Jason Hodlers ♾️/2099999997690000🏴 on Nostr: On Bread, Bitcoin, and Paradigms I was reading and discussing John 6:22-65 with my ...
On Bread, Bitcoin, and Paradigms
I was reading and discussing John 6:22-65 with my family earlier this evening, and we discussed the importance of being willing to change our paradigm, and not just accepting new knowledge. In that story, Yeshua says that the people are only seeking Him because they want more bread to eat, and He responds by telling them that He's there to give them so much more than just bread. They go back and forth about this for a while, until Yeshua boldly tells them who He is, and what He really came for, and many of His followers leave Him, probably thinking He's insane.
Like trying to fill old wine skins with new wine, these people couldn't accept what He was trying to give them. A modern analogy might be someone trying to install a new operating system on a computer within the framework of an already-existent operating system, as if it was merely a file to be downloaded. But to truly understand Yeshua -- and also Bitcoin -- one first needs to completely change their mental operating system, their paradigm.
In Bitcoin, this is seen when someone gets into it with the intent to get rich. Like those who thought the purpose of the Messiah was to fill their stomachs, there are many who have thought and still think that the purpose of Bitcoin is to get more fiat. But, if we're humble enough change our mental operating system, and see Bitcoin through a whole new paradigm, then we will learn this profound truth: Any amount of perfectly limited, self-sovereign money, properly owned, is enough to immediately make anyone rich in the only ways that matter, regardless of what it's currently trading for.
The real purpose of the Messiah is to free us from our own limiting paradigms; the real purpose of Bitcoin is the same.
I was reading and discussing John 6:22-65 with my family earlier this evening, and we discussed the importance of being willing to change our paradigm, and not just accepting new knowledge. In that story, Yeshua says that the people are only seeking Him because they want more bread to eat, and He responds by telling them that He's there to give them so much more than just bread. They go back and forth about this for a while, until Yeshua boldly tells them who He is, and what He really came for, and many of His followers leave Him, probably thinking He's insane.
Like trying to fill old wine skins with new wine, these people couldn't accept what He was trying to give them. A modern analogy might be someone trying to install a new operating system on a computer within the framework of an already-existent operating system, as if it was merely a file to be downloaded. But to truly understand Yeshua -- and also Bitcoin -- one first needs to completely change their mental operating system, their paradigm.
In Bitcoin, this is seen when someone gets into it with the intent to get rich. Like those who thought the purpose of the Messiah was to fill their stomachs, there are many who have thought and still think that the purpose of Bitcoin is to get more fiat. But, if we're humble enough change our mental operating system, and see Bitcoin through a whole new paradigm, then we will learn this profound truth: Any amount of perfectly limited, self-sovereign money, properly owned, is enough to immediately make anyone rich in the only ways that matter, regardless of what it's currently trading for.
The real purpose of the Messiah is to free us from our own limiting paradigms; the real purpose of Bitcoin is the same.