By Fairy Chauhan

A lot of articles are seen these days going around judging people who believe or don’t believe in Blind Faith. And here’s another similar one! Nah. This article just wants to have a good conversation with you and know what you think about Blind Faith. But before we go through certain aspects pertaining to Blind Faith, let us all ask a question to ourselves right now:
Do I believe in Blind Faith? If yes then Why and if no then Why not?
If Yes, then why should we avoid going out on a Friday the 13th and not enjoy the weekend with family and friends even though living in such a happening and developed country!
If No, then why should we not follow something which our forefathers have followed since ages? Living in a foreign country doesn’t mean we should forget our native values!
Then what should we do?
Follow or not to follow!?
Confused eh? I totally understand what you are thinking right now. Also I know that it is quite weird to talk about what we call ANDHSHRADDHA, here in Canada! But it is what it is!
Blind Faith is quite a self-explanatory word: A faith that is blind; the most skeptical terminology these days. Well, I believe I don’t need to define Blind Faith, but somehow we need a punch to begin this conversation. My aim in this article is not to judge the beliefs of people, but just to make sure that we understand what we are having faith in! Not all the blind faiths are false, neither all of them are true. Some of them are scientifically proven good, some are not. Blind Faith is all about reality and the mask over it. And we need to know this face behind the mask. Let us take an illustration for this. One of the most common blind faith which all us follow is having some curd and sugar when leaving for something very important like exams or business deals etc. Now, let us ask ourselves why do we do this? Where did all this start from? What if we don’t follow this? (Please keep talking to me in minds to keep this conversation live and real) Actually, 40% of us don’t bother to know about this. We just keep on doing this because we are taught the same thing since childhood. Usually, an individual gets nervous at times when setting out for something very important and as a result the level of sugar in body decreases which causes uneasiness or dizziness due to which we cannot focus over our goal. Eating curd and sugar gives physical strength to the body and mental assurance that we are going to succeed as we had curd before leaving for this work. Thus, this makes a huge difference in our performance. Hence, this blind faith came into existence, which is good to believe.
From the previous passage we can understand that there is some or the other kind of definite reason behind every belief. Hence, this entire subject of Blind faiths and beliefs is based on some kind of preventive system. People start practising some kind of follow ups to keep the society void of certain things. For example, if they don’t want you go on the third floor of an abandoned Haveli at a place, they will just make some kind of myth and spread it over which will pass on to all the upcoming generations. Sometimes, this has a good result on the society. People are prompted to stay away from things which can prove to be harmful. But sometimes, it is necessary that the society is aware of the truth. Awareness is the key to development. Canada is a developed country; but what if the thoughts that prevail here are not? At the end, I would not like to judge as a conclusion but just leave it here for every one of us to ponder over.
No criticism, just a ray of thought.
I have a lot more to say, but let us keep it for next week.
Thanks for tolerating me!
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