What kind of creatures are Gaki?

It's probably ours.
I think it's the very image of us, distancing ourselves from the facts, having real differences in our thoughts, and suffering.

If I were an interpreter,

Gaki is the self-defense energy that every human being has.
When that energy works excessively, it becomes ego. It becomes self-centered energy.
As a result, it becomes an egocentric way of looking at things.
It's a self-centered way of looking at things, so even if the other person did it with good intentions,
It creates a selfish way of looking at things like “I'm sure this guy must be planning something.”
I look at things in a distorted way. It makes me watch it in vain.
That kind of mental effect is called hungry demons.
I began to repeatedly think things centered on myself in response to facts.
If you do that, it seems as if there is something called a spiritual disorder.
When I hear the word hungry demon, I think there are animals like that.
Gakki, or Gakishin, works to cloud such facts.
As a result, it is impossible to see the facts as they are.
I began to watch it because I always wanted to paint my thoughts there.
As a result, I dive deep into the world of thoughts, and when I look at things all the time, I begin to look through the filters of my own thoughts.
As a result, it becomes schizophrenia.
In other words, Gaki applies the makeup of his thoughts to the face of truth called fact.
If you peel off that makeup, the truth becomes makeup.
If you do that, schizophrenia will heal from the root.

For a general explanation of Gaki, see Wikipedia etc. I think it's well put together.

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A4%93%E9%AC%BC

Now, as mentioned in the title, ghosts are a type of hungry demon (ghosts don't equal hungry ghosts). I think this shows the characteristics of hungry ghosts very well.

First, even if you kill them, you can't kill them. Please think of Mr. Oiwa. It wouldn't be enough if Senosuke slashed with a sword. The reason is that the bodies of ghosts are different from ours, and they are like images and lack substance. The reason ghosts don't have legs is because they have no real bodies and are like vague images.

So, when it comes to what kind of beings they are, the words “envy...” clearly show the characteristics of ghosts, which are a type of hungry ghost. A body based on a poor mind is nothing more than an image.

Now, that mental poverty is such a painful boundary that I can't change it myself, so I'm going to ask someone for help. Let's say you're feeling obsessed with ghosts even though you don't remember getting a grudge against them. It's not bashing you; it's asking you for help. You're a kind-hearted person, so you think you'll help, and the ghost is sending a sign saying “help me.”

When it comes to how I can be helped, “I hope the ghost that haunts me will be happy. You can pray and remember, “May you be freed from suffering.” At that time, ghosts feel joy in their hearts when they “think about themselves,” and they can quickly be reborn into the celestial world, which is also a world of images.

Humans and animals have physical bodies, so boundaries cannot be changed immediately, but if the body is just an image from a ghost to the celestial world, you can be reborn as soon as the state of mind changes.

The above is the acceptance of Dr. Akira Fujimoto's book. It makes sense based on Buddhist teachings. Not limited to specific ghosts, the suffering of living beings is removed, and it means that many things can be saved by wishing and praying to be happy.

Lulu

This is Kawaguchi Hidetoshi. This is my humble answer to the question.

“Schizophrenia is a brain disease”...

Jusei is not a doctor, so I honestly don't know anything specialized, and I can't say anything too irresponsible, but I'd like to discuss how searching for the cause is rather than leading to a “spiritual disorder.”

In Buddhism, I will explain that every thing and thing always has a causal relationship (cause and condition) to lead to its result.

It's “no causal relationship, no result” (although it's a way of saying it like former Prime Minister Koizumi...).

So, of course, there must always be a cause and effect of Lulu's suffering from schizophrenia.

The problem is, I don't think it's very good to think about that cause and effect as something paranormal, mystical, or without proof or evidence.

That doctor certainly said it was a “brain disease,” but I'm guessing it's just a direct cause.

So, of course, there must be a cause and effect when it comes to why that brain problem occurred. I hope you can think about exploring it a little bit. Treatment will be difficult if there is absolutely no longer anything to be done about, for example, a genetic root problem or a brain organic problem, but if not, there is plenty of room for improvement.

Complex brain functions are unspecialized, but there is a possibility that inhibitors of some kind of neurosubstance, such as the function of cranial nerve circuits, immune function, effects related to hormones and secretion, and effects related to methylation function, have brought about symptoms called schizophrenia.

There are still many things to think about, such as the effects of food or external factors, etc., or the possibility that abnormalities in methylation pathways (regulation of gene expression, regulation of protein function, RNA metabolism, etc.) are affected by genetic mutations (snips).

I believe that if the cause is somehow understood, the possibility of improvement and cure will surely be quite high.

I would like you to do some research on things related to medical and biological functions rather than about “spiritual disorders.”

I pray for good deeds.

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho