Chapter 6 The Path of Hungry Ghosts

Chapter 6 The Path of Hungry Ghosts

Chapter 6 The Path of Hungry Ghosts

I wonder if you have ever heard of "hungry ghosts"? Maybe some people have heard of us, but don't know much about us. But I think most people probably haven't even heard of us. As a hungry ghost, I really hope to let more people know about our daily lives. If you are interested, please listen to me.

The so-called "hungry ghosts" are actually those guys who are hungry most of the time. Hungry ghosts are born with a bottomless stomach. No matter what they eat, they can only be relieved from hunger for a short time. After a moment, they are hungry again. Therefore, most of the hungry ghosts' lives are spent on looking for food. But despite this, looking for food is not an easy task. In the world of hungry ghosts, food is always limited, but hungry ghosts are endless. This is the first interesting phenomenon in the hungry ghost world: "hundreds of ghosts competing for food."

In the early morning, all the hungry ghosts were forced to wake up before the food competition, because they knew that if they were late, they would be hungry. The awakened hungry ghosts gathered in the food competition field in an orderly manner, waiting for the food competition to begin. Soon, the first food appeared in the food competition field. As if they had received orders from God, the hungry ghosts rushed to the center of the field frantically to compete for the glorious meal that belonged to the winner.

Look! The hungry ghost is on all fours, running fearlessly like a greedy tiger.

Look at that one! That bloodthirsty look and crazy pace, it is definitely the best among the hungry ghosts!
The hungry ghosts used all their strength to defeat those who tried to compete with them for the fruits of victory, and took the final victory into their own pockets. One hungry ghost has already controlled the food in his hand, and another hungry ghost followed closely behind, mercilessly delivering a fatal blow to the hungry ghost who controlled the food. The howling of the hungry ghosts and the sound of painful struggles reached a climax at this moment... As the hungry ghosts fell one by one, the winner finally appeared. The other hungry ghosts were either intimidated by his power and dared not continue to compete, or were exhausted and unable to compete. The winner greedily enjoyed his food, while the losers could only wait for the next round of competition with an empty stomach. Among them, there are some hungry ghosts who are exhausted from hunger and know that they can no longer get any food in the competition. At this time, they have to make another choice, which leads to the second interesting phenomenon of the hungry ghost world, the "hungry ghost casino".

This is one of the ways that hungry ghosts can get food without competing for food, and the rules are very simple. Hungry ghosts use food or a part of their body as a bet. If they win, they can get the bet of the other party. Those hungry ghosts who are already starving but have nothing can use their arms or legs as a bet. If they win, they can have a full meal, and if they lose, they will lose an arm or a leg accordingly. In the hungry ghost realm, you can basically see hungry ghosts using their bodies as a bet because of hunger every day. Some hungry ghosts are lucky and get a full meal, and naturally there are also unlucky ones who lose a part of their body. Those who are lucky often get carried away and gradually become unlucky. And those who are unlucky, because of their imperfect bodies, can no longer defeat other hungry ghosts in the food competition to get food, and can only starve to death after losing their hands and feet. It is not known whether the opponents of the hungry ghosts devoured their bodies, or the hungry ghosts' own desires devoured them. In short, there are no so-called winners in the Hungry Ghost Casino. If there is, it is not the hungry ghosts. Some hungry ghosts are tired of the competition for food and the casino, and they try to choose another way of life, which leads to the third interesting phenomenon in the Hungry Ghost Realm, the "Lonely Tavern".

There is a kind of hungry ghosts who are tired of the endless competition for food and the cannibalism in the casino. So they calmed down and began to think about why the lives of hungry ghosts are like this. This part of hungry ghosts often prefers to endure hunger and go in and out of the hungry ghost tavern, drinking by themselves and thinking about the meaning of life. For them, loneliness and confusion have become more deadly than hunger. However, it is imaginable how difficult it is to find the meaning of life in the world where hungry ghosts live. What is the reason? In the world of hungry ghosts, all hungry ghosts spend most of their lives foraging. Therefore, the entertainment activities in the world of hungry ghosts are focused on making hungry ghosts happy in the shortest time. Hungry ghosts have no time to waste. After they get happiness in the shortest time, they re-enter the endless cycle of foraging. But such short-lived happiness is often the most empty. Gradually, the thinkers among the hungry ghosts found that the destination of the soul, except for emotions, is unreliable. And does emotion exist in the world of hungry ghosts? The hungry ghosts who went crazy fighting for food have forever forgotten what it means to love and be loved. The world of hungry ghosts is lonely, lacking something fundamental that can soothe the hungry ghosts' hearts. The more hungry ghosts use short-term sensory enjoyment to dispel confusion, the deeper they will fall into confusion and pain. They don't know where they came from, why they exist here, and where they will go in the future... In the world of hungry ghosts, only hunger is eternal, and everything else is fleeting. How can we talk about the meaning of other existence? In fact, hungry ghosts cannot experience pure happiness. They are just looking for all kinds of ways to make themselves less painful. And what they are looking for is not happiness itself, but just a way to temporarily make themselves forget the pain. Therefore, some hungry ghost thinkers gave up thinking and continued to sink under the drive of desire. Another part of hungry ghost thinkers died of depression because they could not get the answers they wanted. Even so, some hungry ghosts still admire these thinkers about the meaning of life, saying that they are the smartest among the hungry ghosts. Some hungry ghosts mock these thinkers, saying that they are the stupidest hungry ghosts and that their thoughts are far less meaningful than a full meal.

To this day, hungry ghosts still repeat that kind of life. Among them, the competitive eaters, gamblers, and thinkers still use their own methods to fill their insatiable stomachs. Cold, cruel and other personalities have become excellent qualities necessary for the survival of hungry ghosts. In the eyes of hungry ghosts, competitive eaters have a pragmatic and hardworking spirit, gamblers have a magnanimous and heroic temperament, and thinkers have the wisdom to pursue the truth. But despite this, as a hungry ghost, I still don’t know what the meaning of a hungry ghost’s life is. The only thing that makes me feel a little comforted is that it seems that I am not the only hungry ghost who is confused and bewildered. In any case, all the hungry ghosts still tried their best to reach the last step of their ghost life. From this point of view, perhaps the life of a hungry ghost does not actually need the so-called meaning, as long as it is satisfied with the present, it may be.

(End of this chapter)