Giving Our Power Away
What happens when we have a leak in a tire or faucet? We get it fixed immediately. When it comes to ourselves, however, sometimes we are not so fast and not so aware. There is no malfunction light that goes on as in our car, or we can't hear a drip drip noise that will make us go insane; instead, our body gives us signals in the form of depression, fatigue, anxiety. These are the warning signs, but they are not clearly labeled, and not as obvious to ourselves. When something is a part of our own auric field, instead of outside of us, it’s harder to see it clearly. We therefore don't recognize them as the warning signs they are.
Energy is contagious and sometimes we are carrying another's energy that is not even our own. A helpful technique is to ask ourselves, is this my energy, or is this something I picked up from another, at another time, and held onto it as if it was my own? Could it be from my mother, my father, a friend, past lover? Look at it, see it for it is, and ditch it as fast as you can. Even if it came from you, you can still say adiós to an old old emotion, or pain body as Ekhart Tolle calls it, that you created. That's why we must get better in real-time at shaking off our own dead weight and negative emotions immediately rather than holding on to them.
Many of us are trained at a young age to give our power away—to our parents, our teachers, society. Once the template is set, it’s like a computer software running on it's own until it a glitch in the matrix occurs and it gains awareness of itself (similar to AI gaining consciousness or when the robots in West World).
Another warning sign is when we play the blame game and relieve ourselves from full accountability. That doesn't mean the others weren't to blame (sometimes), but we must take full responsibility for our part in the equation in order to learn the lesson and move forward. Feeling triggered with intense emotions about another’s actions is a normal reaction, but it's an opportunity to look within ourselves and ask, where is this power leak coming from? Why am I reacting so intensely? It's a chance to dig deeper—to see what's not obvious about ourselves.
True power doesn’t get that upset, it's balanced, steady. It has an attitude of: You do you; I’ll do me. Let's both have radical self-love and self-acceptance.
Frankly, the only thing we have power is over ourselves and our reactions, so why not use it?
Soul-Prompt: Where do I give my power away? To whom do I give my power away? Why?
