About Power

Born to be Powerful

Would you think it strange if I told you that you were born to powerful? If you and I had a conversation in which we discussed becoming empowered would you blanch, cringe, shrink or would you notice an attraction to this idea and feel yourself moving forward, feeling balanced? What do you think about powerful people? Do you feel that power is good or do you have some other ideas about it?

These are immensely important questions to ask yourself. Like many people I spent much of my life in a reactive state in regards to power. I did not explore the beliefs I held in place and I did not give any of myself over toward the process of becoming powerful. I thought of powerful people as being selfish monsters. I only saw one kind of power associated with the word…the power of the unchecked ego.

Later on in life as I gained in health I began to explore this concept and realized that true power runs much more deeply than the normal egoic use that I had associated with it. In truth there are many different expressions of power. Power in and of itself is a blank page upon which nothing has been written…the moment we use it, our intent writes the story which the power then becomes.

Afraid of Greatness

Deep down inside we are all terrified that if we reach for power we will uncover our greatest fear. To avoid triggering this fear we launch into avoidance patterns that rob us of any chance of achieving real greatness in life. At the core of this fear are feelings of unworthiness. We are afraid of power because we do not yet understand our own worth.

A powerful person takes responsibility for their life…that would imply that their life is worthy of their care and attention. So in order to get around the question of worth we make it our mission to get busy and attempt to buy our way in through achievements such as getting an important job, marrying, having children, attaining a certain lifestyle, working for our community, having lots of material items, etc.

The funny thing is…we earned that worth with our very first breath the moment we were born. I assure you that if you dig deep enough through all the smoke and shadow of the fears…all you will uncover is this simple truth; life is worth.

This article is dedicated to all the worthy people out there about to discover their own power

Comments

By Vera Nadine on May 10th, 2007 at 6:58 am

I want to thank you for this post Paula. I believe myself to be past this fear now, to have seen my value in the grand scheme of things. But I know that for myself and many of my friends the fear of power was a fear that it might change who you are, who you see yourself as. And, that having the power in and of itself would lead to the temptation to misuse the power once it had been achieved. Of course, this is utter nonsensical. If your will and your knowledge of who you are strong enough to gain true personal power, then with it comes wisdom and the desire to use it for the betterment of all. But then, I can only speak for myself. Blessings to you!

By Paula Kawal on May 11th, 2007 at 10:19 am

Hi Vera!

Thanks so much for the mention on your Spiritual Ascension Round-up and also for the kind comment! I wholeheartedly agree…anyone who grows enough to acheive true personal power has nothing to fear…the fears surrounding true personal power are born of the lower self’s need to remain in control Blessings to you as well!

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