The incessant pull to be kept up to date with news and be made relevant through media is not what all humans actually yearn for, at its core. We feed ourselves with nourishment and make ourselves relevant through coming to know who we truly are, and for this, we require a balance of external and internal input.
Each day, there are thousands of people hungrily listening to details of news stories or opinions hoping to gain nourishment or get a glimpse of their own truth, understanding, and/or a sense of resolution to their problems, or simply to be distracted and entertained. It is certainly wonderful to express, share amazing ideas, and be seen as emergent thinkers, doers and leaders, yet, I question the disservice to society when there lacks a balance of support which also includes enough guidance for internal reflection, listening inwards, and connecting with the wisdom of the earth under our feet.
Does it ever feel to you as if there’s already enough chatter in the world?
Can we even hear our own true voice? More, and more, and more… is what we are taught necessary, because it satisfies a deep, unchallenged belief that who we are right now is somehow inadequate. Is it possible to together begin assessing the amount and quality of what we consume and the actual nourishment and fulfillment it provides us? The beauty of coming to know ourselves through self-reflection is that we stop preferencing what the outside world is doing. It becomes of less relevance.
Let us sponsor each person’s unique growth. Let us encourage each other to plant seeds that stray from this automatic, consumptive mindset. Does this mean that content creators no longer create, or that we end following the threads of where we are drawn? Absolutely not! Creativity is so intelligent and abundant and is the life force expressing itself through us. It is simply beginning to acknowledge the usefulness of limits on our technological use, and not as deprivation, but as an opportunity to lessen our distractibility, follow our own intrinsic blueprint, turn down the volume on fear mongering, and strengthen new muscles of experiencing time that feels valuable over the long-term.
I would like to contribute to a society where the subtle turning away from media platforms becomes revelatory and feeds the deepest source of each person’s life force. Will you join me?
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