Afloat

There are serval types of spirits the evil and good. Most are called ghosts. But only the lower evil spirits. Of the spirits are ghosts those who are weak waver. So the leaders abandon the weak and take the strong.

Some of the ghosts are not low spirits that have been caste aside. The others were people who choose to be ghosts. They passed the test and could have gone to heaven. But they choose to become a ghost. To live free from eternity. They would not go to heaven or hell. But just slowly fade until they were gone. Those people were few in number. They were the ones who wanted death as an end. Not wanting an afterlife. To live in eternity. The eternity of pain or happiness. Wanting to just stop existing.

I know of only one ghost to be that way.

They were so happy and Vanished with a smile. All others were always scheming and making others scream. The spirits become ghosts because they don't truly belong in heaven or hell. So they are made to wander the earth. In someways it is a prison for them. Others it is a way to keep them away. Not wanting them to exist for eternity. I know of one who is a bit different. God made a mistake and put him in the wrong place. So he became a ghost.

Ghosts help in some ways to determine how long they last. Those who want to vanish go much faster then those who don't.