Does anyone have any superstitions they follow?
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Bringing ocean stuff such as shells at home gives you bad luck.
1132278
I do.....I check it daily too....it is sometimes freaky how my horoscope says something & it is exactly how my life is going at that time....creeps me out sometimes...lol
74401
The belief is real. Not the actual superstition. C'mon. how many times has a black cat crossed your path? Or something similar?
223343
Not superstitious, but I think that dreams tell you what you really believe and even want to believe in your heart. It is you thinking without subconsciously second guessing yourself.
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A couple of Vietnamese superstitions that are pretty interesting are:\n1) The first person of the lunar new year to shop your business will set the outlook of the rest of the year. (This works for days as well). I've seen business keepers walk around their store waving a burning newspaper to cleanse the lousy luck from the premises thanks to a deadbeat shopper.\n2) Never take a picture with three people together. The middle will surely die soon.\n3) Pregnant women are bad luck. Seeing one in the early morning is grounds for going home and starting your day over again. I guess this extends to functions like weddings and again, the luck your business can count on. Of course, like in the US, if you are living with a pregnant spouse you may be safer out of the house all together.\n\nI've thought a compilation of the superstitions in Vietnam as a book would be interesting in that I believe there are extensive prescriptions for proper behavior beyond what what me and my US comrades are used to. I know too that there are eleborate luck theorems for divining the meaning of numbers as you can see there when you watch folks try to pick numbers for "Ve So" (lottery tickets).
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Yes I do. \n1)I think its bad luck to wear other peoples wedding rings, \n2)If an eyelash falls off, you have to make a wish on it but you have to put it on your thumb and you cant look at where it goes when you blow it off.\n3)Its good luck when a butterfly lands on you\n4)If the doors are closed when youre sleeping, the ghosts cant get to you.\n5)the number 6 isnt a very happy number. If I see it repetivatly during the day, something bad is bound to happen to me.\n6)Dont walk on the wet grass in the morning, it will kill the little rolly pollys\n7)It think the superstition that eating black eyed peas on New Years is gay and doesnt work.\n8)If Im not nice to someone during the day when I know I should be, kaharma will bite me in the a s s\n9)Even numbers are good luck\n10)All evil thoughts directed to me can be wished back to them 100 fold (100 times)
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With others, occasionally.\n\nWith myself, every day. Sometimes twice or thrice.
1007949
Superstition only proves the power of the mind. If you believe it to be true, it will self-fulfill. If don't believe, it has no power over you.
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too many to name them all, but to name a few;i always hop before getting into the car,carry my wallet on only my right side,only set my alarm to odd numbers,anytime i drink out of straws i always do it out of the side of my mouth...i could go on and on,i don't know why i do these things but i just feel like something isn't right if i don't.
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No I agree with Stevie Wonder that superstition ain't the way. \n\nIn Japan, having a black cat cross your path is good luck. In Europe, it is considered to be bad luck. In ancient Egypt, the goddess Bast was a black cat. In order to discredit the old religion, Christians said that black cats were demons and if one crossed your path it would block your path to heaven.
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Oh yes! having gypsy in my family and my blood I'm a really superstious person. That's what my mom says, she not superstious. But yes I do believe in them. Some maybe your guardian angel, others are just lost.
1090218
Vaastu Shastra is definitely not superstitious. It is very much a science of directions and can influence our happiness, health and prosperity.
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Superstitions are taught generation to\ngeneration. Don't walk under a ladder\nBlack cat crosses your path,the number\n13 it goes back to your upbringing.Don't\nsplit the pole(walk on one side-the other\nperson walks on the other side)My Gran-\nMother would knock you down,if you split\nthe pole while walking with her.Very\nsuperstitious wash you face & hands\n(Little stevey Wonder)
933887
Nope! It is Bad Luck to be Superstitious.
80190
'superstitions' as it suggests: not yet proven science.\nso, no. \nbut somehow, you are obliged to follow relatives' or family's way of life. it's the basic respect for others' beliefs.\nso, there...
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Yes; healing, telepathy, telekinesis, prophecy, spirits, God manifesting, sequences of events that defy all odds.  My mother, one of the sanest and most loving people I have ever known, college educated, worked at the U.N. and with various embassies in New York (and I think Washington D.C., but I'd have to ask my stepfather) experienced even odder things.  She only lied to me once in my life (I never even suspected she lied, but I had asked a HIGHLY personal question that was NONE of my business, even as a son, and she corrected the lie 30 seconds later.  I didn't even suspect despite her agitation.  She could easily have not told me despite the embarressment it cost her.  She did so anyway.  She was an amazingly ethical person.  Yet, she claimed that she had frequently seen faeries as a child and teenager, as well as a number of other experiences through adulthood.  And yes, the family is a strong supporter of psychology and none of us take drugs or drink, or seek such experiences.  They just happen.\n\nJust one example, one of the minor ones: On a trip to Hawaii my family and my best friend's family were at the Mauna Kea Hotel.  While outside walking with his son, my friend, his father had a major heart attack.  The hotel is somewhat isolated.  We called emergency services.  Here is a list of the coincidences:\n1) A busy popular hotel (nearly empty during that hour, for no reason the staff could figure out and remarked on it)\n2) Elevator was there exactly on time for the paramedics (they remarked on the coincidence)\n3) A new hospital had JUST opened very close, vs. the clinic that was much farther away (we were told how incredibly fortunate that was, as he would have died.  They were blunt)\n4) No traffic on the busy section (ambulance people again commented on how everyone seemed to be gone)\n5) We were told he would not make it.\n6) Next day we were told he would never walk leave his bed.\n7) Next day we were told that he would probably recover in a several years, but only partially.\n8) Next day after that we were told he might recover in a few months, and they remarked that they were just stunned with his recovery.\n9) Within six days, he was out of the hospital, walking on his own, and within another week it was as if it had never happened.\n10) If it had happened at home, at the isolated location the family had chosen to live, he would have died.\n11) It even happened on the very tail end of our vacation!  We had a great time until then!\n12) He's still alive decades later.\n13) Here's the big one: We barely talk about it.  It's not that uncommon in my family.  \n\nThis is not proof, just one person's experience. At the same time, be very careful.  I encourage you to read "Flim Flam" by James Randi.  There is so much nonsense and fakery going on, and so few people know scientific method or formal logic.  But keep an open mind.  That's part of being truly skeptical.  I'm skeptical, because there are ALWAYS other explanations.  I've met too many people who claim such things, and ten minutes down the discussion I've realized that they just this side of an insane assylum.  Keep questioning, even as you explore the wonders we have all around us.  Don't be gullible, but never shut your mind to the wonders and magic we, as just people, can experience.
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#1 No.\n#2 Dumb luck.\n\nQuick, while you are of sound mind, take a good hard look at the idea of god and see it for what it is. I say quick because who knows when the next lucky break will come your way and all will be hunkey dory with god again. Use the time you have wisely and perhaps yiou will break free of the superstition and see that "god helps those that helps themselves"  (meaning you help yourself, and god takes the credit)  Time to roll up the shirtsleeves and do god's work (help yourself that is.)