Faking is most progressive.It has been linked to the development of the neocortex. Those who faked well got better deals and survived and passed on their survival arts. Those who didn’t, also survived but slogged their lives for the other lot.
The Good Fake
Lima Sehgal
Thou Shalt not get Caught, is the commandment that got added as the Eleventh, and one wonders how that one got missed both by Moses as well as Charlston Heston!
Faking it is not the prerogative of only the Indian army who did a pretty good job of filming fake enemy kills in the Siachen. (Bollywood is trembling at the competition I am told). But any conscientious employee in any other profession would do it. Not only does it make a contribution where there is none, but it also makes one’s organization look like a great contributor when it is not. Now, doesn’t that sound like a winning proposition! Enron made a multinational business out of it, when they cooked up their account books so good that even they could not keep track of how good they were. Which unfortunately for them became equivalent to crossing the Laxman Rekha.
Not everyone can be an expert like our first Lady, Eve. Most of us acquire the talent through the process of learning. She not only started the tradition which made her the icon of our future she also demonstrated a lot of style. Remember that old story?
One day in the Garden of Eden, Eve calls out to God… “Lord, I have a problem!”
“What’s the problem, Eve?”
“Lord, I know you’ve created me and have provided this beautiful garden and all of these wonderful animals, and that hilarious comedic snake, but I’m just not happy.”
“Why is that, Eve?” came the reply from above.
“Lord, I am lonely. And I’m sick to death of apples.”
“Well, Eve, in that case, I have a solution. I shall create a man for you.”
“What’s a ‘man’, Lord?”
“This man will be a flawed creature, with aggressive tendencies, an enormous ego and an inability to empathize or listen to you properly.
All in all, he’ll give you a hard time. But, he’ll be bigger, faster and more muscular than you. He’ll also need your advice to think properly. He’ll be really good at fighting and kicking a ball about, hunting fleet-footed ruminants, and not altogether bad in the sack.”
“Sounds great,” says Eve, with an ironically raised eyebrow. “What’s the catch, Lord?”
“Yeah, well…. you can have him on one condition.”
“What’s that, Lord?”
“You’ll have to let him believe that I made him first.”
With the progress of technology, faking as an art has become much more evolved. And ever since we have gone virtual, it makes us far removed, which in turn makes us much braver. Definitely it is here to stay and spread. And anyone who gets moralistic and calls a virtue a virus is suffering from either a mental delusion or a spelling handicap!
And you must tell them that faking is most progressive.
It has been linked to the development of the neocortex. Those who faked well got better deals and survived and passed on their survival arts. Those who didn’t, also survived but slogged their lives for the other lot.
As simple as that.
It is part and parcel of us through the ages. In nature be it a flower, plant or insect or any thing else , the parasitic ones are more evolved, they sweat the least. They are also more colorful for that matter!
The same applies to humans. The parasitic are the cream of skimmed milk. They are there everywhere – housewives better qualified than their husbands who refuse to work towards breadwinning , hiding under the mantle of home neglect as an excuse, the married youth with kids who wont relocate for a job to another city because he lives with parents who feed (Oops , sorry ) need him, the efficient manager whose sales report convinces his boss that the new product will not work because, marketing it demands a competence that he doesn’t have — and the list goes on.
Today there is an urgent need for parasitic skills to reach new heights. Especially when there is fierce competition which has to be met by delivering, creating, and innovating at the macro level and at the micro level also — someone has to pay the bills, meet the targets, make the school project, stand in the queue, feed the cat etc.
Which basically implies that Our Hosts need to be made to work harder. They are the ones who must create, think and contribute. They are the ones on whose table the buck must be made to stop, who must take risks on our behalf and must be made to take the axe for us. And we must not be like Rats deserting a sinking ship. That would be idiotic. You don’t compromise the host – not if you want to survive.
The issues are not only about compromising our host — but worse. We are sometimes not even able to effectively identify a suitable host.
Take this example. Nichiren Daishonin, the 13th century Buddhist scholar stated that ‘no one becomes rich by just counting his neighbors’ money’. But looking at modern trends, no one is quite convinced. We believe we can if only we convince him to part with a little to us. But it doesn’t work unless we do some classwork. Every neighbour was on my heel with Avon, so fiercely that even I started believing in my non existent wealth. (I still am looking for it).
And so are they. So what is the use?
What is strongly needed today is an international organisation to protect the ecology. The only reason it is not being formed is the reluctance towards calling a parasite a parasite!
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