Today I am reminded of the duality that exists among all of us humans, i.e. the nasty penchant we have to serve two masters, live co-existing lives, and the like. I think that one of the most horrific things we do is put on masks. When I say this I am not speaking metaphorically but literally. I think it’s frightening to see someone with a mask on of say, Richard Nixon, or Madonna. Why is that? I rather think that it’s partly due to the fear of not really knowing who is behind the mask. Are they good? Is there evil lurking behind the mask? What is really behind the rubber and plastic?
Hypocrisy is rooted in mask wearing. The ability to, as it were, “put on a face” before others when in reality the face we show to the public is quite different than the reality behind the mask. I’ve thought about these today simply because I have asked myself how often I have been guilty of this hidden vice we all get away with more often than we care to admit. It is difficult to be all things to all men (or all “humans” for you gender sensitive folk). However, we do this by being one thing to one person and perhaps quite the opposite towards another individual.
The goal to strive for is to be ONE person, to be honest with our communications so that we don’t ever have to remember what it is we say to people because, if asked, it will just simply be the truth. The truth never has to be remembered because it’s always going to be the same. When we live hypocritically we by default have to have very good memories and an ability to spin words creatively to convince others that things are a certain way when in reality they are … not.
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