DO NOT GENERATE “POOCHANDI” OR “HOWA” SAMSKARA

[Ms Tercy Lonan]

DO NOT GENERATE “POOCHANDI” OR “HOWA” SAMSKARAS

Mothers generate “Poochandi” Samskaras in the minds of their children. When children cry, when they refuse to take food, or when they do any mischief the mothers frighten them and  say, “Poochandi (ghost) has come; Irandu Kannan (two eyed man) has come. He will take you away.” Children get frightened. The Poochandi-samskaras get deeply implanted in their subconscious mind, and make them very timid when they reach adolescence. Mind is like a sensitive plate of a camera. Whatever is exposed to the lens is registered in the sensitive plate behind. Even so whatever is seen or heard is permanently impressed in the sensitive mind-plate. The minds of children are very impressionable. They are very plastic. Mothers and teachers should be very careful when they deal with children. They should not tell them anything that will frighten them. On the contrary they should tell them stories of chivalrous persons, which will make them bold and courageous. Even during the period of pregnancy, mothers should read inspiring books like Ramayana, Bhagavata, Mahabharata, if they wish to bring forth intelligent and brave children. Mothers, fathers and teachers should have at least an elementary knowledge of psychology. Then alone can they mould the children properly. The sage Madalasa sang the following cradle song when she rocked the cradle of her children: “Suddhosi Buddhosi Niranjanosi Samsara-maya-parivarjitosi”—“O child! Thou art Pure Consciousness. Thou art stainless. Thou art devoid of Maya and Samsara.” She made all her children sages. The world is in dire need of women-sages like Madalasa. The destiny of the world and children is in the hands of intelligent mothers.