Don't Feed the Fox

05/13/20 • 37 min

Doing a little clean up from last week's episode after a few messages and comments in response. To punctuate - my overarching ambition of last week's dialogue was to inspect myself and look for ways to protect against falling into the trap of being expert, authority, finding positional privilege, mastery, greater experience, or whatever to the point that I lose a sense of humility and kindness towards others. There are many slippery little slopes to tumble down if you aren't aware of your footing.
But, the major goal of this week was to talk about my standpoint on not dolling out handouts, but rather try to help those in need who are also making efforts to help themselves and also pay it forward.

Previous Episode

Machinations of Manipulation & Self Import

After listening to this over I feel like I was a bit frenetic and not quite articulate in taking my thoughts into specifics. But, it's posted and I feel there are multiple layers of messaging.
1st. I gave up FoxNews and CNN in favor of a few more 'less manipulative' media sources. I couldn't have found a better start to settling into some inner quiet again and affording myself the opportunity to think freely/ engagingly.
2nd. Stanford Prison Experiment of 1971. The psychological effects of perceived power.
https://www.prisonexp.org/
After watching countless videos of 'authority' and how they seem to handle interactions with their fellow citizens reminded me of this experiment/study. I started down the road of looking at it not only in relation to power but also success, mastery, confidence, etc. and as a departure point to investigate humility.