CROWD DECEPTION!!

“Everyone is the other, and no one is himself” -‘–Martin Heidegger

It seems rowdy, faceless with too many things happening at the same time. It swallows real identity and creates a platform where nothing but indifference, irresponsibility and lack of responsibility are fostered.

The crowd! Not a place that gives one space for reflection, introspection and sober moments. Alway bubbling, loud and noisy. A place that makes one lose ones voice, often living through the lenses of others.

Believe the ovations of the crowd to mean loyalty, Believe its chants and hype to mean undying support one would probably be holding the tail of an eel.

CROWD ( Creating Reality Otherwise Woefully Deceptive)

Fubara was subsumed in the crowd, he never understood how crowd work, he took their noise, their grandstanding, their impulsiveness and overly logaciousness as undying support and loyalty. When the chips are down, push comes to shove, they all disappeared like flies latching of maggots when life threatening sprays come on them.

The Crowd, giving chants of praises when one is on the stage performing, but fade and muffled when stones, arrows and pebbles of aggression, disgrace and disengagement begin to haul on one.

The crowd, a place to be for a while not a place to build castles. A place to stir and excite one for a while, not a place to tarry and make a home. A place not to assess the reality of ones stuff and traction, nothing genuine can be found there. It is a place to while away time, feel good on the fake ego massaging and walks away when serious issues call for serious and productive engagement

Crowd! Dont bury your head in whatever they present or champion. Never take to the bank the cheers and hyping that echo from them. Nothing is as deceptive as whatever they come up with. When all one knows about oneself is what the crowd scream and screw into ones head, one at best is in a chase to catch a wind, which would never happen.

Move away from the noise of the crowd periodically to have a real feel of who one truly is. Pay no attention to their eulogies, they are fake most times. Don’t get consumed with the beaming of their smiling faces, their hearts may be opposite of it. Never get charmed by the height of self glorification they built around you, believe them, your fall from such an imaginary height becomes disgraceful.

Be in the crowd, you should, because you are human, with emotion and deep crave to feel good and validated. But never see them real and genuine enough to give you purpose and direction. I tell you, none of such can be found in the crowd.

Take time periodically to stay away from the crowd, watch them from a distance, only then one would understand how illusory it is to trust whatever that comes from the crowd. Crowd is where conformity to idle talk is lifestyle. Where loss of individuality is possible and where inauthentic existence is far from being a surreal.

If all that one knows about oneself is all that the crowd echo then ones journey to self discovery is far flung.

*Truth Is that which makes a people certain, clear and strong* Martin Heidegger

The truth is, move away from the crowd if one would be certain of who one is, clear about their direction and be strong in living an authentic life devoid of crowd deception and flatteries.

Identify your crowd, it could be a cloister of church members, colleagues, social friends, WhatsApp group engagement etc And disengage from them periodically to discover self.

*The most thought provoking thing in our thought provoking time is that we are still not thinking*– Martin Heidegger

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