it can feel like you figured out life.
People respect you. People listen to you. People admire you. Your body feels safe. Important. On top.
So it starts to believe:
“I must be right about everything.”
But prestige is not wisdom. It’s just status. And status only works in this world.
In the world of souls,
you don’t bring followers.
You don’t bring titles.
You don’t bring applause.
You bring who you became.
You bring your humility which increases from wisdom.
Your honesty.
Your love.
Your relationship with the Creator.
Prestige feels like wisdom because your nervous system confuses social safety with truth.
Prestige can calm your nervous system here. But it doesn’t build your soul.
Only growth does.
“When a nervous system gets prestige, it starts to believe: “I must be right about everything” Prestige feels like you figure out life. its just applause.”
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