On Being " SUPERSTITIOUS " :: GOOD AT TIMES BUT OVERALL A DANGEROUS PREPOSITION

Pic :: A preconceived idea of superstition 

Perhaps it may be said , that there is no country in this world which is absolutely free from superstition. This is the age of science and scientific thinking are the process of the world and it is the science of everything which now-a-days rules the roost. We think scientifically and try to do as much as possible everything based on the scientific lines. That makes Science a subject of encompassing us with our activities for our life and every day’s life.

Generally we believe in the planetary movement and the planetary motion and we have made the planets to take over and take us over with them in life and this is where the philosophy of the superstition vcomes in life.

Everybody , be it anybody or anyone, in some stage or in some other stage becomes a victim of superstition and becomes superstitious It is said that superstition are mere irrational belief and irrational studies that governs a man and his life.

Ignorant people ignorantly may fall to the belief of being  superstitious, but then the mere fact is superstition becomes a part of life at some or the other stage of life.

Inttelectuals and the intelligent people also fall to the lines of being superstitious and in the belief of being superstitious and when they do not have the confidence to face or meet  a challenging situation do fall in for this which we call it being superstitious or becoming superstitious.

Though superstition and being superstitious are universal, particularly in India with it’s age old custom, and the tradition which abounds them, nobody has ever raised any questions about why do they believe in superstition. Many people wonder and laugh at being and at this usual and unruly behavior to fall into the clutches and the grip of the superstition, but nobody prevents anybody from being it.

Nobody so far has ever questioned the wits and the reasons of falling for the superstitious stories, and the belief, the belief takes the root in the immature mind and the ignorant too  fall into the line and the belief of being superstitious.

WHAT IS SUPERTITION:: A BELIEF OR A “ MYTH ”

Superstition are the old aged and the long time old belief which has rooted itself in the mind of the people.  It runs here from the ages and from the  centuries. It has taken a front seat in the mind of the people and no-body is an exception.

These are just the belief and it may or might not carry or have any apparent reason. This will have a basis or will never have a basis at all. These have been carried from generation to generation and it seems that there is no end to the same.

Some of the superstition belief has become a custom such that these customs cannot be done away with now. Superstition are found and commonly found at the rural level and say for an example those who are in the field or the business of ploughing and farming, believe that the natural phenomenon like the thunder, lightning, and the rains are the divine creations. Accordingly they have created many and several Gods.  Many superstitions are centered around the rainfalls, harvest and the cattle’s.

There can be many an example but I would like to take the other or the another one. The priest of the temple made the villagers to believe god and they started telling that if at all any incurable disease occurs, then , it is due to the fact that the God is angry and he is punishing the one’s with his outburst of his temper.

There is no realtion between the God and the illness but then those are the natural belief. There are many and there could be many to cite as an example about the belief that ought and those were created for the people to fall and believe in superstition. There have been many a natural phenomenon and there are many which revolves around the eclipses that occur, the cooing of the birds, the cry of the elephant or the Lion, the  force of gravity, the cry of the dog, and these phenomenon have been accepted by the people all over the world that these have a effect on the human beings.

The Ancients , their AWE and their belief

Ancients looked at the life with awe and also with wonder. They would believe in the supernatural forces These and many more and many different thinking, ideologies and belief made the people to fall onto being superstitious.

Many belief and thoughts have said that the superstition and it’s principle and belief are baseless and thought wrecking process.  However the people still believe in them and believe it mostly because they are bounded by it.

Usually the men who do not have  the necessary confidence to meet any challenge or a challenging task fall onto the theory of being superstitious and then it becomes a habit fro them to believe in it and follow it.

It may be recalled and said that the  superstition affects the development of a country if they are not properly understood.

Reasons of being superstitious ::

There could be many reasons that could be attributed but some of them are as follow-:

A ). Getting angry or being short tempered.

B ) . Terroristic event that one might have faced in life

C ) . A very strong belief in luck

D ) . Ignorance

D ) . Illiteracy

E ) . Fanaticism and failure in life

F ) . Faith in old aged tradition

G ) . Imperfect and illogical imagination

H ) . Belief in dreams and events of coincide

I ) . Any dreams or ambition that is NOT fulfilled.

There are many examples which could be cited but I have chosen these few as these constitutes the main and the most  important factors which goes in far to make anybody superstitious.  For example if you see your shoes being robbed away from the door step of the temples or your slippers robbed away, it is construed very good sign or if somebody approaches you with water then also it is considered to be a sign of prosperity according to the law of superstition.

If you see yourself eating MEAT, non-vegetarian food in your dream or if you see yourself eating  fruits or even sweet meats in  your dream then it is construed a very good sign as it is believed that MONEY is there waiting to comes to you in a heap and in large measures. Well there are many but these are some again which I have cited only as an examples.

Whether it is India, whether is is a nation abroad, every nation has it’s own theory of being superstitious.  There ought to be some thing , a body say or maybe a media which ought to explain the good and the evil effect of the theory of superstition.

The progress of the people are hurt when they become superstitious in a large manner and hence the people should stay away from becoming it.

 PROGRESS IS HALTED IF ONE BECOME A VICTIM OF SUPERSTITION IN A LARGE MANNER.

Well , that is it

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Shyamal Bhattacharjee 

Mr Shyamal Bhattacharjee, the author was born at West Chirimiri Colliery at District Surguja, Chattisgarh on July 6th 1959 He received his early education at Carmel Convent School Bishrampur and later at Christ Church Boys' Higher Secondary School at Jabalpur. He later joined Hislop College at Nagpur and completed his graduation in Science and he also added a degree in    B A thereafter. He joined the HITAVADA, a leading dailies of Central India at Nagpur as a      Sub-Editor ( Sports ) but gave up to complete his MBA in 1984 He thereafter added a Diploma In Export Management. He has authored THREE books namely Notable Quotes and Noble Thought published by Pustak Mahal in 2001 Indian Cricket : Faces That Changed It  published by Manas Publications in 2009 and Essential Of Office Management published by NBCA, Kolkatta  in 2012. He has a experience of about 35 years in Marketing

 

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