For years now, I have had an exorbitant amount of people tell me, well I should say, hound me to do social media. They tell me I should have a presence on Facebook and Instagram and that I should tweet everyday in order to build my followers. I have spiritually and emotionally fought the concept that in order to get my message out to the world, I needed a social media presence. I simply do not buy into that. Also, imagine my surprise when I found out that many “influencers” with millions of followers are actually bots that get followers. How many followers you have somehow states how valuable your information and being truly is? That’s a false sense of importance.
I don’t buy into the fact you need a following to be of value. First of all I’m not selling me…I’m sharing my message. When I have something I want to say, I say it. Social media is to sell a product, Im not a product. I realize that it’s all to do with branding yourself to the world, my brand is truth that shouldn’t need branding. Also, before social media even existed I was working full time in my healing practice for over 20 years. I didn’t have to tweet to get a new client, I got new people through referrals. I truly believe that people will find me when they are ready to work on their own healing and not before. “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” Thanks for those words of wisdom Buddha
When I think about the great spiritual teachers, I can’t imagine them trying or even wanting to build a following. They simple spoke their truth and the message was found and received. I believe the Universe will help spread my message and I don’t believe I need Facebook, Twitter or Instagram to do it. Last time I checked the Universe was a tad bit more powerful than social media. That energy will flow to me whenever I am ready for it.
There have been so many times in my life where my own spiritual growth was important for me to focus on instead of the healing of others. During those times I became a recluse and focused on my soul, not my followers.
I’m not saying I never post on social media, I absolutely do but what I’m saying is that I don’t do it to get a following. In the past I did allow people to convince me to send out tweets and Facebook posts and try to get a following but it honestly felt so wrong for me. It made me feel like an ambulance chaser. I just couldn’t do it.
I only want to post something when I’m either having an event or posting a blog. I was asking my spirit guides one day if I was wrong and I should hustle for followers or tweet everyday. Sometimes you can block something that’s good for you because of fears in the subconscious, so I wanted to make sure my subconscious mind wasn’t protecting me from having more success. When I asked those spirits that guide me if I should try to do the social media thing, they told me, “Jesus didn’t have a social media following and he got his message out into the world just fine.” I had to laugh but it was true. Some of the most powerful teachers including Jesus and Buddha were able to profoundly change our world with their message without a single Facebook page among them.
Now I realize that there are many people who swear that getting a following on social media is a sure path to success, I say, good for you. I’m not against the following, Im against pursuing it. If people find my message and are helped in some way with it, and want to follow me, that’s perfect. I’m just not actively pursuing it so I can feel more value because I have a massive following. My value lies in my existence, not in my following.
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