My Space: Between reel and real, faith and superstition alternate

Spring holidays are over, people have gone to work. All those who have seen on social media, will know that suddenly this year, the reels of Jatbhata about how to know, find out if someone has used some magic on us, starting with Lakshmi Potli, Yama's lamp, ways to drive away negativity, are spinning this year. are being Many people on social media keep claiming to be able to eliminate negativity, get rich! Writing some figures and burning the betel leaf, keeping some things under the head, burning some things in Kodia… such advice suddenly exploded this year! Surprisingly, such reels received unbelievable likes and forwards! On the one hand we talk about development, AI and science filling the gap, on the other hand, such anecdotes are becoming more and more popular. The list of successful films of last year is a bit strange. This year's blockbusters include 'Shaitaan', 'Stree 2' along with 'Moonjya' and 'Tumbaad'! A new topic of horror or horror comedy has become popular with the audience in the last two-four years. The rights of 'Vash', made in Gujarati, were sold in Hindi and Viraj Ghelani and Mansi Parikh's 'Zhamkudi' once again gave a small financial jolt to the Gujarati box office by pouring Sanjeev, while a Gujarati film called 'Factory' got an official entry at the Goa Film Festival. All these three films are in the zone of horror or horror comedy. Now the question is, why do horror-supernatural-ghost-jinn-ghost-witch stories fascinate us? Many people say that they don't believe in any such super natural powers – they don't believe in things like parapsychology, paranormal activity. Such things are 'superstition' for such people. Some people go to Kali Chaudse cremation grounds, some try to prove their science and logic by staying in such so-called haunted houses. Some people talk about the experience they have had – sometimes it is something like 'the pipe moved, the dog barked seeing it', and sometimes the truth of the feeling that only they can understand or feel. As human beings, if we think about it, we can say that what we have not seen, what we have not felt, does not exist at all, right? As science discovered to us that we have a world of our own – a living planet called Earth, many solar systems, a vast universe, then we came to know… Galileo got the death penalty when he first said that the earth is round… Many organisms, bacteria that we cannot see with the naked eye breathe around us. Although not visible to the eye, many gases are present in the atmosphere, they automatically release oxygen, become prana and enter our breath. Carbon dioxide is released—re-mixed into the atmosphere. How quickly and naturally it all happened. Where did we know that plants breathe, chloroplasts make their own food with the help of sunlight until it was established by Jagdishchandra Bose? Similarly, an imperceptible world exists for the seer-perceiver. The common man may not experience any such experience in his day-to-day life—perhaps he is not sensitive enough to absorb or understand the experience! As the existence of light, the existence of darkness cannot be denied! Just as there is a question about the existence of God, similarly we have no proof of existence other than God. The subject is stuck somewhere between faith and superstition. Man is only timid by nature. Food, sleep, fear and intercourse are part of mere existence. We all thrill with fear. Something we don't know about—something invisible to the naked eye, but with immense power. What fuels this 'horror' or 'paranormal' existence is the belief that such a being can harm or benefit us by harnessing or abusing that power. We may have personal opinions about who should believe what, and who should reject what, but there are no fixed rules! Importantly, both fear and curiosity about any power—which is beyond our understanding and reach—is natural. So we are afraid of God too, right? Any force in the world, be it a ghost or an atomic bomb, God or nature, can be used for both good and bad. As God is part of light, so must part of darkness also exist. The realization of God's existence is known as miracle or revelation. It is positivity, faith, hope, auspiciousness, similarly any negativity, despair and inauspiciousness are also part of this world. If you ask the truth, within man dwells this brightness and darkness – hope and despair, faith and superstition. What we should be afraid of is the darkness within us. People who seek money or fame, power or wealth with the help of such darkness are unknowingly promoting negativity. As Ravana lives in the golden Lanka, so the Asura does not fade and Rama lives in the forest, so his opulence does not diminish. Those who tell jokes want likes. They want to boost their social media – if making Lakshmi potli makes money, don't you think you should quit your job and sit at home? }