357. The Irony Of Superstitions
I remember watching the movie, “The Skeleton Key”, and let’s just say… who knows how accurate its interpretation of Hoodoo is. In fact, I don’t know a whole lot about it, although I did go on a Hoodoo tour in New Orleans. From my recollection, it reminded me somewhat of witchcraft, however, I hope that doesn’t offend anyone. It was just my first impression.
In the movie specifically, the “curses” that Hoodoo brought onto others, were only “real” if the participant believed in them. Now, again, I have no idea how accurate this is to Hoodoo or not, so please take this with a grain of salt. The point is… this was relevant for this topic of conversation because regardless of hoodoo, it’s metaphysically… somewhat true. But as always, there’s some asterisks…
As you may have uncovered from a separate video or post of mine, I find that the term “I don’t believe” is somewhat harmful. Primarily because you don’t believe in something, and therefore you disconnect yourself from it. I find that those who are suffering from individual afflictions are particularly isolated when others don’t believe in them. After all, even when you’re trying to do something good, it doesn’t quite feel so good when other people don’t believe in you, in general. As a result, I offer up the solution of saying that you don’t “subscribe” to something instead. In this sense, you validate that something exists and is real, however it’s not something that you “subscribe” to, or in other words, put energy into, o move forward with as an integrated part of your life. You don’t put any energy towards it. And I think that is the key. Acknowledgement without proactive investment. I think in many ways, in different walks of life, this makes all the difference.
So how does this play into superstitions? I do find that there is logic to superstitions for the following reasons: I find that every fractal of existence ladders up to a larger overarching concept and theme. So hypothetically, an innocuous conscious entity has an intention, has a purpose, and interacts iwth other energies accordingly. To be honest, many things aren’t just filed under superstitions, as they all have relevance. But the key is how and why its relevant, and the environmental/individual factors that collaborate with it/support it. As an example, a particular food may bring someone good luck when it falls under a certain date. But what is the value of this good luck? Does it ladder up to a specific concept and theme? And is that concept/theme relevant? What if you’ve already overly explored this theme in general, and actually would benefit from a different fruit? Since we don’t have visibility into all of the energetic workings of not just ourselves, but other things, it can be almost impossible to discern, unless you have an extremely heightened level of your own intuition. I find that this is where superstitions come into play. After all, they ave a very broad blanket of rules, behavior and information. But they neglect the individual’s reaction with them. It’s no secret that people have lived full, happy lives even if a black cat crosses their path. But how and why wouldn’t they? Let’s use this as a hypothetical example.
While it’s true that within the larger, inner networks of the universe, a black cat has consciousness and just so happens to follow or pass by those who are inherently a low vibration or in bad luck, what would hypothetically happen if someone observed a black cat crossing their path and believed in the superstition? Would this “enhance” said energetic impact. And what is i? A curse? A belief? I think for the most part, it’s unknown. The irony, IRONY of superstitions is that no one is aware of why things are superstitions. They are just these “laws” that everyone avoids. And if the entire collective is avoiding certain things, does that make it necessarily true? We create and manifest our reality, so are we creating these odd superstitions for no reason? When fear is surrounding something, it adds to more fear and proactive avoidance. As Hermione Grainger once said, “Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself”. Substitute this with superstitions.
When you believe or subscribe to energies, in some way shape or form you “allow” your energetic body to intermingle with these energies. Likewise when you don’t, you’re somewhat disconnected. It’s all about the intention. In a more practical example, if you’re perpetually thinking that you have bad luck, you somewhat manifest this destiny upon yourself It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. That is inherently where the irony lies. You can create your own good or bad luck, as luck is a combination of intuition, divine timing, and perhaps a bit of hope and optimism. When we allow other things in the universe to have control over us, we reserve the right for it/them to do that. We give up said control. I think that there’s a base level of people not wanting to have control of their own live, and therefore, they project it onto other people, places and things. I’m not saying this is why superstitions exist, as I do feel that in more simple energetic times, there were likely more significant patterns which may have been deduced, but it’s likely that we’ve held onto them so deeply as a result. After all, energy is constantly changing. It would be unlikely that superstitions would outlast generations without being modified or changing, even if only slightly.
So would it be the case that superstitions are only superstitions if you believe in them? It’s kind of interesting to think about, as you can get more meta. If you don’t know about a superstition, does it exist? My hypothesis is no. Conscious awareness makes something a reality. And that reality is a superstition which is inter-mingling with your energy. And again, if you don’t believe or subscribe, there’s no energetic path or connection which is taking place. This isn’t to say that we aren’t at the mercy of things affecting us, or out of our control, but superstitions are a belief as their foundation, and that for certain, is in our control.
