I have a strong conviction that the “answer” for our nation’s social ills is: AWARENESS. Self-awareness leads to self-empowerment and empowerment is the only true solution for the world’s massive problems. Some may doubt this, so I offer additional information and insight. I know that once a person becomes aware and empowered, that soul cannot be manipulated. An empowered person has good intentions and they live from their hearts daily fulfilling their dreams and goals. Because empowerment comes from self-awareness, the actions of empowered souls are for the betterment of personal growth and those around them, empowerment is for the good of all and this includes all living things.
Most individuals do not live empowered lives. Most of us, regardless of our educational level, live unaware of our natural power and capabilities. If this seems to appear as over simplification for the cure of our ills, consider this. Our nation “throws” billions of dollars at social issues and problems. Ask yourself: Why do we spend over 6 times more money to house a prisoner than we do to educate a child? Why do we still have an epidemic of teen pregnancies? Why do so many of our youth belong to gangs, take drugs and drop out of school at alarming rates? Why do we still have so much domestic violence in a civilized world? Why do we create so many programs to take care of people who simply lack self-awareness?
The truth is, when people are empowered most of the social ills that we presently deal with, disappear. The main issue, globally, is that most of us have either low, inflated or a total lack of self-awareness. One must question why a nation like the United States doesn’t focus more on empowering people, instead of “dis-empowering” them. All through the ages, every wise person has said that empowering people allows them to live a fulfilled purposeful life. Simply put, “The answers are within.”
Many leaders of agencies, organizations, businesses and government have marvelous and powerful intentions for solving social issues. So why do we have little to no progress? Simply, most of these well intended groups leave out the essential ingredient of self-empowerment. It may be in their mission statement, but too often it is an after thought.
So what action do we take? Knowing we will never have enough agencies, money or time to fix our world issues, we must decide to look at the root of these issues and know that promoting awareness, from a very early age, allows us to move forward. My book “Sophia and the Seven Goddesses: A Journey of Self Acceptance” was created to be an entertaining, yet educating book for pre-teens. By demonstrating how to use the seven natural attributes, which we each have, the book encourages and inspires children (and their adult readers) to accept themselves as they are, discover their intuitive wisdom and become empowered to create a better world. This is one of my gifts to children. We each must begin offering tools of empowerment.
When an infant is reminded throughout childhood, that she is a gift to the world, born with special talents which must be developed for the sake of all, then this child has a completely different perspective on life. When a child understands that he is endowed from birth with enough wisdom to accomplish remarkable dreams and to make good choices for life, we have an empowered child. Until we join together and decide what the major issue truly is and work together toward the empowerment of others, we will continue to face the same chaos.
The best way to keep our children off the streets, off drugs, prevent teen pregnancies, from being abused, etc., is to spend our personal and social resources on empowering our children from the inside out. Despite language, religion or politics, we must all agree on “empowerment.” We must teach children to understand that within each of them is a child who is born wise, talented and inherently good. No child is born in a state of unworthiness. Once a child understands that the Source of All Life loves him/her, this child is empowered because he/she knows “they count.” Once a child is empowered, he/she empowers others, having the understanding that this is the way of life.
We must breakdown our cultural patterns of thinking and acting and begin to own the fact that we are all children of The One. There is no value in arguing over the titles and principles of man made religions about this One. We must live in love and do what we were asked to do by this One on the day we were born... “live our heavenly intention and remember who and what we are.”
So what can you do? Eliminate the “worn out” thinking (which hasn’t gotten us far) and open up to discovering even more of who and what you are and then pass it on. Make a commitment today to empower every adult and child you come in contact with. Remember this fact... we don’t need more programs, we need to restructure the present ones. What we must do is simple... own and accept who and what we are and empower others to do likewise.
Ponder That!
Wisdom Goddess Bev
AboutWisdom.com © 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Ponder This: Get the Feeling of Empowerment
To achieve our potential we must learn that the key element in life is to "feel" our way through our personal success. Our journey to empowered living is more about "feeling" than thinking; not to minimize thinking, au contraire.
