Page 59 - The Debased Culture of Superficiality

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son under this culture’s influence has an extremely shallow,
narrow mental make-up.
The unpleasant culture of superficiality is also influential
in the way people give off-putting forms and meanings to
their expressions. For example, people living within that cul-
ture adopt a squint as they engage in gossip, one of the
unpleasing features of that culture. In a similar way, they
open their eyes as wide as possible and exhibit an ugly
appearance in order to express admiration or amazement.
During private conversations with others with whom they
share this same culture they constantly look to right and left.
In addition to these, they also have sly ways of looking espe-
cially while prying into subjects which they know is actually
not their business. This consists of looking out of the corner
of the eyes or concealing the object of the interest by pre-
tending to be looking elsewhere.
A wise person is able to watch himself and to identify and
correct any improper behavior and body language. Such peo-
ple are therefore immediately able to alter such behavior in
themselves. Superficial people, on the other hand, lack the
intelligence with which to perform such analysis and self-
criticism. For example, even if the abnormality of the expres-
sions just outlined above are described to them, they still fail
to understand, because they see nothing wrong in them, and
may even suggest that these are perfectly natural reactions.
Their perspective is far too shallow to permit them to distin-
guish between superficiality and naturalness. Of course,
when someone is surprised, his eyes may expand. When he
is curious, he may show it in his face. But here we are refer-