Are infant spirits always resentful debt collectors?

Seeking repayment is not the only possibility. I have discussed connections involving repaying kindness, seeking redress, and children who simply want to find their mother or be close to an adult. Understanding what the child cannot let go of, rather than immediately treating them as an evil spirit, is closer to the direction of our work.

In my religious experience, those who originally came to repay kindness are usually more able to understand their parents’ difficulties. But there are also particular cases in which concern for the family and a continuing wish to help kept them from leaving. Those seeking redress may develop deeper resentment because they were unable to be born. These are different possibilities. We cannot judge every family’s situation simply by assigning the two labels of repaying kindness and collecting debts.

Up to that point, I had not encountered a very evil infant spirit. However, that only describes the limits of my own experience. It does not mean that every case is simple. For example, some unborn siblings feel aggrieved that others could be born while they could not, and communication needs to address that particular feeling of injustice.

We usually begin by talking, trying to understand what they want and why they are unwilling to leave. Sometimes they hope for an adult’s love and understanding, in which case we begin with reassurance and explanation. What actually happens still needs to fit the circumstances of those involved. One touching story cannot become a fixed method for everyone.