Shadows

“We’re literally paying subscription fees to watch characters who represent the worst versions of ourselves.” Kelly Oxford

By: Gabriela Yareliz

Erwin McManus, the creator and author of The Seven Frequencies of Communication, has often said that when we watch modern TV shows such as Succession, what we are watching are people expressing shadow communication frequencies. It’s, more often than not, an unhealthy expression of humanity.

It makes one wonder if that fact reflects that we are darker now than ever before or if current TV is pushing us toward darker, unhealthy expressions of ourselves.

As I was riding a delayed train I had paid more for (of course— maybe this calls for a letter to the new mayor?), I heard an ad for a type of AI that (allegedly) has not eliminated God from its “worldview”. There is such a true battle for the mind out there. As always, discernment with what we see and listen to and the words we use matters. As EGW always said, “By beholding we become changed.”

“Changing how people talk changes how they think,” said Lera Boroditsky. So much lends itself toward influence and manipulation.

We just pay attention to it all.