Superstition

When you believe in things that you don't understand

Then you suffer,

Superstition ain't the way.

That's the Refrain of the song titled Superstition made popular by American singer Stevie Wonder in the '70s. And that's what I thought every time I heard people talk about things that are beyond explanation.

Like when my friend Widodo told me that he planned to go to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, late July, to meet a special man who has the ability to cure his ailing heart, by conducting some sort of by-pass operation without medical surgery equipments at a much cheaper price compared to conventional medication.

When I asked him why didn't he just go to a hospital in Penang which is popular for such surgery, Widodo said that he was very sick and tired of conventional medications. He added that he just spent three weeks at the Pertamina Hospital, South Jakarta, which is known to have good doctors and equipments to conduct heart by-pass surgery, and he was not cured but spent tens of millions of Rupiah

Widodo asked me if I can accompany him to KL, because many years ago he stayed a couple of weeks at my parents' home in that city when my father was assigned to the Indonesian Embassy there.

My schedule was very tight last month so I cannot accompanied Widodo, but I promised him that I would check about the special person in KL who wanted to cure him.

I contacted fellow blogger Umihoney in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, and asked her whether she has heard about the special man in KL and vicinity who can conduct surgery without medical equipments. She said that she never heard about the man that I mentioned, but she once watched on TV another man with such ability. She added that such method is against the Islamic way therefore not recommended.

Widodo went to KL at the end of July, spent three days at the special man's place, and returned to Jakarta. He is confident that he has been cured and is fasting now. He recommended others to follow him. He also said that he will return to KL next October for check-up.

As a friend I am happy that Widodo is okay now, but I strongly believe that good quality conventional doctors and medicament are still the best way to cure sickness. Other than that it would be Superstition.

Here are the complete lyrics of the song Superstition :

Very superstitious, writing's on the wall,

Very superstitious, ladders bout' to fall,

Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass

Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past.

oo When you believe in things that you don't understand,

Then you suffer,

Superstition ain't the way

Very superstitious, wash your face and hands,

Rid me of the problem, do all that you can,

Keep me in a daydream, keep me goin' strong,

You don't wanna save me, sad is my song.

When you believe in things that you don't understand,

Then you suffer,

Superstition ain't the way, yeh, yeh.

Very superstitious, nothin' more to say,

Very superstitious, the devil's on his way,

Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass,

Seven years of bad luck, good things in your past

When you believe in things that you don't understand,

Then you suffer,

Superstition ain't the way, no, no, no

shut up!