#egostrikesagain

We really are afraid of death. It comes under the guise of “staying in your power.” We show off our bodies, argue our intellectual facts, collect as many things as possible...”look at how pretty I am, look at my educational degrees, look at my expensive car! I am obviously a very important and powerful person!” Sometimes we don’t even say this outloud but we say it to ourselves, perpetually proving to our own worst enemy that we are worthy of existence. 

We are so afraid of losing our “power” through other people’s opinions, our current business title, being seen as lower in rank - whether that is in the home and you do the laundry or at your office and you report to someone else. It’s all ego. Ego is afraid of losing “power” and therefore it’s mighty existence...death can’t be far. And ego believes death is the end.

Empowerment, taking back your power, feminine power...big words used for all kinds of personal growth strategies. I’ve used them myself. It seems though that the ego has snuck in here as well. Power seems to be an outward show. This does result in an imminent death...of the ego, and therefore it is right to stay focused. For one can only hold this kind of power for as long as you keep your job, your good looks, your finger on the new trends.

There is a way to go beyond this fear of death. When we reconnect to our inner “power” we understand that ego is just chasing its own tail. Inner power knows it can never be taken away, it can never die. 

How to find this inner power? It’s already there, there’s nothing to find. You have to give it some space though to emerge as it is probably covered in society’s conditioning, media programming and childhood trauma of some extent. A good start is to turn off the tv, computer, phone, put the list of “to do” away for 30 minutes a day...maybe go sit in nature. Breathe with the trees, let the ocean clear your mind. At least slow down your breath. Close your eyes. Be alone. Be quiet. Be curious. What happens to your breath, how crazy does your mind get, what does your body feel like right now?

If you are able to control your breath, you’ll be able to control your nervous system, and eventually your mind will slow down because it won’t be in constant GO mode. It is here, as your breath slows and your thoughts untangle, that you can begin to look at the truth of each of those thoughts. Just because you have a thought doesn’t mean it’s true.

What is true for you? Breathe into that thought as you decide. How does your body feel with that thought? Give it space. Now decide if it’s really true for you or not. Take back control of the amazing navigational tool you’ve been given, known as the mind. Know your own Truth. That’s real power.