Repressing the Inner Voice

I got up this morning believing that today is the first day of the rest of my/our life! The 1st anniversary of my awakening approaches; Neytiri makes her once in a lifetime visit.

I have this strong sense that our time together is going to be all that I want it to be and all that I don't want it to be.  We will laugh, cry, fight, be happy, be sad, in fact we will have a lifetime of experiences in these 2 weeks.

We will be unmasked, naked and bare our souls.  The ego is ready to die. My root and head chakras are wide open and ready to create and receive. Our souls have been in contact and all that has been agreed will be manifested. Although Neytiri's soul might be a bit pissed off; having had to wait 24 odd years. A mere milli-second in the spirit world. Stay tuned!

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Love the Humiliation

When we get embarrassed, our ego shrinks, but our soul blossoms. Let’s say we make a big mistake. If everyone notices, and our failure will be exposed, we may react and try to cover it up. Or we could recognize this as an opportunity to wipe out our ego.

Try to love humiliation. In the end, your soul will shine and your ego will hide, and people will see you for who you really are.

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Giving Away Power
by Madisyn Taylor 

We can avoid giving away our power on a daily basis by listening to our own voice of knowing.

In many ways, we are taught from the time we are children to give away our power to others. When we were told to kiss and hug relatives or friends of the family when we didn’t want to, for example, we were learning to override our inner sense of knowing and our right to determine for ourselves what we want to do. This repression continued, most likely, in many experiences at school and in situations at work. At this point, we may not even know how to hold on to our power, because giving it away is so automatic and ingrained. 

To some degree, giving our energy to other people is simply part of the social contract, and we feel that we have to do it in order to survive. It is possible to exchange energy in a way that preserves our inner integrity and stability. This begins in a small way: by listening to the voice that continues to let us know what we want, no matter how many times we override its messages. 

Other examples of how we give away our power are buying into trends, letting other people always make decisions for us, not voting, and not voicing an opinion when an inappropriate joke is made. But with not giving our power away we must also be aware of the opposite side, which is standing in our power but being aggressive. Being aggressive is a form of fear, and the remedy is to let our inner balance come back into play. 

As we build a relationship with our power, and follow it, we begin to see that we don’t always have to do what we’re being asked to do by others, and we don’t have to jump on every trend. All we have to do is have the confidence to listen to our own voice and let it guide us as we make our own decisions in life and remember the necessity for balance.