[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
[Main Index][Thread Index]

# Re: superstition

#### Message 02669 of 3835

- To: BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com
- Subject: Re: [BardonPraxis] superstition
- From: Tibtyc <tibtyc@...>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 23:44:31 +0200
- In-reply-to: <ca1qu2+f5id@eGroups.com>

    DAN:
    >How does one delineate superstition from reality?

    That's a somewhat loaded question, as if we all *knew* superstition has
    nothing to do with reality. I don't know that.

    A good thing one can say about superstition is that it is a kind of
    holistic thinking. Things are seen as interconnected. "If I do something
    here, it will have an effect somewhere else, if something happens there, it
    will influence something here, etc."

    That belief is at least cousin to humility.

    Thus it is somewhat different from the more arrogant superstition we call
    "science" (or rather *scientism*), which takes it for granted that things
    are disconnected. It studies the world as disparate elements, and sees not
    the forest for the trees. The superstitious may have imperfect ideas about
    the forest, but at least they don't deny it's existence.

    So remember, if you walk under a ladder and something falls on your head,
    that means baaad luck.

    t.t.

- Follow-Ups:
  - Re: superstition
    - From: "danerebor" <hornedfox@...>

- References:
  - superstition
    - From: "danerebor" <hornedfox@...>

- Prev by Date: Re: Karma Kybalion - 2nd order equilibrium of emotions
- Next by Date: Re: superstition
- Previous by thread: Re: superstition
- Next by thread: Re: superstition
- Indexes:
  - Main
  - Thread

Main Index | Thread Index