The image of success lost its connection with illumination, or being successful, or being in tune with the events happening in our life and now is connected with fame, with obtaining external appreciation, or earning a good salary, etc.
The perception of being a winner or a loser now has links only with the results and, for this, the means became secondary, originating the idea that “the end validates the means”.
This type of value led also to acting without love to what is being done and to the degenerative habit of performing actions or having aims not in accordance with something in which one really believes or is in tune with.
The effect of this habit caused the rejection of talents and art in life and, consequently, on what one does.
The interpretation of acts and objectives in life have totally lost their association with knowledge.
To be educated was “translated” into being a scholar or erudite, creating the distance with what generates culture. Above all, the exercise of culture should be a process in constant transformation, where the inner germination, the maturing, and the translation into living from that which is assimilated or learnt, become values, habits or practices, personalized and nourished by civilizations or groups that, one way or the other, deepen knowledge so intensely that this becomes part of their lives so naturally as the air that is inhaled.
Today there are only a few sages among about 6 billion inhabitants of the planet.
The way in the direction of the new era goes through the renewal of these values where intuition is present.
The revitalization of culture presupposes the germination of new values and their maturing, which happens with the adaptation and transformation of habits.
To transform the society into a society of sages is a matter of working with the “illumination” of what we have inside of ourselves and is hibernating for a long time in the darkness that impedes access to the treasures that are accumulated inside of each one.
To rekindle values such as self-esteem and self-love helps to lighten the journey where you can dedicate company and protection to yourself and be your own guide.
Valorization of silence and introspection are the essential foundations for whoever wants to take part in this journey.
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Author: Herbert Santos Silva
The source of this extract is the book A Walk in the Garden of Wisdom, by Herbert Santos Silva
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