Fool Me Twice

Fool me once, shame on them.
Fool me twice, shame on me.

After being tricked once, we should learn from our mistakes and avoid being tricked in the same way again. But we’re fooled into reacting, time and time again. It is our reactions that maintain the foolery.

People say words; they are just words.

The importance is in the hearing,
the same as seeing, smelling, touching, tasting.
This is pure perception that cannot be fooled.

The senses do not lie,
interpretations do.