Shift to reclaim Inner Power

Notice true power arises from within and waits on us to unleash it. We access inner power through self-awareness, conscious intention, speaking our truth, pure desire to uplift others and the self. Tapping into our inner power requires making purposeful choices to direct our thoughts, emotions, behaviors and access higher vibrations. Pursuing external power weakens our inner power since it requires external approval or validation. Many of us do this. This is why we must shift focus to “reclaim inner power.”

Reclaiming inner power is about being present, withdrawing consciousness (attention) from what does not resonate with our frequency and acting to continue raising consciousness. This is continuously choosing mindsets, behaviors, and emotions that guide us to walk in love and trust versus fear and doubt. Its like, choosing to give versus take, to surrender rather than to worry. Choose to ground in higher vibrations that emit signals of peace and contentment. This guides one towards the highest version of self. It dawns we each walk in full power when we own and use our gifts in different situations to benefit our collective humanity.

Reclaiming our power also implies not suppressing feelings. Its about creating boundaries to build a sense of safety and see from another's point of view. When we give ourselves space and solitude, soul flourishes.

If you feel triggered, insecure, or mistreated/ betrayed, whether it's really another person treats you that way or it doesn't matter: you feel betrayed and you can no longer receive love or connect; The innate desire to be seen, heard, valued cannot be felt if you hide behind a shield. As you discover innate security, it dawns negative feelings are only triggered and they guide us to deeper truth.

Feeling complete in yourself implies you are not dependent on another and already tune into and live your own truth. You no longer need external validation or acceptance yourself as you are. Relationships truly enrich us from the moment we recognize we are the ultimate source of all we need. This is the path to codependence no more. All experience enriches our journey of awareness.

20 questions to raise Self-awareness

getting to know ourselves is the path to living a more fulfilling life.  Take this self-assessment in a journal and reflect on the answers. Notice what invites changes in your thought, word and action. as gandhi echoes- Be the change you wish to see. 

1. What are my strengths?
2. What are my weaknesses?
3. What evokes my disgust?
4. What do I spend most time engaged in?
5. What are my priorities?
6. Who are the most important people in my life?
7. What is the average time I spend asleep in bed?
8. What evokes stress in me?
9. What relaxes me?
10. What is success to me?
11. What would I be doing if money matters not?
12. What makes me sad?
13. What brings me joy?
14. What triggers my anger?
15. What is my ideal state?
16. What type of friend do I want to be?
17. Where do I see myself evolving?
18. What are my core values?
19. Where am I congruent/ incongruent in my life? (which actions R aligned with thoughts & values/ not?)
20. What evokes fear in me? What can I do to master/ overcome this?

4 Benefits of seeing inside out

Seeing things from the inside out changes how we see ourselves and the world. The inner workings of the mind control how we behave until we grow conscious of the core beliefs and patterns that are running us.  Ponder 4 benefits to seeing things from the inside out;

1. Uncover the power of empathy

 Empathy is what makes us human.  It is the ability to get beyond our own repressed shame and judgement to understand another person’s situation from their perspective. As such, we grow able to place ourselves in someone else’s shoes and feel what they are feeling, see the mirror.   As we realize we are only ever angry at ourselves, and anger is no more than expression of hurt,  fear and frustration related to past events, we see through anger and heal so it no longer controls us.   

2. Expand self-awareness

As awareness expands, it hits there’s no past, no future, just neural pathways, which make us perceive this illusion we call time.  As we grasp this, we realize, that change is one paradigm shift or ah-ha moment  away. Blocked awareness skews our perception of things. Without self-awareness, we are controlled by unconscious patterns and outdated beliefs. Expanding self-awareness reveals why we make certain choices and frees us to make healthier choices. Growing self-aware is being open to the flow of happiness, and spontaneously being joyful.  

3.  Develop critical thinking

The ability to distinguish fact from opinion arises as we begin to recognize the value and lessons each emotion holds.  As we come to appreciate every emotion, we sense the appropriateness and timeliness of each.  We trust intuition more as we accept more of ourselves. We can laugh at our own disgust, feel goosebumps at our own anger and fear and see the underlying motives in everything we choose to feel. 

4. Deepen emotional intelligence 

Emotional intelligence arises within as we grow conscious of original reasons we experienced joy, sadness, disgust, anger and fear.  This involves understanding and managing emotions withotu being controlled by them. This shapes our social skills. Insight into emotions expands  at any point in life we are open to making the unconscious conscious and loving and forgiving ourselves as we let go of our own misperceptions.

When our emotional health is in a bad state, so is our level of self-esteem. We have to slow down and deal with what is troubling us, so that we can enjoy the simple joy of being happy and at peace with ourselves.

-Jess C. Scott

If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can't have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.

-Daniel Goleman

3 Tips to experience more freedom

Many people say they would like to experience more freedom. It is useful to ask yourself what you mean by freedom, and from what or whom are you seeking it?

You might reply from certain people, conditions or society. You may change relationships or conditions and temporarily feel liberated  Yet, notice what happens as you recognize you can only give or deny freedom to yourself. Here are 3 tips:

1. Recognize freedom begins and ends in the mind.

Thoughts are energy and this power is often underestimated. You can convince yourself you are constrained or held in some situation by circumstances beyond your control.  Yet ultimately, you are the generator, organizer and dispenser of your thoughts. Your thoughts project your experience.  You decide what matters. As a human being, you are free to choose how to think, free to respond to your own thoughts.  The freedom you have is free will.

2. Reflect on what food and drink tells you about freedom

To see and feel that everything is interconnected (as it is), is to recognize what you eat and drink sends a message about the freedom you are ready and willing to allow yourself.  Universal law says you receive and experience what you give. To choose to eat meat, eggs, dairy, or any animal products, it is like denying other living beings the happiness and freedom you think you want. This idea goes back thousands of years to the timeless wisdom of the Yoga Sutras. Yogis are often vegan or subsist on air energy (prana) alone. We each weave our own tangled web of karma until we are conscious and transcend it.  Our perceived reality is being created from our own actions.

3. Be more aware of how you feel 

When you agree with what life is showing you, you are in harmony with yourself.  When you disagree with what life is showing you, you are in disharmony with yourself. You attune to and respond to what feels natural or to choose instead to tune out or be selectively aware. This is part of your freedom.

Notice what matters

Notice what matters is not what you think but how you feel and what this points toward.  Be aware why the urge to disagree arises, why you feel resistance or conflict inside yourself.  

You are conditioned to assume that opposition arises in relation someone else.  From the moment you see everything and everyone you encounter in life is a mirror, the focus shifts.  Discover you can only ever be aligned or out of balance with true nature.  Any feeling of indecisiveness or restlessness points to denial of true nature.  Get in touch with deeper self.  You generate the questions and also hold all answers. It takes no-thing to go from here to here.