The taste of success
It is universally accepted that addiction
is
psychological rather than
biological; result of image making of the brain not of any other anatomy. Addiction is only seen in the human not in any other animal. Firstly it is important to know the cause rather than the consequence of addiction.
Common addiction materials are drugs; they create hallucination; under the spell one experiences greater range of imagery; sense of elation and success and excitement.
Why does human intelligence need imageries and a carving to be different and successful compare to one’s immediate family? Psychologist Jacques Lacan described it as a ‘mirror image’. An infant learns to look at itself in the eye of the others as if looking at its image in a mirror. This perception of looking itself in the eye of the others brings in emotion of shame, guilt, repentance and such which are peculiar to human. An infant is a social animal. An addictive resource has its roots in creating the self – image.
The conscious is aware of the ‘other world’ and a private emotional transaction of ‘self’. When conscious tries to fight against the expectations of the ‘the other’ and the ‘self’ then there is a conflict; this conflict brings hallucination experience inevitable.
Basically; experiences are inspired by the chemical generated in the brain through the agency of unconscious part of the psyche by multiple dreams. Secondly imagery that one creates for oneself might end up in verbal behaviour like humor, hysteria or banter. At creative level poetry, friction, silence or even in meditation. Thirdly imagery of self could be achieved by external help like drugs and addictive substances.
There is yet another way of achieving the mirror stage, pursuing of ‘self’ by the ‘other’ planted by human consciousness; that is by, repeating a lie repeatedly and believing that lie is the truth.
Successful at work is the psychic tendency. It is telling oneself that ‘If you can’t change the system, then join the system.’ Here there are two considerations, one; those who are materially successful might reach a stage where they needn’t achieve anymore for the biologically need. Unfortunately rich are stimulated only by chasing the wealth and the powerful in the fear of loosing the power.
Secondly; successful people become orthodox in course of time and fight against change. Material success is a smart lie one tell oneself, and successful people sleep with their socks on and don’t sleep even when their body sleeps. They escape from their ‘self’, visualize that success is the mission of their life.
Workaholics are like successful people. More so like ‘man-eater’ tiger. Once a tiger tastes man’s blood it wouldn’t eat its natural food. ‘Man-eater’ is not favoured by the community of tigers. Whereas, in human society the more the successful the man is higher the status. This is because of the material infrastructure of the human society such as - capital, investment and economical growth.
Great achievers don’t achieve for themselves but for the human society by large, they are for from success in this limited sense. Great thinkers, the revolutionaries, the prophets, the inventers had learnt the taste of failure rather than success. It is said Shakespeare didn’t exploit his success; James Joyce explored the farthe