:: What is power

Authority, control, domination, management…these are all synonyms for the word “power”, but what does it really mean and why is it so important?

Having power means being in control, right? Well not exactly, let’s first look at what power signifies and where it comes from.
Power is the essence of energy; it is a driving force that makes our wheels turn. Without power there is no movement, only a steady rhythm that doesn’t create any change. So one would argue that power is necessary to create any sort of improvement in our lives, the answer to this lies within our ability to realize where power comes from.

Power is a state of need or desire. When the ego is in control, there is a constant hunger that is never satisfied. The ego craves power regularly, when it receives the power it requires, it is only pleased for a short period of time, thus the continuous cycle repeats itself because the ego is never really satisfied. It is the ego that is never grateful since it is run by greed. Ah yes, greed! Greed’s hunger is so voracious that nothing can satiate its deepest yearning.

However, when power is controlled by the aspiration to grow, its hunger is one of substance. This substance is required to nourish the inner workings of the body such as the Mind, Body and Spirit. Imagine not having eaten for several hours. Your stomach gurgles with eagerness reminding you of its large deficit of food. Your patience becomes short as your energy runs low. At this point the mind and body communicate a need for sustenance which eventually ends up getting you to the closest eatery. This communication, when listened to, allows the body the nourishment that is needed to maintain health and vitality.
On the other hand, what happens when the ego drives hunger? Well, the ego’s motivation is greed, and greed’s hunger is insatiable. It only thinks of getting more and more. The ego does not allow for the Mind, Body, or Spirit to get in its way, because the ego believes that it doesn’t need food to manage. The result is that it dips into the body’s reservoir for energy. Letting the ego’s greed have its way only depletes the body of its nourishment; therefore, diminishing the Mind, Body and Spirit of its Essence or Vitality. Instead it creates a ravenous “power” that entrances the Mind to continue to seek what it cannot attain.

Money is a great example of the ego’s constant need to be fed. For most people, having a successful career while earning an income that provides the means necessary to survive a substantial life is just not enough. We constantly strive to earn more and more money while sacrificing our health, relationships, and much more. At first, we stay a bit longer at work, or make a few more calls, or write a few more emails, and then we’re late getting home, not spending as much time with our families or missing important events. So why is there an empty void that never seems to get filled? An inexhaustible longing for more constantly haunts us indefinitely until we can consciously step back and stop for just a moment to visualize what is happening.

Being in constant connection with the Trio of the Mind, Body and Spirit is imperative to maintain a harmonious flow that helps to maintain the valuable life-force of control. A disconnect with this Trio awakens the hunger that lies within to take-over. The communication of the Mind, Body and Spirit is quite clear. However, it is our detachment from the Trio that allows for subtle messages from our bodies such as aches, pains, headaches, etc. to go unnoticed. This is due to the ego’s drive of wanting more. As the symptoms from our bodies slowly get ignored more so, the ever so little signs turn into bigger ones requiring much more attention. Soon enough a vicious cycle ensues; worse symptoms require more time, which require more money, which require more work, which produce more symptoms, and so forth. But this cycle can not be ignored for long. No matter how strong our bodies are, if they are not taken care of and listened to via Mind and Spirit as well, the body will eventually stop. For some this stop may be minor while for others this stop may be more serious. The decision is left solely up to the individual. It can decide to be more conscious and aware, by taking some time to listen and nourish the Trio, or it can simply choose to overlook its simple needs and feed a boundless ego that will only deliver more discontinuity and angst into our lives.
Being aware of the Ego’s appetite and knowing the difference between the power to grow is one of life’s little lessons that tests our strength and wisdom frequently. Taking the initiative to be aware and practicing the recognition of where the power from within is coming from, becomes the engine for the growth and change that we so desire. As a result of this then, knowledge is power.

The bountiful knowledge that exists within us is constantly transmitting messages, but if we become detached from primarily the Spirit of the Trio, these communications become less and less noticeable. The more contact we maintain with our Inner Self or Spirit, the better the messages are received. It is not the job of our “Higher Forces” or the Universe to interfere with the decisions that we make in our lives. However it is our responsibility to ourselves to make the best possible choices for our highest good.

How do we maintain the best possible connection with our Higher Selves in order to receive the messages of bountiful knowledge? It is much simpler then we make it out to be. Our breath is the ultimate link to hearing the recognition and awareness more clearly. You may be wondering why you are not already so full of knowledge because you have been breathing since they day you were born. The answer to this has to do with the mechanics of our breathing rather than the actual function. It is a state of deep breathing that creates the bond between your Spirit and the bountiful knowledge that exists around us all. Allowing the body to breathe deeply and slowly creates a frequency within your own body that resonates with the frequency of what it is that your Trio desires. I suppose it is comparable the saying that, “like attracts like”. If the frequency that your Trio is emitting negativity, then that is what it will attract. However, by allowing the deep breaths to manifest from within your body, that magnetic frequency of knowledge and clarity will be cordially invited to you.

A good example of this is during a very busy time in your life when you are constantly running, so much so that most of the things that you do, you are not even sure how you got to where you needed. For instance, you are driving to a location, but you are in such a hurry or there is so much going on in your life, you aren’t even sure how you got to your final destination. You don’t clearly remember getting off the exit of making the proper turn. However your automatic pilot got you to your final stop. This automatic pilot is an example of your “Inner Knowing”. If it wasn’t for this, you may have ended up somewhere completely different, or even in a less favorable position. Even though we can get caught up in much of the busy life, it is our connection, even if minimal, that helps us to maintain some amount of clarity in our lives. However, imagine if our union with our Inner Self was always as strong as those times we chose to take those few moments of deep breathing. What would come of us? We could expect a society of peace, tranquility, clarity and true inner power that allowed us to be in the utmost position of control and security as possible? Well, it is worth a try, if not only that.

I would like to ask of you, what is it that keeps you from living the life of optimal satisfaction? Because in the end it is this maximum satisfaction that feeds the Power of Nourishment to create the life for the optimum existence. For most, it is a disbelief in all the abilities that has been gifted to them from the moment they were born as well as a disbelief in the power of what they cannot yet see nor feel. These powers exist within ourselves as well as around us as well. It simply requires some attention, for the more attention you give to anything, the more it will grow. So I encourage people to pay much more attention to those things that they wish to create, instead of those things deplete their Trio of Mind, Body and Spirit. Then sit back and consciously observe the subtle actions that take place at first, by simply allowing yourself to take moments of time to breathe deeply. In these moments you will find that the connection to the Trio is being maintained, so that the ego can no longer feeds it’s hungry appetite, but that the Trio is well-nourished by the breath to attract the knowledge it needs to feed it wisdom, clarity and indefinitely the power it so desires to be the most vital being it can possibly be.

This article has been published in Positive Health magazine.