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Originally Posted by Shyone  I have no [...] talents |
Oh, you picked the wrong person to say that around.
You most *certainly* do have talents, and I already have an idea of what they might be from just reading your post (although don't ask me to express them; they're currently in the form of highly generalised patterns that, while very real and useful, only become able to be expressed in our very low-bandwidth language after I do more patterning. In other words, to understand, you'd need telepathy, as well as beliefs and knowledge similar to me so you can accurately interpret the thoughts I convey. Confusing enough?
It actually makes sense to me; I'm not just rambling for the sake of it).
Years ago I had a friend who used to tell me that I was slow and stupid. He knew I wasn't an idiot, but he didn't like the speed at which my intelligence manifested.
Fast forward a few years and I know that (1) his comments mostly were a result of his talent themes--his personality--not so much something that was a quality or attribute within me that was "wrong" or "bad," and (2) what some might label as "slow" really has to do with (A) the highly generalised nature of my thinking which explains why I have (B) a very bad specific memory, but an exceptional general memory (for things such as patterns). In other words, I may suck at churning out specific tasks that machines could probably do much better than I can mainly because I'm not a machine. I'm a human, and over time my brain has developed in such a way--and your brain has developed in a certain way, too--that has drawn me to embrace the uniquely human traits of my brain such that, unlike most people, I'm kind of hopelessly reliant on technology and leverage (at least, when I have those options available), yet extremely abstract, high-level, and fundamental in my thinking.
This is a strength, and I intend, and already do use it to benefit people (I'm using it right now).
In your post I noticed you were using the default definition of intelligence. It's a garbage definition that standardises people and makes them make post like yours (if they have any self-awareness, which you do).
In reality, where people actually have self-awareness since they aren't drugging themselves with various substances and numbing their awareness and intuition, there are actually multiple intelligences: social intelligence, intrapersonal intelligence, conceptual intelligence, etc (don't focus too much on those labels; the idea I'm conveying is that there are different types of intelligences, not just "one" intelligence, and that we're all good at different things).
You have no goals or desires within the standard context, I'm sure. A few years ago if you asked me what I wanted to do with my live I'd say "ah, I'm not really sure." I knew people wanted me to say "I want to go to university" or "I want to work with computers," and I could have, but those things resonated with me as much as being punched in the head (I'm not a fan of being hit in the head; I don't even nod my head much or move it quickly because it doesn't feel right, and because I've heard it can tear--valuable!--synaptic connections).
Really, there questions didn't mean anything to me since they weren't asking me what I want to do with my life, but rather "what do you want to do after school?" or "how are you going to make a living?" or "what subjects are you interested in?" and stuff like that.
I find that most people are inherently bad at asking questions because they have terribly unclear thinking and no regard for language or the clear expression of ideas. This manifests by them asking questions that aren't really about what they want to know, but they don't know that because they haven't cultivated the self awareness that lets them get to the core of what they want to know. E.g. If I asked you "what is your purpose?" you'd probably find that very challenging to answer. Interestingly, most people who ask you that question (at least, people who aren't aligned with conscious growth) are really asking, "what do you want do with your life?" or "what is most important to you in life?" or any number of questions that you would actually be able to answer pretty easily since they're asking something that is specific an actionable, not something that uses a label which represents a thought that only they can see--a label they toss into their question, expecting you to understand.
Often times you can't answer a question. That doesn't mean you don't have an answer, it just means that you have an intuitive sense of what you want, but you aren't sure what represents that intuitive sense within reality. People will look at you like an idiot, probably making you feel like an idiot, until you figure that out. Once you do figure it out, tell them exactly what's going on and instead of thinking of you as an idiot, they'll think you're some kind of intelligent person who's on another level, heh.
I'm sorry to rage a bit towards the standard context, but that's what you're working in, that's what you're seeing a lot of, and that's exactly what has you thinking the disempowering, probably inaccurate thoughts you're thinking about yourself.
Those thoughts serve no one, least of all you. Align with your sense of awareness and potential. Drop the disempowering cage people have made you believe in and give yourself permission to awaken into the wonderful world of freedom where you have the opportunity to be as unique as you already are, and the space to dream.