When we begin to "feel out" people, things, and our state of affairs, we will have a knowing for the proper action or direction to take. Our "feelings" are an intelligence that communicates to us 24/7. Sadly to say, most of us simply ignore these emotions or "feelings" since they do not originate from our minds.
We need to consider whether people, things, and our state of affairs are in harmony with our intentions and soul purpose. We can do this by using our emotional intelligence as a barometer and say to ourselves, "How does this or that feel?" And wait for the "feeling" message. The answer comes almost instantly. NO waiting around. We feel the answer and then our "feelings" turn into a knowing. We must trust our "feeling" intelligence and know it always guides us correctly, because each one of us is born with natural wisdom and this wisdom is accessed through our "feeling body". Working with our hearts first and then ours minds, in a cohesive manner, is called using our innate wisdom.
When we pause to "feel out" our life's experiences the right answers will flow forth to us. We must to learn to trust this "feeling" process, as Sophie and Tena did in our book, "Sophia and the Seven Goddesses: a Journey of Self-Acceptance." Throughout this book, these two young girls, Sophie and Tena, begin to understand that everyone has access to natural wisdom. I believe every person deserves to know the essential message that "feeling" is always a more refined language than thinking.
This week put a little more "feeling" or heart into your day and let me know how much smoother your life moves along. I wait to hear from you.
Ponder That!
WisdomGoddess, Bev
AboutWisdom.com©2009
IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ON HOW TO EMPOWER YOURSELF, YOU CAN READ MORE "PONDER THIS" ARTICLES AT OUR WEBSITE: WWW.ABOUTWISDOM.COM.
When we begin to "feel out" people, things, and our state of affairs, we will have a knowing for the proper action or direction to take. Our "feelings" are an intelligence that communicates to us 24/7. Sadly to say, most of us simply ignore these emotions or "feelings" since they do not originate from our minds.
We need to consider whether people, things, and our state of affairs are in harmony with our intentions and soul purpose. We can do this by using our emotional intelligence as a barometer and say to ourselves, "How does this or that feel?" And wait for the "feeling" message. The answer comes almost instantly. NO waiting around. We feel the answer and then our "feelings" turn into a knowing. We must trust our "feeling" intelligence and know it always guides us correctly, because each one of us is born with natural wisdom and this wisdom is accessed through our "feeling body". Working with our hearts first and then ours minds, in a cohesive manner, is called using our innate wisdom.
When we pause to "feel out" our life's experiences the right answers will flow forth to us. We must to learn to trust this "feeling" process, as Sophie and Tena did in our book, "Sophia and the Seven Goddesses: a Journey of Self-Acceptance." Throughout this book, these two young girls, Sophie and Tena, begin to understand that everyone has access to natural wisdom. I believe every person deserves to know the essential message that "feeling" is always a more refined language than thinking.
This week put a little more "feeling" or heart into your day and let me know how much smoother your life moves along. I wait to hear from you.
Ponder That!
WisdomGoddess, Bev
AboutWisdom.com©2009
IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ON HOW TO EMPOWER YOURSELF, YOU CAN READ MORE "PONDER THIS" ARTICLES AT OUR WEBSITE: WWW.ABOUTWISDOM.COM.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Ponder This: Empowerment through Wisdom for Inspired Living
Dr. Wayne Dyer, in his powerful book, “Excuses Be Gone,” writes that with every thought, feeling, and action we have a choice. I agree. However, it is not always a simply task to make a decision. Dr. Dyer says “choosing” not “excusing” is the action to abide by, and I respect what he is saying. On a recent PBS special, I heard him say, “Hear this and here this well. All excuses are “mis-alignment.” I agree with his stunning message. Still it left me with some questions that needed answers in order for me to rid myself of “excuses.” Firstly, what is mis-alignment? Secondly, if we are mis-aligned, from what or who are we mis-aligned? Thirdly, how do we re-align? Are these similar questions and concerns you might have? I am suggesting together we ponder these questions as a “wisdom community” and discuss them on my “Bev’s Blog.” I would appreciate your thoughts and ideas about these questions. I would like to hear from you. Below is how I am considering these questions... that is, until I receive your emails, which may change my mind. Please share. Blog!
