Nanami wrote:There are quite a few people out there that like to go and tour cemeteries. My mother and I never get along, but that was something we used to do all the time. Both of us have always been able to interact with the spirit world so its always left us with some interesting experiences, some of which neither of us want to repeat, ever. There are people who are completely against the idea. Some say we should respect those who have passed and leave them alone, while there are others who think it isn't safe, ie: from the living or those that have passed on.

The way I have always looked at it is some of those cemeteries are so old, the descendants have even passed on and there is no one left behind to honor the dead or to show respect. I go in with a great deal of respect for those gathered there. We take pictures, talk to some of them, clean up debris if needed and something fix flowers left behind by folks. There have been a few times when we go in looking for the oldest stone there and leave flowers for them or sit and talk to them for a while.

Its very taboo for some people, but if you aren't harming your surroundings and are enjoying yourself, quite possibly you are giving the spirits there something to look forward to. Someone with respect and curiosity has come in to see them. My mother used to describe it like visiting elderly folks abandoned in a nursing home by their families. The history you find in some of them is absolutely outstanding and is lost to so many people in the world, but at least those of who venture in curious to explore, get to witness it and learn something new.

Nanami wrote:There are quite a few people out there that like to go and tour cemeteries. My mother and I never get along, but that was something we used to do all the time. Both of us have always been able to interact with the spirit world so its always left us with some interesting experiences, some of which neither of us want to repeat, ever. There are people who are completely against the idea. Some say we should respect those who have passed and leave them alone, while there are others who think it isn't safe, ie: from the living or those that have passed on.

The way I have always looked at it is some of those cemeteries are so old, the descendants have even passed on and there is no one left behind to honor the dead or to show respect. I go in with a great deal of respect for those gathered there. We take pictures, talk to some of them, clean up debris if needed and something fix flowers left behind by folks. There have been a few times when we go in looking for the oldest stone there and leave flowers for them or sit and talk to them for a while.

Its very taboo for some people, but if you aren't harming your surroundings and are enjoying yourself, quite possibly you are giving the spirits there something to look forward to. Someone with respect and curiosity has come in to see them. My mother used to describe it like visiting elderly folks abandoned in a nursing home by their families. The history you find in some of them is absolutely outstanding and is lost to so many people in the world, but at least those of who venture in curious to explore, get to witness it and learn something new.

What about the risk of restless/undead spirits (To what degree does it happen)? How many of those are actively bad or hanging around? The side of my family I live with has an extreme fear of them.