This isn’t about food and beverages, despite the fact this rules can be applied directly to that area of live as well. But today I am going to share my takeaways on importance of the intake for our brains.
As usually I won’t pretend these thoughts are unique or innovative, yet these are coming from authentic experienced I have witnessed and connected to the current point I am at. An opinionated yet slightly different perspective is all we need. Sometimes.
A first wave of attack started in around 2020. We have been bombarded with news, statistics, assumptions from experts (opinionated yet often positioned as expert knowledge). Now we’re in a second phase of the battle for human minds.
Let’s start with the reasons. There is 1 root cause and 2 reasons:
- energy flows where the attention goes
- if attention is on an event X, an event Y goes (mostly) unnoticed
If you’re not paying for it - you’re the product
Our attention is a currency. We are a few steps away from locking ourselves in an imaginary world. AI generated utopia, where every step brings joy, happiness, excites us. Until the point we die. A few will refuse, some will wake up when reality hits hard with an idea of spending all the resources on entertainments. Most will be reactive and will take what’s proposed.
Because more and more often we are paying for becoming a product. Starting from survey, CCTV and other tools funded from tax payers, ending using paid products that spies on us. Stop believing if you’re paying for something it’s yours and you’re in control. This isn’t 20th century anymore and this rule is not working.
Renting tools, hardware, software, a flat - does not make you an owner. You’re a user. Would you like to have a slightly bigger flat and a balcony for an additional charge of 200$ per month? We’re on the way there.
Paying with an attention
I won’t go deep into 5D world, energy, channels, karma, God, Universe. First of all because that’s a topic for another book, not a short article. Second - I have no other explanation for so many events and thing around us. And I don’t believe we’re the smartest out there in a Universe.
Despite of not being the smartest - each of us is a very capable unit. We can build with our hands and destruct with a single word. But let me cut to the chase.
The attention or the focus is a modern currency. Because we’re living in the era of distraction. And 8 hours workday in reality makes no sense. We don’t need to hire anyone to press a button. With advanced machines to automate processes this is already done. And AI is a new step of automation.
From the history we should learn that no matter how automated processes are - there is always a place for a human. In modern world there are less places where humans are needed for a mechanical, repetitive work. More and more work happens in our minds (and souls). And all the technologies we have help us to bring it into the reality.
Yes, reaching the goal requires repetitive actions, but these aren’t even close to passive sitting on the bench or standing by a control button and pressing it for eight hours straight. Starting from high-quality communication, through people leadership and ending with innovation and complex problem solving. Each and every action requires us to understand, feel, make decision and act.
Distractions
Distractions aren’t only fun. These are energy stealers. These are replacing real problem solving. There is such a definition coming from media: “substitute topic”. In short that’s a highly emotional topic to capture and hold an attention of masses. In controlled way, obviously. Yet, while everyone’s busy deciding which flowers should never been seen in public gardens - tax law is changed.
It was a time when hiding something required silence. This way silence became awkward. Silence still creates pressure. And it was a sign of someone’s trying to hide information or the details. Distractions, and substitute topic specifically, are meant to hide information in a pile of a similar-looking things. Use noise to mask meaningful things. Movies already taught us this rule - if you’re a spy always use crowded places to reduce the risk of being heard.
Summary
Now let’s summarize these bits. Silence is hard, yet this is a state we can hear the valuable truth. Our attention is valuable, because once distracted and caught - it can be easily manipulated, changing our decisions, directions, slowing us down or stopping completely.
Moreover - being exposed to the noise increases a chance of being manipulated and acquire false information. Uninformed decisions are rarely good. Never great.
If something is “free” - you’re paying with your attention. By not saying “no” to it - you prevent something else coming into your life. Even something isn’t free or dirty cheap - double check it’s serving you.
Among many ideas we’re fighting in 21st century we shall start fighting for the right that was never important - the right to the silence. There is one well-known book, that describes a world where TV can’t be silenced. Luckily system is too greedy at this point, so this isn’t a must yet, but a privilege we have to pay for. Savings from subs are pennies comparing to gain coming from owning time, thoughts and attention.