Power Within You

I like power. I think we all like power. I know most of us judge power. We certainly judge liking
it. Or we are sure we are judged by others for the same.

What is all this confusion about power, especially in the spiritual, new-age quest? I think our
genetics are getting the best of us when it comes to clarity around this. Our Higher Selves know
we like power. Hell, our Higher Selves ARE power. They ARE the Creative Force in our lives,
and you can't get much more powerful than creation Itself. We feel good when we achieve our
goals, make money, feel great, reach our dreams. We feel good and POWERFUL. When we get
"there" we feel freedom and security and bliss. It's a real high. It's powerful.

So we all know this. We know it because we can FEEL it! That begs the question: Why are we
so damned afraid of acknowledging it, then? Hmmmmmm. Let me begin with some of my
teachings etched within my psyche and yes, even in my cells genetically. Channel, if you will,
your mother's voice: "Be humble, DD, never celebrate your own talent. That's up to others, and
then be very humble in your acknowledgment;" "You never want more than you need. That's
enough;" "It is better to give (and give and give) than receive;" "Hard work pays off and gets you
by;" "Money is the root of all evil. THEY have money." We don't. Ergo, we must be the good
guys. And everyone knows the good guys win.

At the same time, I was told I could be Miss America, a movie star, and teacher of the year. Just
be sure I didn't feel too good and powerful when I achieved those things. My mom taught me
what she was taught, and her mom did the same. Welcome to Sins of the Fathers. They taught us
what they were incorrectly taught, and now it's time for us to break that cycle.

The term "grace of power" has helped me make this transition more easily. I can "feel" the grace
of power: Mother Teresa, Gandhi, Bill Gates, Oprah: power with a purpose. Power that affects
the consciousness. Power from the presence of who they are. You didn't know my mom, but she
was the grace of power. Not what she did, but who she was. She affected the world by being in
it. We all affect the world by being in it, and it is time for us to powerfully accept that
responsibility. I choose to be the most powerful force I can be in this world. Even if that is
expressed by changing a diaper. A very humble task, indeed.