Speaking to thousands of people yearly, I have learned that most of us have concerns when it comes to making decisions. We contemplate situations that we fear might cause us to make a mistake, as a result our decision to “leap” at an opportunity might be hindered. Therefore, procrastination sets in and/or we make excuses to avoid the situation, as Dr. Dyer so well emphasized. Excuses are red flags that we are not living an empowered life and yes, that we are mis-aligned, but again I ask from what?
I believe that many of us have become disconnected, or “mis-aligned,” from our unique, natural wisdom or intuitive knowing that provides us with the confidence to make effective decisions. We are born in perfect alignment, which I prefer to call attunement - being or bringing into harmony with our souls’ purpose and our unique wisdom to accomplish this purpose. We are each born with a “user friendly” manual... one that updates itself automatically and constantly for our moment to moment needs. Being able to be in harmony with our manual moves us from striving to thriving.
Every individual is born aware of his or her purpose and remains aware until he or she is taught differently. Our “rasion de’etre,” or “reason for being,” is to enjoy life according to our soul’s purpose, and to have the opportunity to choose how we want to design our journey. We don’t have to make our choices alone. We are created with an inner connection, a navigational system, that some saints and spiritual teachers call the “inner web of life” to The Divine Source. The acknowledgment of this very fact, and the reinforcement of being told early as a child of this connection, allows us to grow up with an entirely different perspective of life. Therefore, our choices are made with confidence. We are empowered and in turn are able to empower those around us.
Mis-alignment, being out of harmony, is simply not understanding that we are born with a powerful connection to universal wisdom and only we can “dis-connect” and “re-connect” to her. Coming into attunement with our souls’ purpose allows us to recognize that we are born with wisdom; consequently, we make wise “choices” instead of “excuses”. Most of the time we do not have to do much except to “recognize and own” our birthright of wisdom, in order to live an empowering life.
In our award winning empowerment book for girls (and the girl inside every woman appreciates this book too), “Sophia and the Seven Goddesses; A Journey of Self-Acceptance,” Sophie, the main character, learns about self-love and appreciation through discovering that she is a born goddess and that she has wisdom from which to draw strength and answers. Subsequently, Sophie and her friend Tina learn to trust their good decisions. This trusting empowers them to make even more good decisions. Sophie and Tina go on an amazing journey of self-discovery, learning that they have always been connected to wisdom, and all they need to do is attune to their wisdom through their own hearts. Together the two twelve year olds learn a basic exercise, which immediately connects them to their hearts’ wisdom and gives them courage and the means to live an empowering life. Their choices are based from love and not fear. By the end of the story the two girls know that they can depend upon their own wisdom to always be present for them, anyplace, and any time. They are empowered, because they know wisdom is their friend and will always be by their side. As a result, they don’t make “excuses” they simply “choose wisely,” and teach others to do likewise. Both girls become empowered because they learned, at an early age, that within everything, wisdom lives. How different would our lives be today, had we been taught about our wisdom at an early age?
To live an empowering life we must accept Truth that we are born with wisdom, or as the Greeks call it “gnosis,” and bring ourselves into alignment, or attunement, so that we may access our unique wisdom. Then, we too can proclaim, just as Dr. Wayne Dyer says “Excuses Be Gone!”
Ponder That!
Wisdom Goddess Bev
AboutWisdom.com © 2009
IF YOU LIKED "PONDER THIS" AND WOULD LIKE TO READ MORE, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE: www.aboutwisdom.com.
Speaking to thousands of people yearly, I have learned that most of us have concerns when it comes to making decisions. We contemplate situations that we fear might cause us to make a mistake, as a result our decision to “leap” at an opportunity might be hindered. Therefore, procrastination sets in and/or we make excuses to avoid the situation, as Dr. Dyer so well emphasized. Excuses are red flags that we are not living an empowered life and yes, that we are mis-aligned, but again I ask from what?
I believe that many of us have become disconnected, or “mis-aligned,” from our unique, natural wisdom or intuitive knowing that provides us with the confidence to make effective decisions. We are born in perfect alignment, which I prefer to call attunement - being or bringing into harmony with our souls’ purpose and our unique wisdom to accomplish this purpose. We are each born with a “user friendly” manual... one that updates itself automatically and constantly for our moment to moment needs. Being able to be in harmony with our manual moves us from striving to thriving.
