A Duplicate mind inside an Original Body
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Fake products which look identical to its original are inexpensive. When I was in China at a very young age, I bought a fake Rolex which costed me only Rs. 2000/-, but it lasted only for six months.
The life span and progression of a fake product is short-lived. Contrarily the originals even alongside being positioned on low pricing strategies has immensely grown with long life purely as a result of being an original. Rolex hailing from a high pricing is highly successful in its originality. Comparatively Casio stands at a comparatively low pricing and is equally successful in its originality. One fine day if Rolex wants to adapt Casio or vice versa, that is the day that both brands will begin to fade away its glory. Similarly Hilton is highly successful in its originality so is P & S also in its originality.
The day that they both try to adapt to each other will be the day they both start to deteriorate. The reason behind it is that every original product has its own segment of acceptance for what it is as well as for what it is not. Many face creams in the local market are duplicates, the innocent consumer falls prey to it, by using them even though the duplicate does not consist the same effectiveness as the original.
You are an original creation, therefore there is only one person like you. You are unique to the world thus you need to take delight in it. As a young boy I was highly devastated about the colour of my skin. It reached an unsatisfying state of mind as I compared myself with my peers who were fair. I tried to impress people by wearing fake materials, but I realised that I have cheated only myself. Being fake only assisted me to attract fake people who liked me for what they thought I possessed and not at all for who I was. I ended up building fake relationships which left me in utter darkness once they found out that I cannot provide what they require. I kept discouraging original people from initiating original relationships with me, if I had not done so I would have ended up being happy in those genuine relationships.
As I mentioned earlier each one of us are unique, we come in to this world with an original body and an original mind. Subsequently 7.8 billion of the world’s community have 7.8 billion exclusive fingerprints. The moment we try to adapt ourselves in to someone else, we start deviating from our originality. We are our own seed, which needs to be grown despite the flow of never ending commitments.
If an apple tree wants to become a mango tree or a mango tree wants to become an apple tree, both of them will not be accepted in the market , as the sole purpose of both the trees are not met due to adapting to each other. Unfortunately a great extent of the society try to embrace and adapt to the others nature of thinking, thereby they lose the clear direction of life. It is undoubtedly essential to uproot any weed which are in your inherent land. Yet you should certainly not try to adapt the original seed to another, by doing so you are duplicating your mind within your original body. If you do so, just as a fake ‘Rolex’, you will appear original for a short period and die in a short life span because fakes are short lived.
The other burden of containing a duplicate mind is that you must lay down an additional effort 24×7 to maintain your duplicate self, as it is not you. If you remain original in your manner of thinking, then you will inherit an effortless walk, as the original, walk on original, unaccompanied by any additional effort. When I proposed to my wife 15 years ago, I revealed my genuine self to her. I told her that I lose my temper easily, I am emotional, and I am very sensitive as well as a bit arrogant at times. I shared with her everything that she must know about me. After hearing all I had to say about my original manual she said yes to me. Therefore I do not have to maintain a duplicate self, because I already revealed the original catalogue to her. As I have offered her my original self, I receive advice from her on how I can improve my originality and thrive. Just as the loyalty customers of a certain brand extend suggestions for improvement as a result of them being loyal, as the brand has maintained its originality and loyalty. Today we cherish a beautiful life as both of us offered and accepted our originality.
A mask comprises its own life span, as it cannot be worn forever, likewise you cannot move forward with a duplicate mind which you have assembled by coping bits and pieces of other people’s style of thinking. When sports shoes made its first appearance in the market, I borrowed a pair from one of my friends as I wanted to fit in to the society along with my other friends. As I received the pair which was different to my size, I felt very uncomfortable. Even if it was in the same size, I would have to walk in what I possessed the day I return my friend’s shoes.
Maintaining a duplicate mind is inadequate, as it cannot be done forever, it has a very limited shelf life. Have you ever come to realise that a singer who wins a reality competition by copying the original voice of another singer, has never accomplished a name for himself because the original singer has already built a name for him by using that voice? There is no space let for another name for the same voice, as there is only one original.
An original body does not consist of a duplicate mind as they do not synchronize together. You already consists of an original mind. People may say you are crazy, they called Henry Ford a lunatic for insisting to do a mass production of vehicles, but the day he accomplished his dream, the same people addressed him as a genius. After a considerably bad spell of heroine and other destructive measures, I told my friends that I wanted to become the best in the island for CIM-UK. They said I was crazy. Yet the day I won the all-island prize, the same friends muttered that I have got a brilliant mind. Brilliance may or may not come in the form of a seed, it requires unceasing focus and commitment to become an achiever. Therefore improve your original mind to the extent that you can become a role model to others.
Think for a moment: Are you running your own race in possession of your own mind? Or are you attempting to run somebody else’s race with a duplicate mind?
Even in the corporate world they hire specialised brains for each specialised objective. They do not hire a Jack of all trades but master of none. Be content as you are an original and not a duplicate. No one is perfect, therefore do not think that being real will forbid you from being perfect.
The most convenient manner of advancing in life towards perfection is with your own mind and your own thoughts.
Hired coats are always uncomfortable as they are not tailor made for you. The greatest measure of being real is that you have got nothing to lose. You need to understand that something which was not achieved is not something that was lost.
Everybody comes to this world without anything, you have achieved a lot by now. Therefore you need to be pleased with your achievements. Do not compare yourself to others to decide if you have attained happiness. Happiness is ‘Being You’ and not merely ‘Being Somebody Else’. You are ‘You’ and somebody else is ‘Somebody Else’.
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