One of the principles of the day, which I found in Ray Dalio's (currently among the top most talented entrepreneurs and influential people in the world) is:
"Great people are hard to find so make sure you think about how to keep them."
Given his vision of excellence and high performance, Dalio's standard may seem demanding in terms of the qualities and abilities he seeks in people.
But the idea has stayed with me, and I share it with you. Maybe you choose to pause for a brief inner contemplation on its edge.
Perhaps!
In modern society, it is increasingly challenging to find role models, great people, "great" people, if we were to translate "Great People" literally, people who inspire:
-by who they are,
-by attitude and lucidity of speech,
-by the transparency of their own Truth,
-by coherence between words and actions,
-by integrity and adaptability,
-by "air", by style or way of life.
With the help of media channels and technology, a virtual image, a double, can be constructed to "look good," but it may not have much in common with the reality of being.
However, it is not impossible to meet such people.
One of the major problems is that we are often distracted by superficialities and personal interests, instead of paying attention to characters who have a clear vision of life, supported by a firm backbone and a strong commitment to personal mission or the reason for their embodiment.
... we tend to put more value on appearances, on superficial achievements, on formally supported moral values, on spiritual or universal values that do not indicate the ESSENCE of the human condition, on copied statements embellished with many often empty words.
There is a tendency to judge people based on a narrow set of criteria, such as social status, financial level, FB, IG, Tik-tok, LinkedIn, Twitter accounts, holding important positions, and acquiring resonant labels.
Are they evidence of a "Valuable Human"?
A Valuable Human, in my view:
-has searched,
-has turned himself inside out,
-has shaken off his adolescent ego,
-has shed "warts, mold, and mud,"
-has accompanied God into the depths of pain,
-has embraced the path (not one that sounds pompous but one that speaks radically, naturally about him), sometimes with nettles up to his shoulders,
-has freed himself from passions and desires, which he has replaced with inspired reasons and missions.
A Valuable Human is not necessarily a Model, with qualities like honesty, altruism, empathy, or compassion displayed anytime, anywhere, and anyhow.
That's a theatrical model on the stage of Life.
A Valuable Human will manifest them freely, directly, and just where he feels alive, where he has connection, competence, and autonomy of his own person.
A Valuable Human has assumed selfishness, coldness, pretense, intolerance, error, disagreement, imposture, non-knowledge, and whatever other dual aspects he has managed to glimpse with courage in his being.
A valuable human is mindful of himself—today it's called mindfulness...
A valuable human chooses to heal through the balanced path, not the easy one.
A valuable human chooses not to hurt another human being because he knows that's how he catches the Self-Integration train.
There was a Persian mathematician named Mohammed Al-Khwarizmy, who discovered the "zero" and initiated algebra.
The Arab scholar was asked what value the human being represents in mathematics, and he replied:
-if the person has common sense and character = 1
-if he is also beautiful = 10
-if he also has money = 100
-if he also comes from a noble lineage = 1000
However, if the symbol of common sense and character disappears, i.e., 1, only the zeroes remain!
It is also mathematically proven that any zero raised to any power or rank remains zero.
I propose to you:
-to be a Valuable Human yourself,
-to bring radical transparency to things,
-to assist the 1,
-to cherish them, keep them close, and honor them with love the "valuable" ones mirrored beside you!
Maybe that way, the world will transcend the illusion that some are higher/lower, better/worse, more right/more left, more awake/ignorant, more sensitive/more rational, more knowledgeable/more superficial, more valuable/less valuable, etc.
Today I wrote with GRATITUDE for the Valuable People in my life!
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