I LIVE IN A HAUNTED HOUSE

Nemesis lives in a haunted house.  It was built in 1948 by a German couple.  They named the house, Thomas.  Nemesis possesses and haunts this house.  He observes, and watches.  He is aware and conscious of what is going on in this house.  Depending on unforseen events, this house should last another fourteen years, maybe longer.

The house didn’t know it was haunted until it was fifty years old when Nemesis appeared in person. Thomas was sitting on a beach watching the sunrise when out of ocean mist and walking on foaming seas came Nemesis, a being of light from another dimension.  Nemesis stepped onto the beach and face crashed into the sand.  He levitated horizontally, then upright, then glided towards Thomas.  

Nemesis thought Thomas would be shocked at his appearance, but Thomas was too busy laughing.  Nemesis stopped a few feet in front of Thomas, plopped down in the sand, and said, “Hi.  I’m Nemesis.”  Then Nemesis disappeared and rehaunted him.  You could say, Nemesis repossessed him.  Then just as quick, Nemesis unpossessed him and sat back down in front of Thomas.   Thomas wasn’t shocked, but had a quizzical look on his face, and said, “Astral travel much?  Who are you really?”  

Nemesis smiled and said, “It’s simpler to talk about who I am not,” He said.  

“OK,” said Thomas, “Who are you not?”

“I am not you, not me, not an astral body, not consciousness, not observer, not awareness, not intelligence,” said Nemesis, “We are not even figments of our imaginations, and most importantly, we are, and are not at the same time.”

“Great,” said Thomas.  That explains a lot of no-things. Can you be more precise?”

“We are a plague of physical, mental, emotional needs, wants, desires, preferences, attachments, entanglements, and identities,” said Nemesis.  “We are the encapsulated energies of greed, anger and ignorance.  We are cause and effect (pain, suffering, pleasantness, joy).

“Cool,” said Thomas.  “By the way, my space capsule is named Thomas.  He told me to tell you, ‘nice to meet you, in person, finally.”

Nemesis and Thomas laughed, both knowing full well that though most humans want to know where they came from, why they are here and where they are going, they actually care more about how to enjoy their temporary lives.