Superstition is a mysterious field in life.No one can explain or deny some of them at present. The following are some of my opinions.
This world always has something to puzzle and frighten us in ancient times. We wanted to be safe and well, so we tried to find some principles or explanations. However, sometimes the principles couldn’t be proved in a rigorous way or our ancesters simply didn’t dare to infringe them. Therefore, there exist a lot of principles or stories which seemed not convincing enough to modern people, that’s why we call them superstitions. Some of them are inhuman or primitive, so some people thought they are the dregs of the previous society thus should be abandoned. But some of the principles are so important that many cases can be the supports to its existence. For example, all regions in the world can’t be explained by science but many people believe it totally including highly-educated ones. So we can see how hard it is to prove something without scientific methods. But I tend to believe the principles are somehow have some effects on the mental world like our psychology, subconsciousness and our soul if it exists.
It's just too many coincidences that we are easy to believe those principles. To some extent, I suppose some of the principles are still in unknown fields, which may be acceptable after investigation and proof. Today we learned something about Chinese feng shui, which can determine person’s success by affecting his mood. Take the feng shui for example. In the past, feng shui is usually thought as a superstition, but now it is popular in western world, because at least it taught people how to create a pleasant environment to have a good life. Psychology can have large energy that we usually neglect. There is an inspirational book called THE MASTER KEY SYSTEM. This book promoted the success of Bill Gates because he stopped schooling after reading this book. The book demand you to change your inner world and it focuses on the so-called fulfilling prophecy. Some people thought it too idealistic. But it’s a persuasive book with good results. Our brain is still unknown to us human in many areas. Once it is exploited, it will be powerful.
This world always has something to puzzle and frighten us in ancient times. We wanted to be safe and well, so we tried to find some principles or explanations. However, sometimes the principles couldn’t be proved in a rigorous way or our ancesters simply didn’t dare to infringe them. Therefore, there exist a lot of principles or stories which seemed not convincing enough to modern people, that’s why we call them superstitions. Some of them are inhuman or primitive, so some people thought they are the dregs of the previous society thus should be abandoned. But some of the principles are so important that many cases can be the supports to its existence. For example, all regions in the world can’t be explained by science but many people believe it totally including highly-educated ones. So we can see how hard it is to prove something without scientific methods. But I tend to believe the principles are somehow have some effects on the mental world like our psychology, subconsciousness and our soul if it exists.
It's just too many coincidences that we are easy to believe those principles. To some extent, I suppose some of the principles are still in unknown fields, which may be acceptable after investigation and proof. Today we learned something about Chinese feng shui, which can determine person’s success by affecting his mood. Take the feng shui for example. In the past, feng shui is usually thought as a superstition, but now it is popular in western world, because at least it taught people how to create a pleasant environment to have a good life. Psychology can have large energy that we usually neglect. There is an inspirational book called THE MASTER KEY SYSTEM. This book promoted the success of Bill Gates because he stopped schooling after reading this book. The book demand you to change your inner world and it focuses on the so-called fulfilling prophecy. Some people thought it too idealistic. But it’s a persuasive book with good results. Our brain is still unknown to us human in many areas. Once it is exploited, it will be powerful.
However, some people don't believe them at all. They think it's to tired to consider about these or those rules in life. They think if you don't believe those rules, they will never affect you. Actually, they can still live a good life. They are probably right, but I can't tell because most people started to believe one rule after it came to them.
Superstition shows human's reverence for our universe, and somehow reflect the infinite wisdom of humans. It's valuable as a heritage of civilization and worth studying. I believe people may find all the mistery of the superstitions one day. But we should not let it affect our thinking too much at any time. After all, it is science that we should believe in.
sometimes superstition i think can be really beneficial, though i don't believe in superstition. but just as you say that some brilliant scientists in the world even believe in some religions however without sufficient proof to prove whether or not these religions are true. i think it's not because they are not brilliant enough to think clearly and rationally about the religions they believe in but there is also not sufficient proof to prove what they believe in are not true. and since when having a belief, they can feel life is more meaningful. so they are more willing to believe.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, Mengdi. At times there are situations when we don't understand what's happening around the world and it cannot be explained at all. What some call superstition, others call belief. Most of our thoughts depends on our cultures.
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