Every individual is born aware of his or her purpose and remains aware until he or she is taught differently. Our “rasion de’etre,” or “reason for being,” is to enjoy life according to our soul’s purpose, and to have the opportunity to choose how we want to design our journey. We don’t have to make our choices alone. We are created with an inner connection, a navigational system, that some saints and spiritual teachers call the “inner web of life” to The Divine Source. The acknowledgment of this very fact, and the reinforcement of being told early as a child of this connection, allows us to grow up with an entirely different perspective of life. Therefore, our choices are made with confidence. We are empowered and in turn are able to empower those around us.
Mis-alignment, being out of harmony, is simply not understanding that we are born with a powerful connection to universal wisdom and only we can “dis-connect” and “re-connect” to her. Coming into attunement with our souls’ purpose allows us to recognize that we are born with wisdom; consequently, we make wise “choices” instead of “excuses”. Most of the time we do not have to do much except to “recognize and own” our birthright of wisdom, in order to live an empowering life.
In our award winning empowerment book for girls (and the girl inside every woman appreciates this book too), “Sophia and the Seven Goddesses; A Journey of Self-Acceptance,” Sophie, the main character, learns about self-love and appreciation through discovering that she is a born goddess and that she has wisdom from which to draw strength and answers. Subsequently, Sophie and her friend Tina learn to trust their good decisions. This trusting empowers them to make even more good decisions. Sophie and Tina go on an amazing journey of self-discovery, learning that they have always been connected to wisdom, and all they need to do is attune to their wisdom through their own hearts. Together the two twelve year olds learn a basic exercise, which immediately connects them to their hearts’ wisdom and gives them courage and the means to live an empowering life. Their choices are based from love and not fear. By the end of the story the two girls know that they can depend upon their own wisdom to always be present for them, anyplace, and any time. They are empowered, because they know wisdom is their friend and will always be by their side. As a result, they don’t make “excuses” they simply “choose wisely,” and teach others to do likewise. Both girls become empowered because they learned, at an early age, that within everything, wisdom lives. How different would our lives be today, had we been taught about our wisdom at an early age?
To live an empowering life we must accept Truth that we are born with wisdom, or as the Greeks call it “gnosis,” and bring ourselves into alignment, or attunement, so that we may access our unique wisdom. Then, we too can proclaim, just as Dr. Wayne Dyer says “Excuses Be Gone!”
Ponder That!
Wisdom Goddess Bev
AboutWisdom.com © 2009
IF YOU LIKED "PONDER THIS" AND WOULD LIKE TO READ MORE, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE: www.aboutwisdom.com.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Ponder This - Coming Apart?
Does your world feel like it is coming apart and things dying... with all of the upheaval that is going on? Relax. This is a good thing. Most of the businesses and organizations, rules and regulations, etc. that are coming apart, need to change because they are not working and never have. This breaking down is the method that the Universe uses to rid herself of what does not work and make way for the new. There is a wise approach to what is going on in our world and our personal lives today. This approach is to see the good that can spring forth from this recession... instead of holding on to what no longer works and fighting for the old way. The intelligent approach is to decide to rebuild our individual lives and our new business world using our wisdom. This can only be accomplished when we re-weave our world using our hearts. Perhaps better understanding how the Universe comes apart and re-emerges will give us more confidence that it is necessary for all things to end or die to only re-emerge for the better, thusly this recession or what I prefer to call it this re-organizing by the Universe.
Now let’s establish that there is no such thing as death - death of anything. There is only a process of breaking things down and coming apart; however, only to re-emerge for something new and hopefully a better creation. There is no “real death” as our minds have defined it. This is what frightens us when our world appears to be falling apart... the belief in death or dissolution. Nature must birth, death, and rebirth. This is her natural function. Nature gives birth to the new through re-cycling.
