Clinging To prestige Breeds Fear

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Like morality, prestige also gives rise to fear; prestige, name and fame, social status – all these give rise to fear. These fears are nothing but fears of your ego. What prestige are you trying to cover? Just live with inner fulfillment and dignity, that is enough. The people who guard their prestige are the greatest hypocrites on planet Earth.

They are also the people who live in constant fear. Their so-called prestige is so much in control of them.

A small story:

One man was fishing in the river one day.

He was sitting for a long time without being able to catch any fish.

He dozed off with the fishing rod in his hand.

Suddenly, a heavy fish caught the bait and tugged at it.

The man just tumbled into the water before he could wake up.

A boy was watching this from a distance. He asked his father, "Dad, was he catching the fish or was the fish catching him?"

With prestige, you have to be very careful. When prestige becomes larger than life for you, it will start consuming you. It will simply consume you, that's all. You no more need to go in search of it.

And why are you afraid of losing your prestige? Because your prestige makes you feel that you are extra-ordinary. Your prestige gives you a solid identity in society. People with money and prestige do all sorts of nonsensical and immoral things and get away with it. People talk about them behind their backs and greet them on their faces because of their power and prestige.

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