Dear Love Seekers,
Today I wanted to talk about Power. The world is in a power struggle. People feel powerless. We witness how power without kindness destroys. We see power abused all over the world. This power that places me over you or dictates that we must have a stronger, therefore weaker side. The “power-over” concept makes sense if there is not an understanding that all is connected. Is this our only access to power?
I say no. Let’s talk about the power within us. How that power is the only true power we can control, and we can direct. Of course, we need to vote and speak up for what we believe in these larger power paradigms, but the journey inward allows us access to our power and allows us to empower others.
We have the power to believe what we want, think what we want and feel what we want. Always.
I was listening to Caroline Myss during a talk on Sounds True– “the wisdom of the body summit” and she eloquently outlined how we have the power within us to heal ourselves and others. She discussed that there is a great power within us and it’s the power of the human spirit itself or “cosmic soul.” It’s our connection to that which is greater than us. That which is connected to an infinite source.
What I found so poignant in her talk was the idea that power was a common fundamental ingredient of the human experience and it is how we manage our power that counts. Even in our power to heal ourselves.
We must become someone who empowers others as a vital step for our own personal healing and that the healing and power within us is not for us but for others.
In essence, the conversation becomes: I am here to empower you. I am the conduit through which grace can come through me to you.
But wait? What about me you say?
Well if we are an integrated system (one organic integrated community) with no extra or spare parts then losing one will affect the whole. What we do to the lest we do to the whole. So, ultimately, by empowering others you, in turn, are empowering yourself. I know that there are some who may not feel that “all life” is connected and for those people, I think the idea of “power-over” makes sense. I feel this outdated power paradigm is ready to shift.
Caroline also discussed that theology teaches separateness and to see self as different. It has used “difference” as a way to harm others. Whereas bio-spiritual/mystical teachings are grounded in the belief that all is connected and what we do to one we do to all.
It’s not an accident that huge amounts of people are leaving religions and moving toward the mystical teachings which ultimately run through all the religions and incorporate the governing laws of the cosmos like the law of balance. We have positioned ourselves to be outside of nature – to be observers and manipulators of nature, even of our own nature – rather than being creatures of nature and in balance with nature.
Theologies are evaporating and being challenged. We are starting the journey to find the power to connect ourselves to the cosmic whole as we are connected to all and all is connected to us. We are not special or living apart from “them”. I believe we are becoming more aligned with this truth and we need to support each other on the journey.
How can we stay healthy in a transitioning world?
*Be realistic that this is a stressful world.
*Manage yourself and your responses to this world better.
*Have realistic expectations.
*Stop thinking that this chaos will not touch you.
*Be humble.
*Live with a compassionate heart.
*Be authentic. We sense each other’s truth. Walk the way you talk.
*Live the law of balance.
*Understand laws of action/reaction – it doesn’t matter if you can’t see it – when you put something in motion it will always be in motion – if you can’t set something in motion that is positive then ask – why do it?
*Become reflective about your actions/choices. If I do this or speak this or think this – will it bring this person/situation/me in balance or out of balance?
*Don’t deny what is. Denial is often a lie we tell ourselves to not have to take responsibility. As a rule, liars blame others and therefore are not responsible for what is happening, so taking responsibility takes away your permission to manipulate or punish others for not healing you.
What if we could all get strong enough within ourselves,
so we didn’t have to (command, break, kill, humiliate) the “other”
to feel strong and powerful?
***That strength is within us. Each of us. The question is – will we remember?***
Thoughts on POWER:
“He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.”
-Lao Tzu
“When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.”
-Jimi Hendrix
“Nothing external to you has any power over you.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“When you blame others, you give up your power to change.” – Robert Anthony
Please read my January 2019 post for the details of my original idea to intentionally spread love.
Follow my Facebook page www.facebook.com/SusieGolitiCoaching where I will share how it’s going. Why not post your version of what you want to put out in the world. Let’s flood the world with LOVE! (Kindness, Joy, Peace, Happiness, Faith, Ease, Grace, Truth and Power).
If you are you looking for support in creating your life from your intuition, your inspiration, your truth – Please book a FREE consultation with me to see what may be possible for you.
May your life be filled with more moments of power and may that power spill over into our world.
In Love, Kindness, Joy, Peace, Happiness, Faith, Ease, Grace, Truth (and Power),
Susie Goliti
(aka Transformation Junkie)
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