Superstition

Well many of us have an irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome, or rather put in a different way beleive in so many things and do not try to explain some situations as a consequence of actions but give a totally illogical explanation (ie superstitions),

many people might object to this and will of course argue with me. but i will of course support this with an example. One of my friends cousin was taken ill (i mean some form Schizophrenia) and no one was able to satisfactorily explain the reasons.. because one day she was alright and the next she day looked bewildered and in a state of shock. they din know what to do and were contemplating on the next move .. finally they decided to take her to some village and consult the local (for need of a better word) spiritual leader who supposedly drives ghosts away (imagine). on bein asked why they din take her to a psychiatrist they said that "she is not mad and its just some shock" . well consulting a psychiatrist would have been the most logical solutions and they tried to give a totally illogical reason to it. people also have a bad beleif that u consult a psychiatrist only if some1s mad .. well actually thats not true. u cud go to them fr 100s of other reasons ...

do u get what i mean..

well comin to the concept of raahu kaalam... thats the most exasperating of all such beleives... my parents say not to get anything or start a work during this time... (for eg: dont get your hall ticket between 10:30 and 12:00 coz thats raahu kaalam).
nw come ooooon ... to all those who beleive in this ... imagine that u r goin to get your hall ticket and your dad or mum is an ardent beleiver of this raahu kaalam... and reminds u before going to coll to get your hall ticket way after this time and suppose you forget and get it exactly at say in the middle .... and you write your exam .. study hard day and night and then your results come out ... you find out that u have flunked (of course u wudnt :-)) in one subject.. well your mum or dad gets all flustered and angry.. nw think.... will they ever blame this misfortune on the raahu kaalam.. they will of course try to scold u for not studyin properly... So whats the point.

and the worst part is, i cannot argue with them .. ie i cannot say what i had just written .. if i did they wud say that i am too immature to understand all these :-/. and will start hinting about coming with me to get the hall ticket.. whoa imagine me coming with my parents jus to get an hall ticket.

of course there are many such instances.. and people really dont change even after realizing that what they r beleving is utter nonsense.