The ghosts are phenomena, the alpha* sign in Yamada Roshi’s formula. All our concerns, worries, rivalries, fears, hopes, and all else in this rolling world are phantoms. What will put an end to this suffering? Struggling with ghosts will never do it. The bitter word will never do it. Try forgetting yourself, and when the next ghost appears, merge yourself with it. No more ghost, no more I consciousness. What if the ghost and you are one and the same? What is your experience of being free of and liberating your ghosts?