When I talk about bullshits, I remember another analogy which is involved with the same stuff. It talks about the real intention behind an act. Some of us called it fakers when the act is with ill intentions or in the legal terms, mala fide.
The story goes like this . A bird was flying through a winter storm and she lost her power and she fell to the ground frozen but still alive. It was freezing and she know that she is near death. A snow fox saw the frozen bird and it dig the bird out of the snow and carry it to a bull. She asked the bull to help the frozen bird and the bull agreed and she shit on the bird. The bird felt a warming sensation and came a life. She sang Celine Dion's song , I am alive and start to thank the bull and the fox. But, before she can fly off, the fox catch and eat it .
People can go to the full extent to help or get other people to help through bull shits when you are in trouble but their final intention is to hurt you or make use of you for their purpose. There is a Buddha nature in everyone of us but at the same time,there are also evil nature in everyone of us.
It is proper to follow a Chinese saying that " if we receive a favor, we will remember it for a thousand years" . But, we do not need to fulfill the evil deeds of another person by sacrificing our self or our creditability and integrity. There should be a limit to repaying a favor and it has to be positive , legal and righteous.
In life, we have to be aware of other people's intention. Some help could be crude , direct and hurting but sincere. Others could be kind, gentle and proper. It is the intention that matters . The form could be different but the substance is more important. Fakers are smooth talkers and good actors and they can project themselves well but with a foxy motive.
Namaste.
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