[Thespiritexpress] Social Dilemma Commentary to share...

[Lydia Rand]

Sorry I meant The Social Dilemma, not Social media. Yes on Netflix I am pretty sure, or maybe Amazon prime. One of the two.

> On Oct 31, 2020, at 15:53, joan burleigh via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
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> Hi Toni,
> Can you get this from Netflix?
> I'm not in any social media groups
> but I'd still like to see the film.
> Thanks for telling us all this.
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> Joan
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> On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 12:57 PM Toni Bernbaum via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org <mailto:thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org>> wrote:
> This is a long read but I too, like Viktoria, was very stirred by the Social Dilemma and was moved to write about it with another community I am a member of…..thought to bring it out to share now
> for those of you interested in this conversation. 
> Love and Blessings, Truth and Beauty, 
> Discernment and Courage, 
> Toni
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> > Dear Ones….and Happy Equinox, 
> > A fitting day of equal dark and light to comment on this amazing film, which Ron and I watched a few days ago. 
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> > The Social Dilemma, ,for me,  was  ultimately, about being BRAINWASHED by our ADDICTION to social media as well as all random information as we look constantly outward and less and less heed this season’s advice to “look within:.  The film depicts our lack of ability to exercise discernment, boundaries, and the power to “question (media’s) authority”. (one of my favorite bumper stickers.)  Hence, the real danger of social media and particularly its effect on the youth, already in the swim of trying to figure out who they are and what’s going on here, in this vast ocean of samsara.
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> > In these days of false news, blatant manipulation of facts, differing and grossly opposing positions, it is incumbant upon each individual to be informed from both sides and then, make up our own minds about where we stand and from what point do we stand still or take action. 
> > 
> > Martin Prectel first introduced to me, the native idea, “Know your enemy.  Learn the language of your opponent.”
> > To me this is about diversity and knowing all points of view on the medicine wheel in order to know the center. What is dangerous, in my opinion, 
> > is that we are slowly loosing our capacity to examine situations and listen deeply to perspectives that differ from our own…..no matter what those
> > perspectives are. We are preaching to the choir and fortifying our positions and creating a greater gap of separation in our righteous claim to being right.
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> > Out of respect and curiosity and value for the truth, and admitting we don’t REAllY know,  we can gain from others research, experience and opinions but it is in the BALANCE with the deeper knowing of our own present experience of SELF knowledge and access to the open channel of our intuitive guidance that all perceptions need be filtered through.  “Don’t believe everything you think” ……another bumper sticker fav, and certainly don’t believe everything you read, or see. This is what is in question to consider here.  What does it really mean to be open minded? To respect anothers opinion? To NOT take opposition personally?
> > To honor the worthy opponent? And to have the courage to look within, find our own truth and let go of any need to be right, or be liked, or be popular….yes, there is work of the west here, in facing our fears……and particularly our fear of the unknown which is the fabric of our current crisis.  How do we stay in the balance and endure the tension of “not knowing.” in this precarious time of transition? How do know what is true? How can we protect ourselves from fear mongering, manipulation and being part of the matrix?
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> > David Hawkin said something to the affect that the biggest problem for humanity and its evolution is that it does not know the truth. 
> > Our society, he notes, calibrates at a frequency of density that is based on false information and our willingess to destroy each other in the defense of those
> > positions. 
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> > Social media is not, in and of itself, dangerous……it is however, lethal in the hands of the unconscious and fearful reactivity to false information. That is the problem.  
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> > And this to me, is only a time of greater motivation and imperative to pursue the Truth……to ask ourselves the true questions…..Who am I?  What is my purpose?
> > How shall I live? What makes me right and you wrong?
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> > Just sayin. 
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> > Love and blessings on this Fall Equinox 2020, 
> > Tonijean
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