The Dana who feels constricted by her responsibilities strikes a ‘deal’ of sorts with a supernatural being, that allows her to manifest a doppelganger, to experience what she cannot, on her behalf. Whatever her double feels, she will feel. Thus begins Dana Two’s hard partying, with s_x, drugs and such. There was no contract to sign, no ‘soul’ needed, no conditions bound. What seems to be a deal too ‘good’ to be true is often a very bad one in disguise. Even if there is no sabotage in the works by the dealmaker, there will be self-sabotage by the deal taker.
Unless one is already an ideal person, the world surely does not need an imperfect ‘clone’ of oneself. In the first place, the doppelganger was wanted out of greed. Being duplicates, the two Danas have the same greed… and hatred, and delusion. Instead of complementing each other, they eventually pit against each other. Dana Two’s refusal to comply to Dana One distracts her from the life she is obliged to upkeep. Thus, Dana One unleashes her personal ‘demons’, as she becomes vengeful, as vicious as the Dana Two, making it murky as to which Dana is which.
The most intriguing part of the story is the tempting offer of having another ‘free’ self, which the egoistic will surely fall for. Even demons cannot force us to ‘sign up’ for what we do not choose. May we be the persons we ought to be, lest our selfish presence wreaks havoc, what more with two of our’selves’, reflecting transgressions back and forth, spilling beyond. Thank goodness it is not possible to simply create defiled doppelgangers, while the pure Great Bodhisattvas and Buddhas are capable of manifesting numerous versions of themselves, for the greater good of all.
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