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It is a life of just two days, drop all worries and live it in style. Even if the other is hurt, even if violence is inflicted upon the other, don't worry about it. What violence, what hurt? It is all a facade created by the priests to frighten you.
But if we enter into a Charvaka's mind the same fear is there. He is denying god out of fear.
Have you noticed, there are many people who deny the existence of ghosts -- just out of fear. You must know people like this who say, "No, no ghosts don't exist." But when they are saying, "No, no..." just watch their faces carefully.
Once a lady was a guest at my house. She did not believe in god. She would say, "God simply does not exist."
I said, "Leave god aside, do you believe in ghosts?"
She said, "Not at all, it is all nonsense."
I said, "Reconsider it because tonight it is just you, me and this house. I cannot say that I can arrange a meeting with god, but with the ghost I can."
She said, "What are you talking about? There are no such thing as ghosts."
But I could see she was getting nervous. She started looking here and there. The night was getting deeper. I said, "Then it is alright, I will tell you everything."
She said, "I simply don't believe in them. What will you tell me? I don't believe in them at all."
I said, "It is not a question of believing or not believing. Once a washerman use to live right where this house is built -- at the time of the First World War. He had just been married. His lovely bride came to live with him. The bride was beautiful in every way, with only one exception: she was one eyed. Very light skinned, a beautiful proportionate body -- just one eye was missing." ... I drew a vivid picture of her. "The washerman had to go to the war -- he was recruited. The letters kept on arriving saying he was coming, he was coming soon. And the washerwoman kept waiting and waiting and waiting. He never came, he was killed in the war.
"The washerwoman died waiting for him and became a ghost. She still lives in this house, waiting for him to come back. She has only one eye, a light skinned woman with long black hair.
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