Superstitions? Are you sure?
Maybe???
Thinking about it I do prefer to do important stuff on auspicious days and those with numerological relation to my birthday as far as possible. But when it comes to other stuff i would like to consider the science behind it.
Things that appear superstitious may not be so. It could only mean a way of life for our ancestors or a scientific process not fully understood by our generation.
Let’s consider some examples. Being from India I assure u i have a ton of them
We do not believe in crossing a road if a cat crosses your path, but my logically thinking mind imagines India a few centuries ago with thick rainforests and fewer human population. In that time a cat could mean anything from a domestic one to a wild cat like tigers, lions and panthers! So it makes sense not to cross paths with cats!
Another example could be the structure and design of temple being intricate and grandeur whereas the residents themselves stayed in small huts. And even superstitious is the deity which can be worshipped in any form right from a stone to wind and trees and many more.
But now it is fast being ascertained that the temple construction was scientific and was actually an large yantra or machine to help a person experience the divinity within. Right from climbing steep mountains that get us to focus our attention on the breath to lying prostate in front of the deity in complete surrender and all the steps in between that leads us to a devine experience of ourselves. The deity from natural elements imbibes the importance of nature in our survival. Today we witness first hand the catastrophe due to loss of the forest cover and contamination of nature in our surroundings
Other superstitions like avoiding cutting of nails after dark or lighting a lamp at dusk could be due to fear of cutting self with sharp instruments in the darkness or a way of keeping out wild animals due to the fire of a lamp.
Anyways I could go on and on but the crux of the matter is before we dispose off anything as superstitions we could analyse it better giving a peek into the lives of our long gone ancestors.
Are you superstitious?
