Invisible Acts Of Power
06:38 May 16 2009
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Growing your roots
The purpose of life is a Life of purpose
-George Bernard Shaw
Our first chakra plants us in the physical, visible world. There is always tension to living in a physical body. Our mind and spirit are often at odds with each other and we struggle to balance their desires. The spirit within us has faith that our needs will always be met, but our mind perceives that there is not enough to go around. Our spirit inherently understands that we are all one-with other people and our universe-but our mind finds this belief difficult to maintain as we live our daily lives,coming into conflict with loved ones and colleagues. We generally can manage to remember that we are "one" with our spouse or partner or biological family,but it takes a very real leap in our spiritual evolution to act in accordance with that insight. Living as we usually do within that gap between our spirit's perception of truth and our minds perception of reality, however, we learn about energy and power.
All of life's lessons can be summarized in one word:power.
Power affects our biology and our spirit. Power can represent people,status,stuff,money,cars,toys,knowledge,skills-anything that enhances our ability to survive in the physical world.
Every decision we make, every item of clothing we wear,as well as any burning desire we have-whether that's simply to be at the head of the line or sit in a corner office-all determine what has power in our lives and what are willing to do and say in order to get power,use it, and keep it. Each of the chakras provides a different lens through which you see and experience power. And the journey begins at the first chakra,our entry into the physical world.
The goal of the human experience is to transform ourselves from beings who long to attain power in the physical world to beings who empowered from within. This is the classics hero's quest. You embark on a journey to waken self-knowledge and inner strength. It may sound simple in theory, but it is brutal in terms of life experience. Think of all the fears and temptations, dragons and physical obsticals that the archtypal hero, the knight or worrior, must overcome and slay before providing himselfreturning home to court, to his full rightful place in the world. His quest also inevitably includes an encounter that requires his ability to tap into the invisible or spirit world to attaindisconcernment, wisdom, and his full power. Today this archtype of male and female power is seen in the superheroes of comic books and movies, such as Superman and Xena, or Star Wars and Lord of the Rings.
If there could be a single, universal test of our spirit it would be: do we have faith in our ability to survive in the phsical wourld or are we afraid of the challenges life sets us? Every single challenge in life and every dsingle spiritual crisis tests the quality of our decisions. We want to come to the point where even when our back is against the wall, we can make a concious choice with integrity. We may be coping with a family problem, or making a financial decision that will affect a personal relationship,or trying to help a stranger. But each test brings our spirit face to face with fears about our own ability to survive. We have to decide, do we turn inward and trust the inherent wisdom jof our spirit that reminds us of universal truths such as"Give and it is returned tenfold unto you" and "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you," or do we cave into insecurities that allow us to turn away?
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