RE: Does society prefer 'Dumb & Rich' to 'Wise & Poor?'

[atma.love]

... when someone has wisdom, insight, or helpful conversation to offer society, do you think people should recognize it and elevate them? Do you think it's the speaker's responsibility to build their own platform and make their value 'obvious enough' to compete with the megaphone? Do you think it's a blend of the two?

This is a very interesting question.

I've tended to the latter over the last 15 years or so since i felt i had something beneficial to share. I slowly built up my Fakebook, Linked In etc. followings by, in the earlier days, sending lots of connection requests and messages. This has become for the more recent years where i am receiving many connection requests but hardly sending any.

For connection requests i receive i accept virtually all and often respond with an pre-written introduction message containing my story and several links to very useful resources re. holistic living and health. I've also made a couple of website. Nowadays i tend much more toward the former but still share a little on Hive.

I've dropped FB (and Whatsapp) as i now choose to withdraw my agreement from using a platform which perpetrates violence through censorship and so called "fact checking" which actually gives false facts.

... do you think society is missing out on important voices and ideas while they chase inaccurate (albeit accomplished) influencers?

For sure!

Do you think it's even possible to tell a truly 'smart' advisor from an empty talking head?

Another good question. Yes i do, and i think it depends on the "level of consciousness" of the person making the judgement as to how well they are able to judge the advisors information. I think that the more we are able to be in the present moment, accepting responsibility for the creation around us, without judgement (of people or circumstances) and the more we know who we really are, then the better will be our ability to judge well the content of the information shared, and therefore of the advisor (at least in the present moment).

Thanks for sharing.

Namaste
Atma

Comments

[ryzeonline]

Thank you. And kudos to you on building your platform, and setting up a system to handle connection requests, and on your website(s).

"The writer of these words however, is a character in a dream, of life, of love. He does not remember all the time that 'this life is just a dream, a dream made of love'."

I really enjoyed this line. :)

I agree about missing out on voices, but hopefully society is able to improve this.

Fantastic point regarding 'level of consciousness' as it relates to judgment & discernment of content-quality in the present-moment.

Thanks for contributing to the discussion, namaste! 🙏