Conscious incompetence or Unconscious incompetence?
Do NOT read this if you think our “Leaders” are being truthful and are leading with INTEGRITY
Do NOT read this if you are unable to recognize misuse of language for ideological reasons
Do NOT read this if you suffer from STUPIDITY – IDIOCY – FOOLISNESS or DELUSION
Do NOT read this if you are blind to the “ethical crisis” presently confronting science
Do NOT read this if you think everything unfolding around you is on the “up & up”
Do NOT read this if you have no desire for or regard for .. Ultimate TRUTH
Do NOT read this if you think everything is “OK” .. running smoothly
Do NOT read this if you believe there is “NO FRAUD” in elections
Do NOT read this if you are easily offended or are thin-skinned
Do NOT read this if you believe there is no “Fake News”
Do NOT read this if you are “OK” not knowing Truth
Do NOT read this if you think you’re a “victim”
Do NOT read this is you are a fearful person
Do NOT read this if you hate white people
Do NOT read this if you hate black people
Do NOT read this if you HATE people
Ask yourself: Do you want it DARKER?
If you are the dealer, I'm out of the game
If you are the healer, it means I’m broken and lame
If thine is the glory, then mine must be the shame
You want it darker
We kill the flame – Leonard Cohen
I spent 10 years in the “wilderness” .. this is part of my unique spiritual journey. Powerful. Priceless. Prescient.
I’ll share with you one of the things I learned during that time-of-captivity which was filled with meditation .. deep THOUGHT .. and prayer.
Right-thinking produces right actions & good outcomes
Wrong-thinking produces wrong actions & bad outcomes
This is as sure as gravity
To the question: Conscious incompetence or Unconscious incompetence?
Conscious incompetence .. you know you don’t know
Unconscious incompetence: you DO NOT KNOW .. that you do not know
“Stupid people don’t know their stupid .. Dead people don't know they are dead.” - Glenn Melcher
The IRONY of “woke” people who are spiritually asleep
BEWARE & Be aware: No one can think or act beyond their level of consciousness.
Based on outcomes .. Based on present reality .. Based on what your eyes tell you & not the NOISE filling your ears
To the degree possible .. Be HONEST .. Be THOUGHTFUL
Evaluate .. assess .. THINK about the state of the world
THINK about the level of unconscious thought & incompetence
I’m going to call both conditions: THOUGHT-LESS-NESS
Thoughtlessness .. meaning:
.. lacking in thought-ability
.. no presence of mind
.. insufficiently alert
.. devoid of reason
Thoughtlessness keeps company with STUPIDITY – IDIOCY – FOOLISNESS – DELUSION
Truth: A FOOL will always be revealed by his actions
Just as there are degrees of Intelligence (IQ) .. there are degrees of thoughtlessness & stupidity (SQ)
We have a tendency to think that a high IQ reflects THOUGHT-ability .. but that is absolutely NOT true
IQ is no indication or assurance of wisdom, morality or common sense as @Farooq Omar points out in his thought post “A lesser IDIOT” .. he quotes Robert Sternberg or Cornell University
"You see individuals who get excellent grades, and afterward they suck at initiative. They are acceptable professionals with NO presence of mind and no morals.”
Here’s a word to tuck away for the right moment: “snollygoster .. a person who possesses intellectual prowess but no sound moral principles” – shared by Andre Van Heerden
NO presence of mind and no morals .. leads to FRAUD .. which is wrongful or criminal deception
F - fear “wizardry” is management & manipulation by FEAR
R – redefining of truth .. results management
A – attack – create an alternate reality
U – undermine Truth
D – disrupt – divide – deceive- distract – destroy -delude
Deluded: believing something that is not true. NOT believing truth.
DELUSION * .. “one discovers, has everything to do with the acceptance of ‘not knowing’. Of course, not knowing hardly prevents the approaching chaos.” - Mark Z. Danielewski
“Only deluded people think that moving the hands on the face of a clock changes the time.” - fem -v
It’s easier to FOOL people .. than to convince them they HAVE been fooled.” – Mark Twain
We live in a time when many are confused about “right” & “wrong” & “Truth”
There is a Source & Standard to Guide us in these matters but many people seem to “want it darker”
.. thus have turned their back on God. It appears that human-opinion & feelings are governing the world.
What is Truth & What is right
The Source of both is found in Light
The sun comes up every day .. but how many people see the Light?
Jesus said: “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” – John 8
Know this:
BIAS ever binds & BLINDS .. keeping people UNKNOWINGLY in the dark ..
Why are people suffering from varying degrees of: Conscious incompetence & Unconscious incompetence?
There are clear reasons .. but the dark side of human nature proves itself unable to receive .. all are spiritual in nature
.. hard-hearts (willful ignorance)
.. closed-eyes (chosen blindness)
.. dull spirits (sleeping – unaware)
Another thing I learned in my “time-of-captivity”
Physical problems require physical cure
Spiritual problems require spiritual cures
It matters not how many degrees .. even PhD’s .. one might possess .. NO amount of formal education will correct or advise a person who is spiritually bankrupt .. spiritually dead.
