As a child, my dadi would tell me not to whistle in the night because whistling would attract dangerous snakes that roamed around in the darkness. I was told not to cut my nails after dark, to not enter temples during my periods and to stay away from black cats. But when as a 15 year old I whistled long into the night, no snakes turned up. Instead my Dad turned up with a strict tone warning me that he’d throw me out of the house if I didn’t sleep and let him sleep in silence. I learned to love black cats, entered the gurudwara during my periods and I have always remembered to cut nails only in the night
By experimenting with truth I started observing the irrationality in many beliefs like astrology or numerology of which I used to be a fan of back in my college days. I knew one uncle who would always make investments if the name of the company was equal to 9 as per numerology. Sadly, I have never seen any of these investments succeed even after he did puja after puja and prayed to Goddess Lakshmi day and night.
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I am glad that you are sharing your beliefs and superstitions…sadly its true among all cultures and religions! But I am glad that you found sound financial advice to grow your investments in the future!
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My dad used to tell me it was bad to whistle at night too, but because it would attract ghosts. Scarier than snakes, for sure! Haha.
I am so happy that my family didn't believe in any kind of superstitious practices. Believe me it makes life so easy. Great post
I do agree with you. I don't really take things too seriously about those superstitions. Unless about not entering the temple during our period time. Because I used to live in Bali, which is known as an island which has many sacred places and temples. And local woman who entered the sacred place on their period time (people say) that the ancestor spirits would follow them around until they make some kind of apology ritual. ._.
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there are a lot of chinese superstitions that i don't believe in. i guess this was due to my upbringing.
You are right one should do research or have an expert opinion for investing.
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I couldn't agree more. This is very rampant when you live in a provincial place. Lots of beliefs being taught during childhood days which mostly no proof. I used to believe that black cats are monsters and any animals with red eyes are devils. But I guess it is slowly changing, almost everything is digital nowadays. Beliefs are not yet dead though.
Me as a Chinese have lots of superstitions! And I just couldn't believe them cause some are just purely made up.
I love the last punchline: knowledge is after all power :))
I can relate to avoid cutting nails at night. haha I mean what is so wrong with cutting your nails at night? old people. -.-
this is a great article.
but all is back to each person perspective.
you want believe it or not, its all up to you 🙂
would love to know more about the investment part in this entry!
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Believing in superstitions is like living in darkness. I believe in positivity. Do Good and good will happen to you.
ha ha I won't lie deep dark in my heart I do keep a few such believe and obviously that came from dadi/nani 😛
But yes, I also believe in practical sense, you can achieve things only if you wrk :/
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LOL, this one made me laugh, glad you linked something serious and practical as this to a Nani's superstition.
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It's always a pleasure reading you Khushboo!- How you weave the story nicely to where you want to take the readers to the main theme of the post…
Nanis and dadis do have such superstitions and to tell the turth, we all have a bit of it, in one way or another. But, in financial matters, having superstitions can have dangerous effects.
Too good!