Why people brag?

We live in the age of digital information. Most of the things related to any field are now  displayed on the internet. You have to search and find out the sources what you require. This world today is highly advanced technology wise and so anybody can educate himself, if he wants to enrich his knowledge. Knowing this well, still some people are desperate to brag  their internal resources pertaining to their education, knowledge, wealth and status.  They are very much fond of getting adulated, and want to be listened whenever they talk; despite the fact whether the same is beneficiary for others or not. By any chance, if no one gives adequate attention to their bragging, they get very upset. Whenever anyone is suffering from this syndrome “listen to me, I am talking” and show an attitude of arrogance, he may be literally happy and joyful.  But is it really so?  Why people brag to prove their greatness? The reason, they suffer from inferiority complex and to come out from this social impasse, they like to dominate people, which include spouses, siblings, friends, colleagues and sometimes, parents also.  By pretending and showing their happiness through the path of bragging, they always want to be in the social limelight.

Recent study of two regions of brain:

As per the latest information appeared in the Journal of Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, it is said that based on the two regions of the brain, namely medial prefrontal cortex and ventral striatum, the scientists find out an answer to this perplexing matter of bragging.

The prefrontal cortex is responsible for self-referential thinking, whereas the ventral striatum portion is associated with good feel factor. The scientific data shows that people, who prefer to brag have a tremendous concept of self-love without bothering much for others welfare. They always have a self-centered attitude. Over a period of time, this behavioral pattern and feelings develop poor connectivity between these two regions of the brain. Further, they are obsessed with themselves so much that internally they don’t feel good.  Precisely that is the reason, they prefer to brag and want people to admire them to their heart’s content.  Up to a certain point, all of us accept that self-ego is our true self. But if you resort to the practice of meditation, you will be able to connect yourself with the divine-spirit and can realize that ego is nothing but an illusory shadow influencing your mind.  Our entity in the form of our bodies is a part of universal consciousness.  Due to our very much sensitiveness to the idea of creating identification with our bodies, we simply forget our true nature, the true purpose of our lives, what we must take from our lives and how we should behave.  When we forget these meaningful identities, we move from one illusion to another and without achieving any tangible results, we pretend that we have a tremendous accomplishment.  Then we start bragging till the time we become contended fully.  Because of our wrong perception of our mind and body, we develop an ego, which is sometimes beyond limit, fearful, greedy and full of anxieties.  All the psychological and emotional disturbances evolve from ego. We  brag to show our superiority. Some people, of course, try to subdue ego just not to increase the intensity of bragging, but how far they remain successful, it is a matter of debate. When people face constraints, obstacles and hindrances, they try to resolve the same by strengthening ego by default and want to show off that they are not bothered.

To become happier, we should never brag and the ego needs to be controlled.  We must dissolve ego by doing meditation.  When you do the meditation for a considerable period of time, you come out from the dark side of your life and you get connected  with universal consciousness, which is the real purpose of living.

The research in neuroscience has established this fact that the positive effect of meditation is enormous and it not only purifies your body and soul, but also reduces your ego and tendency of bragging.  The meditation decreases the signal in the areas of the brain close to the mid-line.  These areas include an anterior insular, the left ventral and the anterior cingulated cortex, the right medial pre-frontal cortex and the bilateral precuneus. 

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If you observe psychologically, all these areas have utmost importance with respect to inducement of self-referential thoughts.  When the intensity of this signal decreases, it indicates that someone is making a good progress in the practice of meditation.   At that stage, people won’t brag, because they would not like to exaggerate their achievement.  Further, during the time of correct signal, as the meditation progress considerably, the inflated ego will be lessened. The meditation soothes the areas of the brain associated with ego, which only makes us to brag, which  ultimately disallow us to connect to the absolute consciousness.  Bliss will be in abundance in our life when we do not think to brag and we shed our ego.  But our affinity with the ego is so high that we may fear losing our own identities and superiority. This large ego provokes us to brag  and we get deprived of eternal bliss.  If you can somehow get rid of this ego, you will not lose anything.  On the contrary, you will gain considerably as you will be able to connect to absolute consciousness.  So, shedding the ego is an important aspect of life, which will make your mind calm and tranquil.  Then you will not think to brag at all.