Thursday's rule.
March 03, 2022
ThursdayActually, I was going to write about something else but something happened today and thereby I thought that let's publish today about it, the rule I broke today.
I belong to a religious family though I worship rarely. What's the need to disturb the God/Goddess every now and then they are already listening to many devotees. And with one less worship, they have to be thoughtful for one less person. OK jokes aside, I am not here to condemn any religious beliefs, or gods and goddesses.
So, My mother basically keeps a fast on Thursdays which means she doesn't usually eat food to express her beliefs in the god she has faith in. She worships many gods and goddesses but she keeps fast for only one and he is "LORD VISHNU".
Her days go like this on Thursdays- get up, freshen up, take bath, pray in which she recites the story of Lord Vishnu followed by a prayer line of him, then after she has her tea which is made by me.
According to the rituals, the things that the devotee of Lord Vishnu and their family has to AVOID ON THURSDAYS are as-
NO USE OF SOAPS FOR BATHING YOURSELF/ CLOTHES
NO USE OF MUSTARD OIL
NO HAIRCUT
NO NAIL-CUTTING
NO IRONING OF CLOTHES
NO USE OF ONION, GARLIC
NO MEATS AND RELATIVE ITEMS
NO PORRIDGE
Maybe I forget something but I think I covered up pretty well what we have to avoid doing as a family of a devotee of Lord Vishnu.
So, what happened is today my brother was going to the national capital "DELHI" and he has not any clothes which were ironed in advance so he says to me "XYZ, can you iron my clothes" and I said yeah sure I also have some of the shirts to iron. And at this time I did not remember that it was Thursday and firstly I ironed his clothes and then started mine. At which point my mother said "KEEP ON IRONING CLOTHES ON THURSDAY" and I retorted "Mother, sorry I forget that I am not supposed to iron clothes on Thursdays now what" and she said doesn't matter it was already emergency for your brother. Then I keep on ironing the rest of the clothes of mine.
My Opinions:
I do not have a belief in any of the things mentioned above but I comply with all the things that I am supposed to avoid on Thursday not because her faith will be affected because of me and won't be fruitful, instead becomes terrible. But, I follow all of it only because it is a guideline issued by my parents and if complying with them makes your parents happy then what is so hard in following the above rules. And the plus point is you also don't have any difficulty in following them.
But, in case of emergency, it's not a big deal to break the rule, of course, emergency situations are always of higher importance in human life.
Thank you.
Have a good night's sleep.
Original content
I feel that these rules are a bit strange, but each person and each religion is the way it is, I can't imagine having to go out on a Thursday to a meeting and not having ironed my shirt before, and I can't iron it because it's Thursday.... All rules are created for a reason, don't think I'm making fun of that, no, just never having heard of rules like that they seem a little strange to me, but I respect your family's belief. Even if we don't believe in the same as our parents, it is important to respect their beliefs and avoid problems.