สัมภเวสีมีอยู่ทุกที่ ไม่ใช่เรื่องน่ากลัว หากพบเจอควรใช้เป็นเครื่องเตือนสติให้เจริญเมตตาธรรมและอุทิศส่วนบุญบ่อย ๆ เพราะเมื่อกุศลตั้งขึ้นในใจ ความสว่างก็จะแผ่ไปทั่วและปฏิฆะทั้งหลายก็จะหมดไปWandering spirits (sambhavesi) exist everywhere; there's nothing unusual about encountering one. When we sense their presence, treat it as a reminder to cultivate loving-kindness and dedicate merit often — once the wholesome is established in the mind, brightness spreads throughout, and all friction dissolves.
Pra Ajarn explained that wandering spirits (sambhavesī) exist everywhere — every house, every alley, every street. There's nowhere they don't exist. Some people encounter them, others don't; to perceive one another requires a karmic connection. What we should do, on sensing a spirit's presence, is to spread . Note, too, that some people with karmic results connected to intoxicants or drugs, or who once revered spirits, may see illusory images that aren't real, arising from a stain that deceptively creates such visions.
See It as a Reminder, Not Something to Fear
Looked at positively, this can serve as a reminder to cultivate loving-kindness and dedicate more often. The moment we remember, we cultivate loving-kindness; once loving-kindness is established, it's like flipping a light switch — brightness fills the entire house, and whatever friction existed between people dissolves completely. We come to regard one another with a wholesome mind. The wholesome finds its opening, and our loving-kindness clears away all that friction; gets its chance, and the mind of the wandering spirit, too, gets its chance to settle within that brightness, receiving merit and gaining and . They come to feel goodwill toward us in turn.
Cultivate Loving-Kindness and Dedicate Merit the Moment You Remember
Pra Ajarn advised cultivating loving-kindness and dedicating merit often — the moment fear arises, do it right away; whenever you remember, do it immediately. Every time you sense a connection to them, take it as a reminder to build good causes and connect with the wholesome within you. In that moment, the Triple Gem within us shines bright, and we ourselves shine at the center of ; the stream of giving-merit from the depths of nibbana flows through the brightness of our mind. When it's like this, there's nothing to fear at all, because nibbana is countless beyond measure — a small wandering spirit can do nothing to us. Having little merit themselves, they must rely on those of us with abundant merit. Life within samsara is a matter of mutual support; don't regard anyone as an enemy — look upon them with sincere, pure goodwill, and the Triple Gem will shine bright within us.