Hierarchy: Are Some Humans Better Than Others?

Elisabeth Chambless Wolfe
4 min readJun 2, 2023

Why the idea of “better than” needs to be rooted out of our society

A child sits on the ground with three other children pointing and laughing at him

This message was channeled during a client session, and is part of a series from my Guide Phaedon. Find another in the series here

One of the major issues that is coming up now is the question of hierarchy. This is the next up on the list of things that the human race needs to work through. Now we are going to talk about it from the point of view of the effect that the hierarchical way of thinking has on individuals.

When human beings come onto the planet as the incredible tender, beautiful loving hearts that they are — this is the reason that people are so fascinated and in love with infants; because they can see in their eyes, the joy and the beauty that their souls represent; the infant has no preconceived notion or programming to get in the way of their utter complete joy with being alive. So, what occurs is that as the child grows, the focus is on keeping the heart intact, keeping the spirit intact so that it doesn’t get hurt. Bullying, injustice, emotional abuse, just being on the planet is traumatic right now. So a protective personality begins to develop, it’s almost like a callus where you rub on it a little bit, and you might get a blister but you keep going. Then it becomes a thickened callus…

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Elisabeth Chambless Wolfe

Elisabeth Wolfe is a business mentor, working with entrepreneurs and leaders to meaningfully connect their work to their legacy.