People

Can people who have had the things they want and/or need think of a life otherwise? Yes they can. They can be engulfed by enormous fear or they can have a sense of excitement of "what if." Time and again I see that having more allows you to express yourself more and consequently have greater self-respect and respect from other people as well.

For a while I, who I thought was among the enlightened ones, did not see why people act the way they do until I lost some of what I had and saw the corresponding change in people. I am pretty sure now that people see your talents if you are in a position above them, rather than if you were an equal.

Who you are and what others think of you are different things, but its difficult to keep them apart. We believe what the mirror tells us. In the same manner it's only logical to believe that what people tell us is true. But if we look a bit more closely, we find the mirror only gives a 'mirror image', which is inverted from left to right and the mirror image's accuracy depends on how good the mirror itself is. If it is dirty or worn out, you cannot trust what you see, but will have to look at it from different angles with a discerning eye to get a more accurate picture.

So the quality of people's opinions is dependent on the quality of the people themselves. If the people are dirty and worn-out, they ought not to be trusted. Translating it into a literal sense, it means that the kind of lives people live determine if they are dirty and/or worn-out, not the way they look, beware. And most people are brain-washed (by society) and over-worked (by society, again), which is why do not believe what people tell you.

Look at the kind of lives they lead. Are they overworked and/or living in inhuman working/living conditions? If so, they are like blotched, worn-out mirrors. Do not take them seriously.

No wonder democracy doesn't work.