History of Halloween and similar Festivals in India
Questions:
- Why are people wasting so many Pumpkins on Halloween?
- Why do people scare each other?
- Why waste clothes in the form of one-time-use costumes?
- What are children learning from this playful disguising?
- What are some short and long-term effects of this scariness on children and adults?
- Once we see something, we can not unsee that. It stays in our subconscious mind. So, do we need to see scary things?
Instead of warding off the evil spirits, people are dressing like evils.
Atma is atma. There are no atma types. As per Hinduism, there are no good or bad atmas. Each one is on its journey. As per Hinduism, bhoot- pret is just an atma who has left the physical body but is still on the earth for some reasons. Its journey to other Lok is delayed or halted. We should be sympathetic towards that atma and should not make fun of it by wearing scary costumes.
Bharti Raizada