Our sense of loss arises from our mind-set of the naturally occurring process of dissolving and re-emerging. The human mind has learned to define “dissolution” as something awful and bad, which sets us up for monstrous fear. Additionally, the mind can not see beyond the senses and refuses to have a consultation with the heart. As a result, we suffer greatly from any emotional change or dismantling.
Take a moment to look around you. Where do you see complete dissolution? Science proves that nothing dies, rather the energy changes form. Nothing escapes the universe, nor can we destroy energy. The natural changes come about only to be re-merge again. We see this in our day to day lives; in regards, to everything we experience from people, to businesses, to things, to events - we watch “energy” unravel only to re-emerge. The re-emerging gives us each the opportunities to re-create something better.
When we can view life as it truly is: constantly unraveling and being rewoven into something new, we will view the Universe as a friendly and safe place to live. It will also empower us to have a healthy outlook on life. Life has a natural order of recycling.
Like a golden chalice being melted down only to be re-shaped into a platter; all life is constantly coming apart only to be recycled or re-emerged into something new - using energy that has always been on the planet. Anything built by our ego-mind has no depth or foundation to stand and eventually must unravel for a better design and better function... thus what is going on right now in our world.
Even creations that are designed for the good of all life eventually must dismantle for improvement, because we are never “finished.” Ultimately, Life is a process of evolution... and the sooner we accept this truth the more empowered we will be.
When we learn to live and create, from our heart’s minds, change or the unraveling will not seem so dramatic; however, this unraveling process will still go on. When we understand the laws of the universe and know that the Universe is self-organizing even without us, we will be a lot happier with our lives and can trust the process of the unraveling and the re-emerging energy for a new world or new thing/event/relationship in our lives.
We must come in to harmony with the unraveling of our personal lives and world. We are presently witnessing the unraveling process in almost every aspect of life. This is a positive thing, because there are many “things” built in our world using the ego mind. We must get in a place that allows our lives to unravel what is unnecessary and allow the process of reweaving to begin. Hopefully, in the reweaving of the new world cloth and our personal lives, we will shift into the awareness of how all life is important and connected.
Let our focus be not on a great recession; rather on a giant unraveling and a re-emerging to build a world that benefits us personally and globally. We must gather up the threads of our individual lives and reweave a world that serves all.
Ponder That!
Wisdom Goddess Bev
AboutWisdom.com © 2009
IF YOU LIKED "PONDER THIS" AND WOULD LIKE TO READ MORE, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE: WWW.ABOUTWISDOM.COM.
Now let’s establish that there is no such thing as death - death of anything. There is only a process of breaking things down and coming apart; however, only to re-emerge for something new and hopefully a better creation. There is no “real death” as our minds have defined it. This is what frightens us when our world appears to be falling apart... the belief in death or dissolution. Nature must birth, death, and rebirth. This is her natural function. Nature gives birth to the new through re-cycling.
Our sense of loss arises from our mind-set of the naturally occurring process of dissolving and re-emerging. The human mind has learned to define “dissolution” as something awful and bad, which sets us up for monstrous fear. Additionally, the mind can not see beyond the senses and refuses to have a consultation with the heart. As a result, we suffer greatly from any emotional change or dismantling.
Take a moment to look around you. Where do you see complete dissolution? Science proves that nothing dies, rather the energy changes form. Nothing escapes the universe, nor can we destroy energy. The natural changes come about only to be re-merge again. We see this in our day to day lives; in regards, to everything we experience from people, to businesses, to things, to events - we watch “energy” unravel only to re-emerge. The re-emerging gives us each the opportunities to re-create something better.
When we can view life as it truly is: constantly unraveling and being rewoven into something new, we will view the Universe as a friendly and safe place to live. It will also empower us to have a healthy outlook on life. Life has a natural order of recycling.
Like a golden chalice being melted down only to be re-shaped into a platter; all life is constantly coming apart only to be recycled or re-emerged into something new - using energy that has always been on the planet. Anything built by our ego-mind has no depth or foundation to stand and eventually must unravel for a better design and better function... thus what is going on right now in our world.
Even creations that are designed for the good of all life eventually must dismantle for improvement, because we are never “finished.” Ultimately, Life is a process of evolution... and the sooner we accept this truth the more empowered we will be.
