So this is the theme for this month: what does it mean to have authentic power?
Old World rules: control, close, restrict, elite, compete, fear, suppress.
New Earth rules: be fluid, open, expansive, inclusive, compassionate, loving.
Sound good? Let's play!
Do comment, ask questions, what works and what do you wonder?
Totally agree Elaine that "PERSONAL POWER IS LIKE A LOVE AFFAIR WITH YOURSELF" such wonderful thought.
Have realised, it has such a deep cleansing effect, not with anger for sure, it doesn't help in anyway. My personal power is to let go of any sticky stuff, clean it and move forward, even if that stickiness wants to come back. I gently scrub it away. enjoying myself in my Power.
Power of Love and Gratitude and letting go is all what I needed.
Bless everyone and send them tons and tons of love is also my Power. I feel so blessed to have Reiki in my life which gives me the loving power to harmonise myself and others.
It's like sometimes you just need a nice aromatherapy bubble bath which leaves you with a feel of immense calmness and you are so lost that nothing bothers you. 😉
Totally Meenakshi! I personally feel there is a phase of falling into the fight and knowing we are doing it and not being able to stop ourselves- an awareness that is not fully integrated yet - but it will be! Awareness is the first step right? Seeing that and then being reassured that relief is coming, we just have to keep shining the light of awareness on every fight, then one day you’ll be like ‘ok, you can have your opinion and I don’t feel the need to give you mine, you don’t take care of it anyway’ and then you’re done, just like that! Personal power is like a love affair with yourself, you offer your words and thoughts and when someone slaps them back at you, you withdraw carefully- not with anger or resistance- that is not being kind to yourself, your withdrawal is realising your words are pointless here, save them for those who want to hear them, who will take them and nurture them as you do. Such an interesting and worthwhile exploration! Hugs 🤗
I'm not sure where to reply to all these posts /,join in the conversation,but wanted to share I had the most amazing reiki healing on me this morning. Loads of gold and pink light healing me , loving me and allowing me to put things down and very gently move away and see what is in the new world and be bathed in love and light. Deep deep gratitude and thank you to all and for this container 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
I finally get to see this video today - almost at the end of July. Most of which I spent tense and rigid and fighting. And I knew that, could see that and I still did it. I knew also that a part of me was saying the opposite 'Stop the fight'. I didn't know how - so lots and lots of Reiki and attunements before the fighting days. I so loved that this video gave me words to express what was going on. Thank you Elaine. Authentic power is stopping the fight and allowing. And forgiving myself for not knowing and resisting. Cos its like a tight coat that is half-on and half-off. And its so tight that the halfway-off immobilised me. Easing it off gently and believing that a little wriggle now and then and a relaxed body may work - lets try that next. 😅
The theme for the month...'expressing your power' has a certain quality to it - it is not "standing your ground" or looking backwards with an "I told you so" attitude - these are constricting, closed and usually have a sense of anger and outrage that is backwards looking.
Instead focus on the outcome you want - what are you FOR not what you are AGAINST. When you move forwards expressing your truth about the kind of world you want to inhabit, there is an openness and expansiveness to the energy - it feels good and also will attract others to your cause in a positive way.
This way of being also helps to create a world less divisive, more connected, less judgemental and more inclusive. Yay!
Standing in our power also includes fully allowing others to stand in theirs (whether we believe in their causes or not!).
The coat analogy 100% resonates with me. This is amazing.
And I love the Gail Sheehy quote.
Yes, a beautiful thought indeed! Let us love our coats and let us praise everyone else's too, because we don't know what made us or them in first place to borrow the coat from others, everyone is on their own journey and not to judge anyone is such a beautiful and loving energy. I am grateful, that I got this opportunity to think and change myself and my coat. I am not ashamed to say that when I removed my coat I noticed that there was dirt underneath, which I never noticed before, because I thought my coat is perfect, and I never removed it. I went for a thorough dry cleaning to start fresh, dry cleaning was painful but it brought tremendous joy. I will keep in my mind to dry clean my coat often and change if it doesn't fit me anymore, hopefully I don't forget 😂
"If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living." GAIL SHEEHY
Yes love that Pauline! So true, and another thought that I bumped into this week is can we find our own coat, one that suits us and we love, and be OK if others are like 'EWWW! What a disgusting coat!!' And can we wear our coat and love it and also see that others have their own coats which we may not like, or they may have coats that we know are not theirs - and to not judge but to appreciate and honour exactly where they are too. This is the real nuance of inner power - to trust your inner knowing, and to honour others too - and to know that you will probably keep changing coats, as we grow out of old ones, as information and knowledge grows, as we find out more about ourselves - it's an ongoing self-discovery that doesn't have an end destination 😍
That was really thought provoking Elaine, thank you! It's really interesting to see in social media how it is very split in terms of opinions and loud voices. Friendships and relationships and even the world are being tested and in some cases failing as people effectively choose sides or make decisions because of belief systems. As you mention these beliefs come from all areas of your life, they may not even be yours. This pandemic has given many of us an opportunity to slow down or stop and even to go inwards and examine ourselves. Many of us are finding we want change, in ourselves, in our world. This I feel is our power speaking, we can ignore it or we can be guided by it. I am a visual person and have pictures or analogies that I have picked up on my journey and this is one I feel is very apt to share for this situation. Sometimes you may find you are wearing a coat, you may have worn it for some time, maybe your whole life but it does not belong to you, it was borrowed maybe from a friend or a parent and at some stage you come to realise it doesn't actually fit you, it never really suited and as it's not yours, you can take it off. So now may be a time to think about your beliefs, a time to discover who you really are and what you truly believe. Find your own coat, one that suits you, one that fits you, one that you are happy and comfortable to wear.
Yes Elaine, so true. It is really funny, when I hear people saying " We will never go back to normal" I was thinking "NORMAL" what was it? It never was Normal.
We all have different meaning of "Normal" isn't it?
Before Covid, was our world Normal, think again? It was mostly all disconnection, confusion, anger, frustration, ego, running here and there like headless chickens, whatever words one wants to put here. I feel, the earth literally has stopped itself to shift this so called " Normal" to give us a chance to get our shit together, does anyone feels the same? This is the time to reset our buttons, fill ourselves and our surroundings with real " NORMAL" or as you say ( New Earth rules). Now we have been given the opportunity to make a new tent with a brand new fabric, In this tent, let's make room for everyone with Love, Peace and Light. Earth always had and will have enough resources for all humanity. Literally we need to stop and think! Let's recharge and repair our own thoughts and let's embrace the "REAL NORMAL"
Hope I am making sense here, I am not very good with words. LOL! Slowly getting out of my shell.😂