Scientific Superstitions?

Do you think all superstitions were baseless and a bunch of non sense actions? Or do you see them as something that is beyond your understanding?

Picture this you are living in a large city and you are crossing the road. U see a black cat. What will you do? Turn back?

Or imagine you are staying in a well lit apartment will you avoid cutting nails at night?

Now imagine

You are leaving over 500 years ago in the tropical forests of the Indian subcontinent.  There are more animals in the forest than people.

Now a black cat crossed your path. What would you do? Will you trace back your steps?

Will you light a fire in the evenings near your hutments?

Will you avoid dangerous activities like handling sharp tools even if it was for cutting nails?

According to me Superstitions are something that were a necessity to the way of life in the bygone era, however some may not hold any importance today. But totally disregarding them without understanding the context is utter foolishness.

Another reason we consider some things to be superstition can be because the modern day science has not yet found evidence of the scientific knowledge our ancestors used long time back.

Examples to this effect include lighting a ghee lamp. Ghee is believed to bring about positive changes in the ether where it Is lit, toe rings amd earrings are excellent acupuncture points, or the significance of bindi both for men and women lies in the cooling effect of Chandan applied by men and the medicinal effect of vermillion applied by women.

Hence before we jump to conclusions we need to ask ourselves what is the context with which this point of view was created? And could there be a greater scientific theory behind it? Let your minds ignite and work a little of the rusted brain cells to come out with reasons much convincing for the era at that time.

Are you superstitious?

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