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A confused leftist
After having two religious experiences as a child, I have become a firm believer in the spirits. Making this thread because I want to see if there's anybody out there that is the same.
I'll start with myself, coming from the steppes of Mongolia there is a strong influence of Tibetan Buddhism but also Tengristic shamanism. My whole family is ingrained in this religion so obviously I grew up with it, visiting the monasteries and whatnot. And then I actually got to see a possession.
Now this began when I was in seventh grade and summer break was rolling in. Went on a trip to visit the family of my paternal grandfather's uncle in the countryside. Weirdly the night after we sleep over at their cabin, they had brought a shaman. Complete stranger that the relatives invited.
Its midnight and this man begins chanting and dancing around the fire. He beats his drum and just shaking all over. Then his voice is replaced in this unnaturally hoarse and gravelly voice. Not even remotely possible for a human, and he keeps referring to himself as an ancestor spirit that has watched over his family. Anyways after ten minutes of this spirit talking, the relatives are crying because the shaman is spouting family secrets that only the alive ones know. I'm in a bruh moment watching this through the crack in the door. And then I passed out from exhaustion.
This eventually led to my beliefs of a weird mix of shamanism and Tibetan Buddhism. Anyways that was my weird experience with an actual spirit. Your thoughts?
I'll start with myself, coming from the steppes of Mongolia there is a strong influence of Tibetan Buddhism but also Tengristic shamanism. My whole family is ingrained in this religion so obviously I grew up with it, visiting the monasteries and whatnot. And then I actually got to see a possession.
Now this began when I was in seventh grade and summer break was rolling in. Went on a trip to visit the family of my paternal grandfather's uncle in the countryside. Weirdly the night after we sleep over at their cabin, they had brought a shaman. Complete stranger that the relatives invited.
Its midnight and this man begins chanting and dancing around the fire. He beats his drum and just shaking all over. Then his voice is replaced in this unnaturally hoarse and gravelly voice. Not even remotely possible for a human, and he keeps referring to himself as an ancestor spirit that has watched over his family. Anyways after ten minutes of this spirit talking, the relatives are crying because the shaman is spouting family secrets that only the alive ones know. I'm in a bruh moment watching this through the crack in the door. And then I passed out from exhaustion.
This eventually led to my beliefs of a weird mix of shamanism and Tibetan Buddhism. Anyways that was my weird experience with an actual spirit. Your thoughts?