strings: that we are deceiving ourselves? Do we know that we are deceiving ourselves ? What do we mean by this deception ? I think it is very important, because the more we deceive ourselves the greater is the strength in the deception; for it gives us a certain vitality, a certain energy, a certain capacity which entails the imposing of our deception on others. So gradually we are not only imposing deception on ourselves but on others. It is an interacting process of selfdeception. Are we aware of this process? We think we are  capable of thinking very clearly, purposefully and directly; and are we aware that, in this process of thinking, there is self-deception ?