Essays

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 irritation allythey assess a happening illogically and even guide there actions on the basis of these beliefs.

Although most people know that superstitions are only fragments of our imagination and are nowhere do’ 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. Oncethese events occur; it becomes difficult for the Superstitious person to continue with his work.

Superstitions and Tuck' are closely associated. When aperson watches two sparrows, it is believed that he willhave abundant joy. The housing of dogs, spilling of milkor salt, walking under a ladder, falling of a picture ormirror 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 theirview of events is always objective. They are not the Victims of ignorance.

Education and science have enlightened man. They have unraveled 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, theypredict 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 fastdisappearing in other countries except in very few backward ones.

Superstitions can never been relied upon. An educatedmind 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 andknowledge.