"You are never quite satisfied with who you are and with what existence has given you because you have been distracted. You have been directed where nature has not meant you to be. You are not moving towards your own potential.
What others wanted you to be, you are trying to be, but it cannot be satisfying. When it is not satisfying, logic says, 'Perhaps it is not enough – have more of it.' Then you go after more, then you start looking around.
And everybody is appearing with a mask which is smiling, happy-looking, so everybody is deceiving everybody else. You also appear with a mask, so others think you are happier; you think others are happier. The grass looks greener on the other side of the fence. They see your grass and it looks greener. It really looks greener, thicker, better. That is the illusion that distance creates.
When you come close, then you start seeing that it is not so. But people keep each other at a distance. Even friends, even lovers, keep each other at a distance; too much closeness will be dangerous, they may see your reality.
And you have been misguided from the very beginning, so whatever you do will remain miserable. You see somebody with much money: you think perhaps money brings joy. Look at that person, how joyous he seems to be. So run after money. Somebody is healthier run after health. Somebody is doing something else and looks very contented follow him. But it is always the others."
What others wanted you to be, you are trying to be, but it cannot be satisfying. When it is not satisfying, logic says, 'Perhaps it is not enough – have more of it.' Then you go after more, then you start looking around.
And everybody is appearing with a mask which is smiling, happy-looking, so everybody is deceiving everybody else. You also appear with a mask, so others think you are happier; you think others are happier. The grass looks greener on the other side of the fence. They see your grass and it looks greener. It really looks greener, thicker, better. That is the illusion that distance creates.
When you come close, then you start seeing that it is not so. But people keep each other at a distance. Even friends, even lovers, keep each other at a distance; too much closeness will be dangerous, they may see your reality.
And you have been misguided from the very beginning, so whatever you do will remain miserable. You see somebody with much money: you think perhaps money brings joy. Look at that person, how joyous he seems to be. So run after money. Somebody is healthier run after health. Somebody is doing something else and looks very contented follow him. But it is always the others."
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