Victim mindset is the greatest source of weakness today

[LordFall]

I see it everywhere on the internet, on Reddit, in real life and even in this forum. People analyzing the problems we face as a society turning to crying and complaining about the elites or the government being corrupt. The victim mindset is the antithesis of the growth mindset that self-development is based on.

We live in an age of basically infinite power where you can empower yourself and have impact globally and instead people are worried about what some other dude is doing with his power?

Of course there are systemic issues that need solving but collective crying is not how you achieve that in my humble opinion, our best bets as individuals is to individually empower ourself and increase our consciousness to become powerful agents of change in our social circles, cities and countries. 

Godspeed and please become stronger today and try to not say a single complaint. It's even an error in epistemology in terms of nonduality because you invalidate your own infinite divine power each time you complain. 

[Rishabh R]

Your post resonates with me as I was once a believer of victim mindset but later , I mean recently (for 1 year) I adopted the growth mindset by reframing each failure, setbacks, adversity and I can say honestly that it is better than having a victim mindset be it in case of resilience, success and tranquility.

[LordFall]

Totally man. And it's humbling you first have to acknowledge your weaknesses and your shortcomings and your dark desires and tendencies but once you integrate that you become so powerful it's scary which is why I think most people run away from their own power. Humans are very powerful though even an 8 year old girl could kill you if she really wanted to. 

[Natasha Tori Maru]

Love it, thanks for the post 

I've always naturally shifted perspectives and seen multiple all at once. It is an asset used wisely. 

And people are terrified of their own power. Big unconscious issue, that 🌱

[Princess Arabia]

Theres a difference between just pointing out what one might think is wrong with society and victim blaming and/or complaining. Learn to spot the difference. Saying someone or a group is corrupt is not victim mindset or complaint it's a mere observation. 

The reason why people are in self-development is because they see a problem to begin with or see something lacking that needs improvement. One has to identify a problem before one can take action to resolve it. That's not complaining.

"Reframing" is a good word as @Rishabh Rput it.

Edited Saturday at 10:39 PM by Princess Arabia

[Human Mint]

We have it all, but we are weaker than ever

[LordFall]

@Princess Arabia To me the whole is about being reactive or proactive about those issues. If one always falls into the frame of being in an unfair world where all these things are happening then that robs them of even the inclination of empowering themselves to solve the issues. 

[Natasha Tori Maru]

12 minutes ago, LordFall said:

@Princess Arabia To me the whole is about being reactive or proactive about those issues. If one always falls into the frame of being in an unfair world where all these things are happening then that robs them of even the inclination of empowering themselves to solve the issues. 

Very much this - you need to HAPPEN to life, not just have life happen to you 👊

[Princess Arabia]

2 hours ago, LordFall said:

@Princess Arabia To me the whole is about being reactive or proactive about those issues. If one always falls into the frame of being in an unfair world where all these things are happening then that robs them of even the inclination of empowering themselves to solve the issues. 

I'm not against what you're saying but from the way you're framing your post, to me, suggests no one should say anything negative about anything because that's not helping matters, it's victim mindset and doesn't empower. That's what I got from it. I'm merely stating that one has to identify challenges or set backs to even have empowerment be a thing because one has to feel the difference with what's not empowering and what isn't. To say you're being empowered means there's something present that is recognized that isn't empowering.

You say "solve the issues", exactly what I'm getting at. Solve what issues. Those issues must have been issues to the person to begin with and was recognized as such and therefore might have came across as a complaint. It's not necessarily a victim mindset to identify problems in the forms of complaints that needs to be addressed. It all depends on context, not just content and how things are being approached. 

Edited 21 hours ago by Princess Arabia

[Basman]

Being a victim is a fact. A victim mindset is just that, a mindset.

[LordFall]

@Princess Arabia Absolutely, identifying problems is the first step. Finding ways to fix them and beginning that journey is what most people seem to be stuck at though. Here's a graph I found that I really like a lot.

To be a powerful leader in your life and others life you have to be close to 5 and be a problem solving machine not just figuring out that reality has issues and listing those issues to other people. If you want an example Reddit is one of the worst places for that. It's been one of my favorite websites for 15 years but the more I grow up and become a more competent human the more it rubs me the wrong way. It's filled with keyboard warriors that use forums as therapy instead of inspiration for new ideas. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork

https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/

These 2 subreddits are a good example. The reason why I dislike this mentality so much is because they point out valid issues with our worlds but their attitudes are the thing that's preventing them from solving these issues and if we all shared that same victim mindset society then would actually collapse.