RE: Being important is not so important but knowing what is important is very important
Powerful thoughts...too much to absorb in one sitting...
I agree with what "should" be important...most of us really begin to wrestle with that as we get older and limitations set in...of course...everyone's DNA is different and there are those who die with their boots on still pretending they have the energy and needs of their youth...
But...especially in USA...its become very expensive to "live"...even if frugal...the cost of living forces one to make financial career choices that may not nourish their soul...if one marries...has children...absorbs the respondsibilties associated wiht that...they are often forced to stay in a job just to make ends meet...and we often come across individuals who are able to play the system to their benefit and grab more than they deserve...so trying to balance conscious with reality becomes a real struggle...
Yes...at heart...I believe most people know what should truly matter in life...just my time with the Steemit forum has validated that ..and despite all the horror the news portrays...if more people were bad vs good...the world would fall in on itself...but...lets face it...we don't always get the recognition or thumbs up approval for doing real daily human things...and unfortunately...we humans seem to thrive on validation...
So...as we evolve...we seem to face a major tension between becoming more "machine like" vs more " spiritually human"....society seems to reward "machine like success"....how far will it go? I don't know...its a tug of war with no obvious winner...meanwhile I will do the best I can in my little sphere to tug the rope more to feeling human.
Powerful response my good fellow.
I agree, it was much to take in. I simple had to get it out. The issue burned within me over the festive period, especially after this talk I had with my niece.
You capture the terrible dilemma in these tragic modern times. It has all come about ever so slowly that no one has really noticed it coming. Rather like the story of the frog placed in a pan of cold water and is heated up so slowly it does not notice that it is being boiled alive.
The real problem lies in the fact that society had become what is known as a "psychopathic society"- This is a known phenomenon that happens when psychopathic types are in positions of authority. The conditions are gradually created so that "normal" people are pushed into being more psychopathic - meaning less empathic, less caring, forced to choose between doing the right thing and bending the rules in order to make ends meet.
The way I see it, the only way this can be turned around is to create a system that ensures those with psychopathic traits can not get into positions of power. Like we have laws to stop convicted pedophiles working with children, we can have laws to stop psychopaths having position where care and honesty is important. We have the technology to do that today,. A no painful brain scan can reveal a psychopath within an hour. We could have it that any person going into politics etc could volunteer to have their brain scanned for psychopathy traits. I would not recommend that disqualify them but it would at least give the citizen, the voter, the knowledge that this person has no conscience to stop them from doing the wrong thing. Just some thoughts I had.
Thank you @bobreedo you always give thoughtful and wise answers and I always appreciate them.