This condition has ever plagued mankind: hard-hearts & closed-eyes.
Jesus spells it out in Matthew 13 .. ever wonder why He spoke in parables?
“The heart of the matter IS the matter of the heart”
https://us.bebee.com/producer/the-heart-of-the-matter-is-the-matter-of-the-heart
“Closed-eyes & Hard-hearts” – why its easy to be fooled – not aware – not conscious .. not thoughtful
https://us.bebee.com/producer/closed-eyes-hard-hearts
Important to know:
“No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth” – Plato
Who experienced this more than Jesus Christ?
He declared Himself “Truth” & the "Light of men"
.. there are many truths
.. there is only One Truth
Magnified, sanctified
Be the holy name
Vilified, crucified
In the human frame
A million candles burning
For the help that never came
You want it darker
Hineni, hineni
I'm ready, my Lord
There's a lover in the story
But the story's still the same
There's a lullaby for suffering
And a paradox to blame
But it's written in the scriptures
And it's not some idol claim
You want it darker
We kill the flame ..
– Leonard Cohen
The abolishment of Western Man: So, the final conclusion would surely be that whereas other civilizations have been brought down by attacks of barbarians from without, ours had the unique distinction of training its own destroyers at its own educational institutions, and then providing them with facilities for propagating their destructive ideology far and wide, all at the public expense.
Thus, did Western Man decide to abolish himself, creating his own boredom out of his own affluence, his own vulnerability out of his own strength, his own impotence out of his own erotomania, himself blowing the trumpet that brought the walls of his own city tumbling down, and having convinced himself that he was too numerous, labored with pill and scalpel and syringe to make himself fewer. Until at last, having educated himself into imbecility, and polluted and drugged himself into stupefaction, he keeled over--a weary, battered old brontosaurus--and became extinct.” – Malcolm Muggeridge wrote this more than 50 years ago
On science
Andre Van Heerden writes (from 2018 essay)
"The benefits of science are staggering; but there is a downside. Science faces a serious ethical crisis. Malign and deceptive research, dishonest claims, inhumane medical experiments, the development of dangerous drugs, collusion with questionable corporate, political, and military schemes, ideological contamination, the erosion of professional collegiality, and many other reprehensible practices, undermine the image of science...
Science is not the issue here; scientists and their sponsors are. Science doesn’t promote self-serving personal agendas, because science is not a person. Science is a method of inquiry, invented by humans to find the truth about material reality. When it departs from that ideal it inevitably becomes corrupted.
The moral collapse of the West is a devastating threat to both science and leadership, but the truth on which they both stand will ultimately prevail. What is often forgotten is that most of the ethical failures within the scientific community are exposed by scientists who have kept their moral compass, and who understand that science will only flourish when it is practiced with the virtues essential to it."
https://www.bizcatalyst360.com/science-as-a-model-for-leadership/
August 26th 2021
Giving honor ..
This post was inspired by thoughts found here:
@Farooq Omar “A Lesser Idiot”
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6833452894419726336/
Andre Van Heerden
https://www.bizcatalyst360.com/science-as-a-model-for-leadership/
** And special thanks to Andre for the opening quote by Frederik Douglass
And
Special thanks to Mary Lippett “deploying thoughtlessness as a weapon of control captures our new reality” - her comment on post by Andre Nan Heerden
https://www.bizcatalyst360.com/the-shaming-of-the-true-how-leadership-has-been-perverted-2/
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“You want it darker” - Leonard Cohen
Authors note:
I spent 10 years in the “wilderness” as part of my unique spiritual journey. My “time-of-captivity” with the Lord .. a “set apart” time filled with meditation .. deep THOUGHT .. and prayer. Would I have volunteered knowing how long it would last? Probably not. Looking back .. a PRICELESS experience.
My edit to this quote:
“Maturity one discovers, has everything to do with the acceptance of ‘not knowing’. Of course, not knowing hardly prevents the approaching chaos.” - Mark Z. Danielewski
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Fay Vietmeier
2 years ago #18
😇💜#16
@Farooq Omar
Your words of encouragement are as a blessing Farooq .. multiple thanks dear friend
The storyboard you've masterly created is outstanding and wonderfully expressed and narrated.
Very well thought and evidenced-based logical poetic calculations.
Fay Vietmeier
2 years ago #17
@Mohammed Abdul Jawad
Thank you for visiting here Mohammed .. I hope you are well
There is a GREAT quandary in the world .. people are asleep
.. spiritually asleep ..
The lowest level of consciousness is Unconscious incompetence .. a person does NOT KNOW .. that they do not know
A spiritually asleep person is like the walking dead
.. not aware of their state or the state of the world .. the time they are living in
“Their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him.” Ephesians 4
When the spirit is awakened ..
The Light gets turned on
.. the level of consciousness is raised to Conscious incompetence .. now a person knows they do not know
Now they can learn .. their spiritual eyes are opened
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light and find out what pleases the Lord
(for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth)
Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them ..
