Superstitious in Hinduism. Two things that can’t be separated and plays a very big role in our daily life. I’m sure many of us would have heard it before. Most probably the person who always nags about this things in your home might be your mother. Woman and superstitious sentiments have a very strong relationship and I dare say it dates back to few centuries;the time this things was practiced.
Not only our mother, but some of the so-called highly religious people would also fall into the same category when they’re linked with superstitious. What they believe sometimes might be unbelievable to some of us. What they say to us and advice us sometimes might be utterly illogical.
It seems that the person who ignores this superstitious and carry on with life might be struck with bad luck. See, another link created by Indians without proper justifications. So, let’s put the equation as this :
Superstitious = Indian sentiments
Indian sentiments - Ignorance = Bad luck
So,in order for us to achieve good luck in life, we have to practice and follow this superstitious. But what exactly are Indian believing in for that matter?
Let us analyze few things:
Please understand that this findings was compiled through information from the old timers including my grandmother and Hindu preachers.
Do not cut your nail at night :
It is said and believed that if you cut your nail at night ,a major bad luck will struck you or ghost might be coming after you. Why on earth this ‘cutting nail at night’ was banned is very much unknown. However, if you cut your balls at night, nothing will happen. So, you can cut anything at night except for your nails. For me, that’s too ridiculous. I further probed questions like this:
Grandma, why only nails? So, does that mean we can cut other things?
Ayya, always listen to the elders.Do not question them.
Pathi, yan negem mathum vethe kudathe? Mathethe ellam vettelama?
Ayya, periyevengge soldrethe kekenum.Ethethe pesathe.
So, my mood for probing more questions was like struck by lightning and I made no further attempt on prolonging that question.
Next, black cat crossing in front of you.
It is believed that while you’re going out,for an example walking out of your house or driving , or about to leave your house for the matter, a black cat shouldn’t cross in front of you. However, other color’s are acceptable. Blue,pink,red,indigo, or any other color for that matter is rightfully accepted except for black. Black ,if you missed earlier. So, if you happen to go out from your house and the cat crosses in front of you, you are doomed the whole day with bad luck it seems. See, first of all,it is not your fault neither it is the cat’s fault.All the cat wanted to do might be just cross and accidentally crossed in front of you. Come on man, cats are adorable animals and completely harmless. If a tiger is crossing in front of you, that is definitely a bad luck for you. But cat? Oh come on man,we love pussies. Immediately you might believe that is a bad karma and you might stay in your house the whole day.
Believe me, I know people who do that.
So, what did highly religious people told about this? It seems this bad luck can be cured by drinking a glass of water before leaving. Fine,now there is a remedy for ‘black cat crossing’. How true it is, I doubt it. And why it is only black cat bringing bad luck? The answer is because black is deemed to be dark and spooky color . Also further described as a very unlucky color. Come on la macha, black is classic . Enough living in the stone age. Hitam itu Gaya,mutu, dan keunggulan, ingat tu. If that is the case, then even our hair is dark. Does that mean we have to dye it to another? We live with darkness on top of our head for all our life, are we striking bad all the time? We’re not living well enough ay? Where is the co-relation between black and bad luck? None, there is none.
Above are two fine examples of most famous superstitious that is believed until today. I would not deny the fact that there are hundreds more this kind of things that is still being practiced in this modern era. You see, practicing this things is up to an individual belief. It is not my right to question what others believe and so on. Much like the freedom of religion.But then, believing on illogical things sometimes brings down the quality of our life.
The example that I’ve explained might be just plain simple one. But there are some other things that has major impacts in our life. Our elders takes this things really seriously sometimes .For an instance, after going to a funeral, it is said that we should always follow the back door and go straight to take bath. If that is not done, the soul of the dead might be following us it seems. Oh come on, why the ghost is not interested in the back door? How do you justify it won’t be coming from the back door?
See ,seriously talking, anyone would rather do as per said rather than stop and think about it. I was following this, but lately I ignored this one too. So, the last few funerals that I went, I did enter through the front door and sat straight watching porn sometimes. None of my dead friends came back haunting me.
I’m not at all bringing down what had been preserved and followed for centuries neither am I challenging my intellectual ability with those experts in this field. A lot of things can’t be explained through justifications or proof.Which is true;without denying that just because justifications or proof don’t exist, things don’t happen out of the norm. Things does.
That is the sole reason I believe in God, and I know he don’t mind me cutting my nails at night.
P.S : Not to forget if you lie, God will be coming after you at night and stab you on your eyes. So, don’t tell lies.
June 20th, 2008 | Category: Current Affairs, Divine/Holy | Comments (10)