When we learn to live and create, from our heart’s minds, change or the unraveling will not seem so dramatic; however, this unraveling process will still go on. When we understand the laws of the universe and know that the Universe is self-organizing even without us, we will be a lot happier with our lives and can trust the process of the unraveling and the re-emerging energy for a new world or new thing/event/relationship in our lives.
We must come in to harmony with the unraveling of our personal lives and world. We are presently witnessing the unraveling process in almost every aspect of life. This is a positive thing, because there are many “things” built in our world using the ego mind. We must get in a place that allows our lives to unravel what is unnecessary and allow the process of reweaving to begin. Hopefully, in the reweaving of the new world cloth and our personal lives, we will shift into the awareness of how all life is important and connected.
Let our focus be not on a great recession; rather on a giant unraveling and a re-emerging to build a world that benefits us personally and globally. We must gather up the threads of our individual lives and reweave a world that serves all.
Ponder That!
Wisdom Goddess Bev
AboutWisdom.com © 2009
IF YOU LIKED "PONDER THIS" AND WOULD LIKE TO READ MORE, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE: WWW.ABOUTWISDOM.COM.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Ponder This - Hero Affliction
Once upon a time, yet not so long ago, I was driving to work on a sunny morning and noticed the sun shining through the dark green forest.
Suddenly an insight hit me. You know those intuitive moments we have and often pay little attention. However, this “thought” trapped me and the longer I pondered it, the clearer it came. I wondered why I do not always pay attention to these flashes of insight, since I was enjoying this moment so much. I now want to share this insight with you.
I quickly understood how often we give our power away and as a result feel powerless, through turning other people into our heroes or heroines. I realized that we start losing our power as little children by turning our parents, family, and friends into our heroes. We continue this action as we grow older and turn our teachers, professors, leaders, bosses, sport stars, and media stars into our heroes/heroines. This “bad habit” can be attributed to the conditioning or training from our upbringing. And we can change this through our prayer and mediation practices. Seeing the light within us, especially the heroine, is one of the reasons that I created the Athena Greek Goddess doll. Additionally, I created Athena doll to be a symbol or a reminder for women and girls of their heroine light. Goddess Athena has served for centuries, myriad people, as a wise and powerful heroine archetype.
Unfortunately, we often see the hero as someone other than ourselves. When do we stop turning others into our personal heroes, rather than owing the hero-light within? Are we taught to own our inner hero at an early age? I was not. Eventually we have to grow up and own our power and claim the hero/heroine within. But of course, this is dangerous stuff! Meaning then we have to also take the responsibility, which comes with the being the “hero/heroine.”
I quickly took inventory of my life during that drive to work. Unfortunately, I was guilty of turning others into my heroes and heroines, instead of learning from them and empowering myself to become my own hero/heroine. I pondered again, why do we want to give our power away by allowing others to be our heroes? Instead, when we can become the mighty hero ourselves and reap the reward that comes with such?
I am reminded of the wise and powerful author and lecturer, Marianne Williamson, in her book, “A Return to Love, “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.” I know this is a true statement. It is easier to allow others to be our heroes and heroines than to own the power ourselves.
Let’s chat about this a little more on a deeper spiritual level. We each are born with a soul and our soul contains our life intentions, dreams, talents, personal power, etc. Some people refer to the soul as a “higher self.” To realize our personal power, to claim the hero within, would mean that we would have to stop projecting our “higher self” or “light” onto others and live the hero life. This would include taking on the responsibility that we are more than physical beings and that we each contain the hero-light.
Our lives would dramatically change, if we would allow “others” to only be examples of what’s within us in lieu of projecting our “hero-light” onto them. We each are heroes in our own right.
What may prevent some of us from owning our hero-light is that we have an unconscious belief that heroes die young or tragically. This is not true; even though some history speaks to this. We must pause to consider that history is referring to the patriarchy hero, which has nothing to do with the higher-self hero. Consequently, we need to have a chat with our hearts making sure our minds can separate the patriarchy hero from the higher self hero.... so we can move beyond the fear of our own powerful light for whatever reason.
