Intellectualizing life

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Intellectualizing Life

One of the things I observe with the advent of the internet is that everybody can and does have a voice.  This is a wonderful thing of course.  The flip side of it though is that we also get to see inside peoples heads and worlds in ways we would never have imagined.

I notice this in 2 main ways:

1. The things people say “publicly” on Facebook, Myspace and the other social media outlets is incredible.  I think it is an incredibly unhealthy way to air things that we would never otherwise do.  The Bible talks a lot about the folly of words spoken in haste and this is clearly seen in the many unfortunate arguments, marriage break ups and unkind words that ends up on the net, never to be erased.

2. The other thing I notice particularly through my online circles around personal development and wealth creation is an alarming trend to intellectualise our problems and our lives.  I say alarming because I read so many people trying to “fix” things in their lives through knowledge alone and in my lifetime I have found it simply doesn’t work.  I have trained and worked with thousands of people in the area of wealth creation and property investment for example and working on the real estate between their ears is ALWAYS the biggest job.  People self sabotage and through low self esteem, fear and lack of discipline far more than they ever fail through a lack of strategies and techniques.

So the luxury afforded to us by the likes of the internet spawns an enormous amount of pontification on subjects little known by the authors and your ability to gain an audience is determined by your SEO skills rather than any real ability to help others.

I come across sites these days that are specifically designed to generate internet traffic off a key word so they have automatically generated content. No real human being is really involved at all.  So the problem with that is if someone is suicidal for example and looks for help on the net they could land on a site that has all the appearance of being what they want but when they read the first 3 posts or articles they will be advised to

• click here to go through regressive rebirth therapy where you can access your previous lives and deal with the issue
• click here to get some awesome drugs that will solve the problem or
• click here to find someone to have sex with which will somehow solve the problem

So this mass information, cerebral age we are witnessing, whilst it has incredible benefits is also creating a world of lies and deception where you can no longer trust what you read or see.  And it is almost impossible to teach people how to discern the real from the drivel as we have so lost our way spiritually.  Only by being connected to absolute truth can you discern error and that just isn’t PC in today’s world.

I hope I have “disturbed” you enough to have you thinking about this for the rest of the day.  What is real and true and why do I think it is or isn’t?   It’s a question you need to be able to answer!!

Stay Inspired and Stay Safe ~ Dean Letfus

The Ethical Investing Strategist