Superstition - UNFOLDED

To what extend would u go to test the reality behind superstitions?

Will u, if u were pregnant would have the guts to stand straight in the line of solar-eclpise rays? (just to prove them wrong). Dont worry u dont have to do this, if u use your wits.

Superstition whether it worked or not it certainly kept religious folks busy.

Even now, some say they know its stupid but why should they take a chance.

So what is it all about? Can we make an absolutely new superstition right here right now. Answer is yes.... but the only difference between the new and the traditional ones would be the extend of its popularity. Imagine an instance where u wanna make your colleague believe that whenever your girlfriend watch u play volleyball u perform terrifically bad. You can’t even score a single point. That would certainly be too much to take-in for your friend. He would rather believe that u get nervous pretty soon. Obviously your friend proved that he is living in the 21st century (where there is a reason behind everything).

But what if the same instance would have occured decades ago... Certainly with some changes... may be while playing kho-kho instead of volleyball and your newly-married bride around your corner instead of girlfriend would sound more real. Congratulation u would have just created a superstition of your own if we were couple of decades back.

So what made it work decades ago and is not making it work in today's world. Yes, Education does play an important role. Your colleague knows the reason that may have caused your failure. That’s when he thought that 'YOU WERE NERVOUS'. But there is 1 more thing that people tend to forget. One may not follow your believes blindly in today's world. They need to know the reason behind before they believe anything. Cheers!! for the Y-GENERATION. In Old-days people would believe what others believe and there wouldn't be any second thoughts about it. It was more like having a "DRIVEN BY THE CROWD" attitude. Due to this it turns out quite easy to spread the superstition by any common man.

But the question is, were the superstitions created purposely by people? ANSWER is No. There is one more very common tendency of a common man (which still exists in u and me) that’s the tendency to blame or hold someone accountable for. How we try to blame something else for our failure "like aaj din kharab tha thats why i dint do well". Or how we hold something else accountable for our success. "Like in the thank-you speech after winning an award".

To sum-up all it was easier for the people to blame their failure on an innocent cat who happened to come across their way rather than themself.