One shifts one’s responsibility for the situation one is currently in to someone else.
One is running away from one’s life tasks by saying that everything is the fault of other people, or the fault of one’s environment.
It’s exactly the same as with the story I mentioned earlier about the female student with the fear of blushing.
One lies to oneself, and one lies to the people around one, too. When you really think about it, it’s a pretty severe term.
YOUTH: But how can you conclude that I am lying? You don’t know anything about what kind of people I have around me,
or what kind of life I lead, do you? PHILOSOPHER: True, I don’t know anything about your past.
Not about your parents, or your elder brother either. I know only one thing.
YOUTH: What’s that? PHILOSOPHER: The fact that you—and no one else—are the one who decided your lifestyle.
YOUTH: Argh! PHILOSOPHER: If your lifestyle were determined by other people or your environment,
it would certainly be possible to shift responsibility. But we choose our lifestyles ourselves. It’s clear where the responsibility lies.
YOUTH: So you’re out to condemn me. But you’re calling people liars and cowards. And saying that everyone is my responsibility.
PHILOSOPHER: You must not use the power of anger to look away. This is a very important point.
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