Alter Ego

Every human body has two people inside it. One is the person you see living. Underneath him is another person who lives within the life of the former. He may come out often or rarely, but is never known to us. It is known only by the former person. The person portrays a character and behavior that it feels is ok to be expressed in this world. The outer self tries to do everything the way others like to see it. By doing this the person is denying the true self the pleasure it really requires. He only desires to satisfy the pleasure of others by disguising himself. This way the inner self is denied all that it needs.
Every promotion, advertisement, marketing is aimed at the outer self. Nobody cares for the real self. They all want to be allowed into a circle that they deem fit for themselves. Everybody is the same in the way looking for a group to mix with. If everybody stopped trying acting the way they are and starting living the real way, a group will definitely form along with them. No one dares to start this movement and create a group that matches the real self.
Everybody wants to live a life they dream of and not the real life. A person in level 1 wants a life of a person in level 2, and a person in level 2 wants a life of a person in level 3 and so on. No one actually wants to live in his own level. When he starts doing it, he will be satisfying his own desires and living a real life and not a life that he pretends to live. Was this the reason why Shakespeare said, “All the world's a stage: And all the men and women merely players” in his play “As you like it.”
There are only a very few who live the actual life. They do it for their personal satisfaction and we call them jokers, fools, morons etc. But by living the real life they are not fooling anyone. It is we who are fooling ourselves, others and everyone we know and come across in our day to day activities.
What is the real harm in living the way we actually want to.
What harm does it do to anyone?
Why are we fooling ourselves with a fake life?
These questions need to be answered sometime. When we realize it, it might be more than late.