Here is a question to ponder: Is it the fear of the heroic death that prevents us from owning our light or is it the fear of realizing who we truly are? Is it not easier to project our precious light onto “others,” making them our heroes... rather than claiming our extraordinarily light? Owning our light means being responsible and naturally accountable.
Ponder this week on accepting your “higher self,” your light, your hero within. Look her/him straight in the eye and embrace her power and invite her to be a part of your life. The next time you decide to turn someone into a hero, ask yourself why? As Marianne Williams has stated, “It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us”. It appears easier to see the “light” in others than ourselves.
Ponder That!
Wisdom Goddess Bev
AboutWisdom.com © 2009
IF YOU LIKED "PONDER THIS" AND WOULD LIKE TO READ MORE, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE: WWW.ABOUTWISDOM.COM
Suddenly an insight hit me. You know those intuitive moments we have and often pay little attention. However, this “thought” trapped me and the longer I pondered it, the clearer it came. I wondered why I do not always pay attention to these flashes of insight, since I was enjoying this moment so much. I now want to share this insight with you.
I quickly understood how often we give our power away and as a result feel powerless, through turning other people into our heroes or heroines. I realized that we start losing our power as little children by turning our parents, family, and friends into our heroes. We continue this action as we grow older and turn our teachers, professors, leaders, bosses, sport stars, and media stars into our heroes/heroines. This “bad habit” can be attributed to the conditioning or training from our upbringing. And we can change this through our prayer and mediation practices. Seeing the light within us, especially the heroine, is one of the reasons that I created the Athena Greek Goddess doll. Additionally, I created Athena doll to be a symbol or a reminder for women and girls of their heroine light. Goddess Athena has served for centuries, myriad people, as a wise and powerful heroine archetype.
Unfortunately, we often see the hero as someone other than ourselves. When do we stop turning others into our personal heroes, rather than owing the hero-light within? Are we taught to own our inner hero at an early age? I was not. Eventually we have to grow up and own our power and claim the hero/heroine within. But of course, this is dangerous stuff! Meaning then we have to also take the responsibility, which comes with the being the “hero/heroine.”
I quickly took inventory of my life during that drive to work. Unfortunately, I was guilty of turning others into my heroes and heroines, instead of learning from them and empowering myself to become my own hero/heroine. I pondered again, why do we want to give our power away by allowing others to be our heroes? Instead, when we can become the mighty hero ourselves and reap the reward that comes with such?
I am reminded of the wise and powerful author and lecturer, Marianne Williamson, in her book, “A Return to Love, “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.” I know this is a true statement. It is easier to allow others to be our heroes and heroines than to own the power ourselves.
Let’s chat about this a little more on a deeper spiritual level. We each are born with a soul and our soul contains our life intentions, dreams, talents, personal power, etc. Some people refer to the soul as a “higher self.” To realize our personal power, to claim the hero within, would mean that we would have to stop projecting our “higher self” or “light” onto others and live the hero life. This would include taking on the responsibility that we are more than physical beings and that we each contain the hero-light.
Our lives would dramatically change, if we would allow “others” to only be examples of what’s within us in lieu of projecting our “hero-light” onto them. We each are heroes in our own right.
What may prevent some of us from owning our hero-light is that we have an unconscious belief that heroes die young or tragically. This is not true; even though some history speaks to this. We must pause to consider that history is referring to the patriarchy hero, which has nothing to do with the higher-self hero. Consequently, we need to have a chat with our hearts making sure our minds can separate the patriarchy hero from the higher self hero.... so we can move beyond the fear of our own powerful light for whatever reason.
Here is a question to ponder: Is it the fear of the heroic death that prevents us from owning our light or is it the fear of realizing who we truly are? Is it not easier to project our precious light onto “others,” making them our heroes... rather than claiming our extraordinarily light? Owning our light means being responsible and naturally accountable.
Ponder this week on accepting your “higher self,” your light, your hero within. Look her/him straight in the eye and embrace her power and invite her to be a part of your life. The next time you decide to turn someone into a hero, ask yourself why? As Marianne Williams has stated, “It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us”. It appears easier to see the “light” in others than ourselves.
Ponder That!
Wisdom Goddess Bev
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