MTV…

“Both are delicate but one causes more pain
This when broken can drive you insane!
Of course time heals and that’s a start!
It’s time to mend a broken heart!”

Breaking of this by choice is bad but accidental breaking in many customs is supposed to be good!

No! The answer is not Heart! Which is always bad!

but…

read on…

A broken heart is apparently difficult to treat or repair!

But a broken mirror is more often and more difficult to repair!

But remember that it is mainly a broken MIRROR which shows a proper reflection which is considered bad in some customs! A normal glass does not matter since they are more delicate than your heart! Though some may argue that the heart is more delicate since even a thought can break it while it takes physical strength or wind or gravity to break a mirror or a glass!

Now where did this belief originate from!?

It is a common belief that the broken mirror superstition originated from the ancient Romans. They believed that seeing a reflection was the power to see into one’s soul. Because they were the first to create mirrors from polished metal surfaces, this belief continued throughout Roman society. They also believed that the gods observed souls through mirrors; hence why it was considered so disrespectful to damage or break a mirror!

This also lead to the seven years rule in which some believe in the seven years of bad luck! This is because the Romans believed that the body renewed itself every seven years.
After each seven-year cycle, the body would renew itself, and any broken or ill pieces of the body would be healed. Hence the belief that breaking a mirror, a reflection of your soul, was bad luck for seven years!

Of course the issue is mainly because glass though so beautiful to look and see, like most beautiful thing leaves a big mess to be cleaned and hurts you if you are not careful! Which is why when you break any glass, it is not a good feeling especially for the one who has to clean and the one who installed the glass in the first place or the one who broke it!

There were some attempts to ward of the bad luck in case you break a Mirror or a Glass with a reflective surface!

The first one was to reuse the glass in a handcraft or grind the mirror into a fine powder, so it no longer shows any reflections! Then dispose of the powder under a full moon!

Another method for removing bad luck from a broken mirror is to immediately spin around three times in a counterclockwise direction after the mirror has broken. This confuses the spirits and helps to ward off bad luck!

In many cultures, salt is a symbol of auspiciousness. If you break a mirror, throwing salt behind you is an easy way to remove the bad luck. Make sure you throw it over your right shoulder, as throwing it over your left shoulder could bring even more bad luck. That is a literal “ASSALT” on the evil spirit!

So if you see someone dance or sprinkle salt then please do not call the Psychiatrist! Just watch out for broken glass!

Then again one of the best things is that there can even be a positive thing to the breaking of the glass!
Like while many people believe breaking of glass at home is inauspicious, Vastu Shastra suggests that it can also be a symbol of happiness and good luck. If a glass or mirror accidentally breaks, it is a sign that you have avoided a disaster. It indicates the start of positive changes in your life!

This is especially true if you have moved into a new house or changed a place of domicile! Apparently it means that it is a start of something positive! Of course in some customs, people deliberately break glass on happy occasion as a ‘Positive’ custom!

In Vastu However you apparently must not break the glass deliberately (who would!) and the glass must break by accident which is then considered auspicious!

Glass or no glass; the breaking is of course an issue since it is a delicate thing and not matter what you do, you can never mend the pieces together! A broken mirror would still give images! But the images would be different and separate from each other!
So let the breaking of a glass not break your heart, you can always get a new glass.

Breaking reminds me of an unbroken record of winning the maximum number of national awards in screenplay which was by Madath Thekkepaattu Vasudevan Nair! A prolific writer and director and a Jnanpith award winner!

He will be missed…
Heartfelt condolences

Om Shanthi…