So I was watching this interview with Redman, and he dropped some serious truth about social media that hit me hard.

He pointed out how young people today are learning what love is, what respect is, what success looks like - all from social media. But there's something even deeper happening that most people miss.

Social media isn't just influencing what you want. It's programming who you think you are.

Think about it. Every time you scroll, you're being shown carefully selected images of what "successful" people look like, how "spiritual" people behave, what "freedom" appears to be.

But have you noticed what's missing? The middle part. The journey. The actual process of transformation.

As Redman said, "They're showing you a pattern of what you need to do to get rich and what it looks like when you're rich, but they don't show the medium part of working, getting there, the pain that you got to go through, the struggle that you got to go through."

This is exactly how the matrix keeps you trapped. It shows you the destination without the journey. The outcome without the healing. The success without the sovereignty.

From non-duality, we can see that this creates a profound split in consciousness. You're taught to identify with an imagined future self while rejecting your present experience. This separation from what is - this resistance to the journey itself - is the very thing that blocks your manifestation power.

I work with people every week in 1-on-1 sessions and group calls, and I can see that at least 97% of people don't get how much it takes to succeed in their ventures. When they meet obstacles, they give up. They give up at the first sight of pain.

Why? Because social media has programmed them to believe that success should look effortless. That manifestation should be instant. That awakening should be a beautiful, Instagram-worthy experience.

The truth? Pretty privilege is a real thing, and yes, there are people who create success with ease. But for most of us, the game we're playing is different. It requires building a relationship with what's challenging. It requires embracing execution and what it really takes to obtain the success we're seeking.

Look, the matrix doesn't want you to see the middle part. It wants you thinking that if manifestation isn't instant, you're doing it wrong. If awakening feels uncomfortable, you've missed something. If success takes struggle, you're not spiritual enough.

But here's the thing - the journey and the destination aren't separate. The struggle and the success are the same thing. They're just different parts of the same experience.

When you get this, everything changes. You stop fighting against what's happening now. You stop trying to skip the hard parts. You stop rejecting the pain that comes with growth.

And weirdly, when you accept all of it - the good, the bad, the ugly - that's when things start flowing. Not because you forced it, but because you stopped resisting what is.

Your inner authority doesn't come from avoiding challenges. It comes from being willing to face whatever shows up, to get good at execution, to embrace all of it without labeling some parts "good" and others "bad."

That's where real manifestation happens. That's where you find your sovereignty. That's where the matrix loses its grip on you.

What parts of your journey have you been rejecting because they don't match the highlight reels you see online? Let me know in the comments.

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