November 2006

This past month, as the pace of life quickened, you may have contemplated how to be more empowered in these times of uncertainty and intense energetic shifting. It’s normal to feel overwhelmed and out of control when so much is happening, so many decisions are required, and so little time seems to be available.

How can you work with the new energies in positive ways that move your evolution forward? To answer this question, consider what it means to be empowered in the new paradigm.

First, remember that true empowerment is based on spiritual power and not worldly force. Spiritual power, the birthright of every human, comes to life when you walk with spirit and allow spirit to guide your life. This true source of power, your connection with the Divine, is found within. No one outside of you gives it to you. Think of it as Divine power, a natural resource that is available by opening to it and working with it. It’s not about pushing and making things happen, but about allowing and receiving spirit’s input about the optimal course of action. Likewise, it’s not about needing to win and control others.

That’s the old paradigm, now outmoded and in the process of falling away. Spiritual power is about being present and focused, learning to pay attention to “hidden messages” found in life’s synchronicities. To be awake to spirit in your life, in very tangible ways, is the key to taking actions that can lead to genuine empowerment.

Second, true empowerment cannot exist alongside ego-based comparisons. Let go of them. Know that it is futile to habitually compare your progress with that of others. For one thing, each person’s path to enlightenment is unique. This means that if you are comparing yourself with another person, keep in mind that you don’t know everything about this other person. Appearances can be very deceiving! Consider suspending judgment until you are fully enlightened and have the bigger, more eternal view. When you have that level of awareness, you will see both yourself and others from a much different perspective. Therefore, at this stage of your path, it’s more useful to focus on your own evolution, discovering how you can progress in positive ways.

Third, allow for the Divine timing in all things. To operate from this view means to be patient about change. This relates to both the new wonderful things you want in your life and the painful situations you would like to end. Perhaps you would like a new romantic relationship, for example. When you embody genuine power, you live your life with the knowing that you are complete, with or without a partner. You get to this place of power by doing the inner spiritual work involved in developing self-love. There are no short cuts, and no one else can “give” you self-love. Once you have developed this inner confidence, you naturally radiate a glow of self-acceptance. If your “new love” encounters this beaming energy, and you have allowed spirit to orchestrate the timing, the magnet effect can be profound!

Likewise, say you’ve been in therapy and done substantial healing of an old relationship from 10 years ago, and you simply want the chapter closed so you can move on to a new partner. Wanting this and consciously working towards this is one thing. Demanding that the healing be completed now, just because your ego insists on it, is something else. To be in your power means accepting where you are in each moment, even if it doesn’t match where you think you should be.

Fourth, regardless of where you are in life right now, and what goals you have achieved, there can be a nagging question of whether you are doing enough or whether you are carrying out what you as a soul incarnated on Earth to do. There are a number of ways to look at this kind of questioning. One is that a person travelling a conscious spiritual path this lifetime was predestined to have one or more significant “wake up” calls from spirit. The purpose of these, contrary to how they might feel when occurring, is to softly nudge the person onto the path and then to help guide “course corrections” along the way. Softly is the key word here, for spirit operates in ways that are subtle. There is a tendency, especially in earlier stages of awakening, for the person to be confused by “wake up” calls, feeling a victim of bad luck or painful circumstance. It’s common to blame others, or the life event itself, and to go into “fighting” mode. Judging something as wrong or bad doesn’t make it disappear. A more useful way to work with “wake up” calls is to allow them to teach you about yourself and the human condition. Sometimes, the nudge is simply to show you when you are out-of-balance or when you need to pay more attention to something, too.

If something in your life has diverted you from what would be in your highest good, allow spirit to show you how you got off course. Invite spirit to open you to the realizations, healing, self-love and other qualities you will need for self-correction. Give spirit permission to help you disarm the booby traps you find on your path. You can give permission in this way. Demanding is futile, though, for to demand and force is the energy of the old paradigm. The new way, fuelled by spirit and lived in partnership with the Divine, is about cooperation and allowing. As an example, perhaps you feel ready to do whatever is “next” in your spiritual mission, so you ask spirit to show you “the plan” and its overall purpose. Don’t be surprised if this question leads you to a dead end. If you did receive an entire plan of some sort, realize that it is only one probability of many based on numerous actions taken one by one in current time. More likely, spirit reveals pieces of your plan in a sequence of appropriate Divine timings. Spiritual maturity involves learning to trust in what you can’t see and discovering that a life fuelled by spirit will naturally lead you where you need to go. A spiritually mature person doesn’t insist on having instant answers to all questions, and realizes it’s futile to demand guarantees of how things will turn out.

As you continue the journey of rediscovering your Divine nature, we surround you with our love and blessings. We are The Council of 12.

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