Everyone has an #ego, that's part of the #human #experience. Similarly, everyone has an #agenda.
Some agendas are #unconscious, because they are based on unresolved #control dramas. This typically involves a #desire to accumulate #power through #intimidation, #domination, and control. This path cannot be satiated and ultimately leads to #ruin.
Some agendas are #conscious, because they are based on a search for #purpose, #meaning and #truth. This path leads to #liberation.
The truth shall set you #free.
Most people will present themselves through a combination of both, because, whilst most of us are genuinely well intentioned, resolving our deep seated control dramas requires a level of #energy, #commitment, and #time that most of us do not have the good #fortune to pursue. In other words, and rather ironically, it's life, and our (unconscious) life choices, that get in the way of finding the truth that frees us from the drama of life. In short, and as the saying goes, "we are our own worst enemy".
This situation is not entirely down to the individual, although we are all contributing, through our choices, to the way the world is, and we therefore live in a world we have all created. We are all #responsible for how we got here, but no one is to blame. Through a long series of choices, we are where we are, which is a world geared towards a high time preference, and whilst this is systemic, choosing to remain within the system, once we know the truth, is karmic.
Conscious #intention is irrelevant without appropriate (right) #action.
We all have a #choice. A choice to continue in a world dominated by the drama of high time preference living, whereby we all end up with less time, or a choice to slow down and reconnect with our true purpose and meaning, returning to the eternal presence within and giving rise to the answer... why am I here?
Maybe those still caught within the drama need the guidance of those who have liberated themselves from the drama? Maybe they don't?
Maybe those still caught within the drama are destined to remain, because this is the very essence and meaning of #karma and/or free will?
Maybe guidance can only take the form of appropriate action, i.e. leading by example, because talk has become such a cheap commodity in a world that is no longer listening?
Maybe those still caught within the drama are also too blind to see?
Maybe this is why we should be wary of false prophets, because, in the valley of the #blind, the one eyed man is #king?
Ultimately, everyone, and everything, has purpose and meaning, but this only becomes relevant when we learn to see past the egos and agendas that are presented to us through human interaction and invention. This is why the natural world is far more informative when seeking liberation, than the human, or digital world. The natural world has no ego or agenda, only blind truth.
When it comes to humans, the key to unlocking a greater understanding comes from the realisation that it's what the message means within, to the eye of the beholder, that's important, not who or how the message is delivered. The truth presents itself in each and every moment, and sometimes that truth can be ugly.
We always have a choice, because choice (#consciousness) is who we are. The choice is, to #believe the messenger, or to look for the (often hidden) meaning within the #message... The former is easy, the later is not, for it requires #discernment, #integrity, #wisdom, and above all else, #patience...
Thank you kindly šš»
I didn't realise there is an original, full version. The longer version that I am familiar with goes as follows:
#God, grant me the #Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, #Courage to change the things I can, and #Wisdom to know the difference.
Grant me the #Patience with the changes that take time, #Appreciation of all that I have, #Tolerance of those with different struggles, and the #Strength to get up and try again, one day at a time.
"Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name."
- Psalm 100:4
#GeneralElection2024 #GE24
How I feel about #politics... I #vote #bitcoin.
Fix the #money, fix the world.
Not being able to have open conversations about #bitcoin and other "Controversial Things" with "#normal" people feels like a type of imposed restriction on free #speech, so getting #together, at https://bitcoinevents.uk, with others who #value challenges and #respect challenging conversations actually feels very liberating and energising, when in #reality, that is what every conversation with anyone should have the potential to be.
It seems that many have already decided to #censor themselves, without question, and are willing to censor you if you enter into #unknown territory with them.
I find this state of self imposed social exclusion and self #censorship deeply troubling, as it deliberately restricts intellectual #growth and the forming of deeper, more meaningful #human connections.
Let's not pretend that diversity, equity, and inclusion (#dei) is what it is, it should be known as #DIE because that looks like where this is all heading. #Diversity, #Inclusion and #Equity is another #war on our #sovereignty, our inalienable human rights, and our very notion of #freedom itself. It is yet another attempt to crush the human #spirit and divide humanity from itself, and from #creation.
Ask yourself:
How did the War on #Poverty end?
How did the War on #Drugs end?
How did the War on #Terror end?
How is the War on #Cancer going?
How is destroying the #environment, in order to save the environment going to end?
How is destroying #humanity, going to save humanity?
Do you see a pattern here... the reality of the #world is inverted. If you take a 180Ā° view of the world, things start to make more sense.
#God, grant me the #serenity, to accept the things I cannot change, the #courage to change the things I can, and the #wisdom to know the difference. šš»
This is the first year in my living memory where there are no blackbirds in the garden š„ and the increasing number and sound of the crows feels eerie and somewhat ominous.
It is currently unclear to me as to whether #peace, #love and #acceptance is an appropriate response to an imminent threat to my #life, to my way of life, and/or to those to whom I hold dear and who share my way of life...
...and to clarify what I mean by "my way of life", I mean those like me who cherish and hold dear the #values, #morals and #ethics of peace, love and acceptance...
#Tolerance is an admirable virtue, until a point is reached where ones #sovereignty and #autonomy are brought into question. Then, I believe natural law takes precedence, as the right to self defence becomes a necessity.
"Professing themselves to be #wise, they became #fools."
- Romans 1:22
"Pride leads to disgrace, but with #humility comes #wisdom."
- Proverbs 11:2
It feels like we're transitioning from the "gradually" phase, to the "then suddenly" phase...
"What if this is a dream?"
- Doug Quaid
...open your mind...
...OPEN YOUR MIND...
I think i get it...
...it's all an internal metaphor, so even this is somewhat pointless...
I am ultimately just taking to myself.
...as above, so below, as within, so without...
...proof only works in the negative...
...disproving is what makes a scientific fact...
...nothing is the ultimate reality, everything else is either a mental construct or a mental concept...
"Your mind is like a parachute, it doesn't work if it's not open."
- Jordan Maxwell
This is a tough one...
Techno-Feudalism vs The Stone Age
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Something just clicked...
I'm not here to save this world.
I am here to build the new one.
From just a UI perspective, it doesn't look like #Steemit has changed at all since I joined in 2018.
What was useful was finding that I can copy / paste my article from the https://Highlighter.com WYSIWYG editor and it maintained the markdown styling for Steemit, but Steemit is still a very basic editor.
My hope is that I can reach an audience through #Substack, whilst also testing and using clients like nostr:npub1w0rthyjyp2f5gful0gm2500pwyxfrx93a85289xdz0sd6hyef33sh2cu4x on #nostr and then make an argument for the benefits of nostr as more and more people start to embrace the #bitcoin economy.
Ooooh yeah, thanks Zen. I'd completely forgotten about steemit. That's also based on a decentralised blockchain model, isn't it?
If you don't mind me asking, why do you personally lean towards Substack? and why do you mention Steemit? is there a decent community on steemit? What's it's unique selling point?