The Direction of Intention

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The circle comes back around in this meditation on power. It begins with a very simple idea: truly powerful people are dedicated to inspiring true power in others. And, like all simple ideas, it is harder to do than it is to talk about doing. Abstractions are always easier to entertain than the actual daily practice of doing something; it is the integration into your being that takes the effort.

It goes like this: empowered people empower others, not as something on the “to-do” list, not as a nice intention like going to church on Sunday so you can say, “I did it,” on Monday – empowered people empower others because that is how they’ve decide to orient into the world. It is who they are, not something they do.

Is it “pie in the sky?” A utopian ideal? Maybe. Maybe not. That depends on how you choose to look at it. Think about this: how powerful must you become to free yourself of the need to diminish others? Who might you become if you no longer needed to reduce others to elevate your self?

Power and worth and connected at the hip, they are the Siamese twins of potential. You’ll recognize someone struggling with their worth because they have the need to diminish others (assert power over others). Just so, you’ll recognize someone who is not questioning their worth or value because they bring power to life – in themselves and in others. They bring it to life. They are not wrestling with the perception of power or trying to attain power; they are power-full.

Power-over is a dramatically different thing than power-with; power-over negates power, power-with creates power.

This equation is like a mirror that reflects both ways. If your game is to reduce others you might stop and consider how much thought-time you spend reducing or editing yourself.  Do you carry in your bag of beliefs the stone that says, “You are not worthy?” How much time do you spend comparing yourself, hiding or tempering yourself?

What if your worth was no longer in question? What if your value was no longer an issue? What would you do with all of that newfound time and energy that previously was dedicated to bullying yourself or reducing others? You’d empower others simply by how you were showing up in the world.

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