim does not necessarily mean one does not believe in the unseen worlds. But not every bump in the night is due to the spirits. If you believe that you are likely to become a slave to supersition. All incidents must be approached logically before we automatically brand them as paranormal.
It seems to me that whenever someone questions such an event on these forums it is automatically assumed that they have no belief in such things, or that it is not "acceptable" to them or their culture (Western). The paranormal or occult is very acceptable to me. I have studied and practiced aspects of magickal belief systems all my adult life. Still i am wary of stories of the occult that have little information to confirm them. I have also seen that a completely open acceptance that regards every bump in the night as a sign of the spiritual creates an atmosphere that allows charatans and cheats to take advantage of a highly supersitious populous. So i remain open, but skeptical.
Unfortunately we are often looking for some kind of smoking gun proof to affirm our spiritual events. These proofs almost never manifest. The "true" spiritual experience can
never be fully explained or put into proper words. In the end i think spiritual events in our lives are really only meant for that particular individual. When we know deep in our being that we have experienced such an event, whether it is to do with keris or otherwise, there is no need to prove it (or even tell it) to others. The bottom line is how did this event effect/change/bring growth to
your life? How is your life different now? If it hasn't changed your life it probably was merely something you ate.
