Ghosts

[magicalme9]

No: HPFGUIDX 70850

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, musicoll47 at a... wrote:
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> When Harry asks Nick if Sirius will come back, Nick replys, "I was 
afraid of 
> death" I take that more to mean that even before it happened, it 
was not 
> something that Nick subconsciously thought he could handle . Sirius 
on the other 
> hand has always been much more daring and looking towards what was 
next. He 
> would not have been afraid or nervous about seeing what comes next. 
It might be a 
> case of what each person subconsciously views death as and what 
that means 
> more than a matter of "well now that you're dead, would you like 
what's behind 
> curtain number 1? or curtain number 2?"  Nick has now had quite a 
bit of time to 
> think about his death, what happened and what that now means for 
the rest of 
> eternity-I'm sure he understands much more thoroughly now what 
caused what and 
> why he is where he is. I doubt he realized it at the time. 
> 
> Then again, who knows?
> 
> ~colleen 

Me: So we have all these ghosts. Now I wonder whether it is possible 
for a ghost to go on once he/she has fulfilled his/her task or 
understood why he/she is a ghost? Can a ghost consciously resolve to 
move on and "be gone"? 
If they could why is Moaning Myrtle still around, since she's haunted 
Olive? Does she just like the castle by now or do ghosts have to stay 
for ever? terrible thought...

magicalme