Superstition
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Superstition is a kind of blind faith. We believe in something without any reason. Religion, too, means faith in God. But this faith is based upon love and respect for God. Superstition, however, is based upon fear and ignorance. So, religion gives light to our mind and soul. But superstitions produce only darkness and we move about like blind men and women. This means that superstition is just opposite to religion. Superstition means lack of faith in God. You believe that a star will harm you. Who can harm you if you have full faith in God? Is not your superstition a product of your ignorance? Does it not also prove that you have no faith in you’d kind Father?
Even educated persons fall victims to some superstition or the other. In England, thirteen persons will never sit together. Nobody will stay in room No. 13 Why? Such superstitions are found everywhere. Who does not believe in magic and fortune-telling? How many of us do not believe in the power of evil spirits?
All these superstitions have no basis. But we still believe in them and are even guided by them. We cannot get rid of them, because they have become a part of our lives. We are all like modern types of slaves. Our mind does not work. Science has killed all these superstitions. But our habit gives them a new life every day. How sad that we do not try to come out of darkness into light?
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Superstitions
Weak minded people are often superstitions. Their lives are ruled by superstitions and sometimes they base their actions on the various superstitious beliefs that they have. Superstitions people can be called backward.
They tend to interpret every phenomenon irritationally, They assess a happening illogically and even guide their actions on the basis of these beliefs. Although most people know that superstitions are only fragments of our imagination and are nowhere close to the truth, quite a few people are still guided by superstitions.
Some common superstitions are that thirteen is an unlucky number, if a black cat crosses one’s path, some misfortune will befall the person whose path was crossed, if one sneezes before beginning a new job, it shall not be completed without any problem etc. These events occur, it becomes difficult for the superstitious person to continue with his work.
Superstitions and ‘luck’ are closely associated. When a person watches two sparrows, it is believed that he will have abundant joy. The housing of dogs, spilling of milk or salt, walking under a ladder, falling of a picture or mirror are associated with ill luck. There are many superstitions that Indians cling to.
These seem very ridiculous to a person who has a scientific outlook to life. Men with such a bent of mind do not believe in fiction. They require proof and their view of events is always objective. They are not the victims of ignorance.
Education and science have enlightened man. They have unravelled many mysteries and dissolved a number of superstitions too. Even in other countries of the world, superstitions are believed in. For example, it is believed that if comets appear in the sky, they predict the emperor’s doom.
Another superstition is that if a person dies of drowning, some spirits await him. The difference is that India is still more given to superstitions while these are fast disappearing in other countries except in very few backward ones.
Superstitions can never been relied upon. An educated mind is never swayed by them. After all there is no logical connection between an owl’s hooting and our approaching calamity. In short, a person can never progress in life if his approach to things is not objective. Intact he should lead people out of ignorance into the light of belief and knowledge.
