Essay On Dual Soul

the concept of dual soul. As a Northeast candidate, the custom of Northeastern had a profound effect on me since I was a child. I remember I often heard from my grandma said that when people die, hun soul was leaving the body, and po soul still exists. On the seventh day after the death, hun soul will come back home to take a final look. The living people would prepare a meal and lighting up incense for the hun soul before the hun it came, and then tried to sleep or hide under the quilt to make sure the dead could not see his family members. Otherwise, the dead would worry about living people which impedes his rebirth. When the incense was finished, it represents the po soul is leaving and entering to the “yellow spring”. After that, living …show more content…
According to Blake (2011), he states “many literati opposed the custom from its beginning, every modern regime, out of concern for taste, waste, fraud, and nowadays fire hazards and pollution, has tried to discourage, even suppress the practice. However, in my opinion, burning paper money is appealing and indispensable. Burning paper money is a process of transmitting information to departed family and the deceased could perceived. I believe the soul of a deceased live their way in netherworld is similar in the living world. They also have material requirements, such as shopping, working and eating. There is saying that if deceased relative either encountered some obstacles or out of money, they will ask for help from their offspring and appear in the dream. If offspring ignored, the soul of the deceased will come to home and possessed on their offspring which result in sickness and uncomfortable. I have been heard from my mother that she dreamed about my grandmother who had past away for 10 years because she did not offering paper money or food for my grandma on time.To my surprise, after communicating with my grandma while burning paper money, she would not in my mother’s