But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light.
This is why it is said:
“Wake up, sleeper,
rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.” - Ephesians 5
Fay Vietmeier
2 years ago #16
THAT is the rub John
“The problem with incompetence is its inability to recognize itself.”
The inability to see .. to perceive
The worst form of deception is self-deception
What is inherent in human nature that makes people unable to see?
I mean to perceive. To understand. Which is deeper. This is discernment.
What limits our ability to perceive & to understand which in turn contributes to the distortion of reality & truth?
A simple truth:
As much as time changes things, this one thing does not change: people see what they want to see … hear what they want to hear … and believe what they want to believe. Truth is NOT the Standard.
Here is why:
“Their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him.” Ephesians 4
“Closed eyes”
A person has eyes .. but chooses not to see.
This is “willful ignorance.”
This is “chosen blindness.”
"Willful ignorance proves that fools exist." fem-v
“Willful ignorance is the state of being ignorant about something out of choice.” @Zacharias 🐝 Voulgaris
Farooq Omar
2 years ago #15
Bundle of thanks for mentioning me. The storyboard you've masterly created is outstanding and wonderfully expressed and narrated. Very well thought and evidenced-based logical poetic calculations. Kudos
Mohammed Abdul Jawad
2 years ago #14
With little, daring conscience, when we awaken our souls from slumber, we realize where we err and where we tread.
John Rylance
2 years ago #13
Whether it is conscious or non-conscious incompetence is as Orrin Woodward says. The problem with incompetence is its inability to recognise itself.
Pascal Derrien
2 years ago #12
you got it right :-)
Fay Vietmeier
2 years ago #11
@Pascal Derrien
Pascal .. I appreciate your reading & comment .. though not sure I understand fully your intent 😇
“self-appointed experts”
I'm going to translate that as someone who is a know-it-all
(mostly because of being self-appointed)
I agree “true innovators” are “rarely popular”
Truth tellers are innovators of a different kind .. often hated: “No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth” – Plato
Innovators bring revolutionary IDEAS .. too far advanced for common acceptance or understanding
.. I'm sure people were laughing when Noah built the Arc
.. Prophets
.. Edison
.. Einstein
.. Tesla
.. the Wright brothers
.. Christ
.. Steve Jobs
Fay Vietmeier
2 years ago #10
@Jerry Fletcher
Many thanks for your visit here & comment 💛
I hope the “gyrating words”.. land in all the right places ;~)
It is with thanks to @Farooq Omar that this song came to mind.
He had shared another Cohen song which is very beautiful .. and I looked up more songs
Leonard Cohen is a master of song & mood
Hineni, hineni
I'm ready, my Lord
There's a lover in the story
But the story's still the same
There's a lullaby for suffering
And a paradox to blame
But it's written in the scriptures
And it's not some idle claim
You want it darker
We kill the flame
"Hineni” a prayer for the ability to pray
The oldest war
.. the battle of dark & Light
.. one day will be put right
Most are familiar with John 3
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
Here are words I find “scary”..
19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%203&version=NIV
Fay Vietmeier
2 years ago #9
@Franci 🐝Eugenia Hoffman, beBee Brand Ambassador
I value your feedback Franci. Truly.
Find encouragement in your words “superbly written”
.. high praise from a Queen bee 🐝🍯💛
Yes ..
“Thoughtlessness seems to be more contagious each and every day.”
I'd like to think it's a side-effect of corona .. but it was evident long before ..
Fay Vietmeier
2 years ago #8
@🐝 Fatima G. Williams
Your visit here is meaningful Fatima .. thank you.
I too like to enjoy a cup of coffee as I ponder what I'm reading.
I'm well with all my being .. thank you.
And you & your beautiful family are too. 💛
Fay Vietmeier
2 years ago #7
@Farooq Omar
I appreciate your visit here dear friend .. and your encouragement “superb thoughtful post”
I also thank you for being a catalyst 💜
Fay Vietmeier
2 years ago #6
💛💛🍯#1
@Debasish Majumder
Multiplied thanks Debasish .. for your reading and your faithful share
I appreciate you
Pascal Derrien
2 years ago #5
blind spots, self centred, denial and the plague of self appointed experts offer a very grim prospect of people who want to hold on to their beliefs and refuse progress or cancel people who want to progress however it is just because the latter are magnified by the prism of visibility, true innovators are rarely popular hen ce the desperate attempts are control
Jerry Fletcher
2 years ago #4
The words gyrate in my mind searching for a place to latch on and grapple. Somehow Cohen's scary lyrics are comforting. And so it goes.
🐝 Fatima G. Williams
2 years ago #3
Let me grab a cup of coffee :) @Fay Vietmeier Trust you are doing great :)
Farooq Omar
2 years ago #2
Superb thoughtful post-@Fay Vietmeier, A ponder that every one of us should understand. Kudos 👍
Debasish Majumder
2 years ago #1
lovely buzz @Fay Vietmeier ! enjoyed read and shared. thank you for the buzz.