Reputation is an illusion created by the society we’re part of either to build credibility or to discredit what a given person does or says about anything, which includes scientific knowledge. In ancient times, where reproducibility was very difficult to perform, the use of reputation served as a strategy to make people either believe or disbelieve in others, sometimes in a blind way. It wasn’t by coincidence that some ancient civilisations performed human sacrifice as a sign of good fortune because at some point in time and space everyone believed it was the right thing to do, and no one questioned the spiritual leader that ordered the sacrifice. It was bizarre. Nowadays, in 2026, we’re observing some similarities with those ancient times, where people are treated like guinea pigs while science gets more and more disregarded. The only way of facing and dealing with that is keeping consciousness at hand and performing our body and mind training in order to establish a strong body and a hardened mind, preventing the self from getting brainwashed. The more we start observing things on our own, cultivating and nurturing the beautiful light we’ve deep within, the better we understand that acquiring knowledge as much as we can enables us to step into higher stages of our personal evolution. Let’s remember: reputation doesn’t shape who we really are. And if it can be fabricated to build credibility and make a community believe in any outcome derived from it, reputation can also be fabricated to result in the opposite. Let’s never forget that.


Dishonoured, dishonest, and deceptive people will use reputation either to manipulate and brainwash or to discredit and deteriorate someone or something. It’s a crystal clear understanding we need to be aware of. The only way of facing and dealing with it in a conscious and meaningful way is acquiring as much knowledge as we can, getting prepared to deal with any negativity we may have contact with in the environment we’re inserted into.


Let’s be present, live, love, and genuinely laugh. Let’s forget about others. The only thing that really matters is experiencing the present moment, and if that experience involves having another person side-by-side, that is where our full energy needs to be applied to.


Namaste 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓



Written by Jeferson Souza (thejefecomp).


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