Supernatural Definition Essay

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Over the years, I had convinced myself that I wasn't scared of anything.
Anything supposedly real… Ghosts, spirits, supernatural has always been my deepest fear. The thing is, you don't know if they exist or not. These “creatures” could have the power ranging from ending world hunger to killing us all in a second.
Some people might think this is an unreasonable fear
But, I was raised in an environment where we believe in super naturals and spirits. I am a Hindu, and for those who don't about this culture, we have hundreds of rituals to make sure we don't encounter evil spirits that can take over your body and life.
What is supernatural?
Supernatural
adjective: supernatural
1. 
(of a manifestation or event) attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature.
As I can’t stress
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They could be the ones controlling our fate, making our day better, in one way or another.
Everyday I think about the future.
I think about my life, my parents’, my friends. How everything could change in the blink of an eye.
How do we know what’s real in life?
For all we know we could be dreaming right now, and our dreams are our real life.
When we feel happy, mad, in love, or high. How do we get these feelings? All these emotions and feelings are all interpreted by are brain to react in a certain way. So if you see someone laughing, making out, crying. Everything we do is all due to our brains. Emotions are nothing but a concept made up by society and people are nothing except brains
The brain. It is an intricate, complex system, which controls our whole lives. But the brain is composed up of tissues, which are all made up of cells. If we keep on questioning ourselves using this same idea of “What came before?” we will realize that there had to be some “outside” source which started everything.

There are three main, different types of beliefs in this case: peculiar, religious, and

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