Power seems to be a trending topic in my awareness of late.
I’ve written Letting Go & the Power of Happy (…the new Power of Now) and last week’s post, I’ve Got the Power. This week several people have posed questions around Authentic Power…what it is, how to tap into it and how to know when you’ve got it turned on.
Here’s what I’ve got relative to Authentic Power; in two parts, because I just couldn’t fit all the juicy details into one post!
Part One:
The Heart of Authentic Power~
Communicating from your center, your place of authentic power, will always feel good to you.
That’s your key that it’s working.
If it feels good, it’s working.
If there are any not so good feelings (uneasiness, hurt, anger, resentment, fear, etc.) floating about that’s your key that something is off, not quite right, awry.
The magical key to feeling good and thereby being in your authentic power lies in your capacity for Self Love.
The more in love with your Self you are, the more able you are to relate from your Authentic Power.
I capitalize Self here to denote the real, true essence you.
- Not the you of your personality, job, roles in life, etc.
- Not the you as someone else may define you.
- Not necessarily even the you as you may define yourself if you’ve not yet fallen truly, madly, deeply in love with your Self.
Self is the Brilliance Within.
- Self as God-Given,
- Source-Driven,
- Divine Nature,
- Pure Perfection Self.
Now that’s goooood. (and oh so easy to love, yes?)
Being in love with your Self automatically ensures great levels of confidence, worthiness, acceptance, peace and joy.
Being in love with yourself in the purest sense means you don’t need anything from anyone else…ever.
You are your own best friend.
From this space, giving is delightful and receiving is magical.
Both are like icing on the cake…not necessarily needed, but oh so appreciated.
The more capable we are of loving ourselves for the pure perfection that we are, the more capable we are of reflecting that ability in others to do the same.
Self Love is the most important gifts we could ever give…ourselves.
Self Love is the foundation by which all else is created. For when we recognize the greatness of our Source Self…our God-Given Self we recognize the Power Within that is limitless; the power to be, do, live anything we dream or imagine.
- The more deeply we love ourselves, the less likely we are to be swayed by something outside of ourselves that is dissonant. Thus, we are IN our Power.
- The more sure we are of ourselves, the more likely we are to be able to maintain our center (our Power) when our surroundings seem to be on shaky ground.
- The more steadfastly we love ourselves the easier it gets to relate from our Point of Power in all that we do.
We are designed to be powerful, loving beings.
Love is the Heart of Authentic Power.
Tap in! It’s yours to claim. Fall in love with your Self and feel the Power!
In part two we’ll talk about Authentic Power in Communication. Be prepared to be Power FULL.
12. June 2009 at 6:42 am
Great article Deb!
Seems so simple doesn’t it? Go for the good feeling!
I have definitely been on a path to connecting more authenticly and when I’m there I’m much happier, more aligned and connected. Feeling good is the way to go.
Kevin
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12. June 2009 at 11:16 am
I am sure big on loving oneself. The Self is an all encompassing entity in my view, including all aspects of ourselves. I marvel at and relish with great delight the majesty of the Self that guides us with infinite wisdom from an un-embodied stance and am grateful for the ever increasing oneness with this part of Self. It imbues every aspect of my life and words can’t express the joy of finding the perfection of it in the most mundane, at times previously deemed dark corners of my existence. The power that looms in these corners is profound and releasing it, by allowing it to meld with the Self, in an all accepting, loving, appreciating manner is simply astounding. Creating my experience from an expanded Self, I fully identify with it, i.e. I am each and every role, only as defined by myself, because I have chosen it with consciousness and deliberately. The key is to remain in a state of flux and to re-examine everything we create if the emotional indicators point out discord, so as to avoid the assumption, that we are everything we once chose, when we might have moved on.
I am passionate about witnessing my own and other people’s processes of shining the light of our Self into what was forbidden territory and finding the liberation and expansion that follows, simply by removing the “demon’s” shackles and prisons and seeing them unfold into the most beautiful, magnificent angels. That to me is one of the most powerful things we can achieve with the pure love of the Self.