Own your power

“You’ve always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself.” — Glinda, The Wizard of Oz

Your thoughts and energy and where and how you focus them have power.

When I was studying Psychology in college, I came upon a case in a book. This case was about a woman who had dissociative identity disorder (more commonly known as multiple personality disorder). At one point this woman was involved in an accident and became paralyzed from the waist down. Some time later, while lying in bed the woman dissociated into one of the alter personalities and then got up and walked around the room. The alter personality had no memory or knowledge of the accident that caused paralysis. When she returned back to her dominant personality she had no recollection of anything that happened while the alter was in charge (typical for this disorder) and the physical paralysis returned.

What had changed when she dissociated into the alter personality? Nothing had changed physically—the woman is still in the same physical body. Nothing had changed other than the alter personality did not know or believe that its physical body should be paralyzed. The power of belief.

This case has always stuck with me since the moment I read about it. I remember how it really made me think about the true power that the human can possess, a testament to the true power of our thoughts and energy. I mean think about it, if we could harness our own thoughts and energy in such a way what is to stop us from being able to truly heal ourselves physically, emotionally, and spiritually?

"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!" -- The Wizard, The Wizard of Oz

Unfortunately, just like our energy and thoughts can be harnessed for good, they can also be harnessed for bad. There are beings and forces in this universe that also know this, that know the true power each and every one of us hold. And they are scared shitless that people are going to wake up and realize this for themselves, realize their own power. So these forces manipulate people, sow division and hatred, spread lies, illusions, and fear. They prey on people’s egos and fears to instead channel the collective energy into that of fear, pain, suffering, hopelessness, anger, and breed negativity and disharmony.

They keep people searching for answers, solutions, power, happiness, love, and more outside of ourselves. They infiltrate and often control every influential aspect of our lives including politics and government, arts and media, education, technology, healthcare, and beyond. They divide us into categories like race, political affiliation, sex, class and then pit people against each other fueling wars and discord. They program us through media of all types with (unrealistic and toxic) ideas of what beauty is or should be and then sell you on plastic surgeries and expensive cosmetics further conditioning the belief that you aren’t beautiful without those things. They condition us to feed our egos instead of our soul creating a feeling of emptiness and being unfulfilled and then try to convince you that you can fill that void with external things or external validation of some kind. They try to distract you with drugs (prescription or otherwise), alcohol, meaningless sex, fame, money and material possessions. Anything and everything they can do to prevent people from looking within themselves and realizing that everything you need is already within you.

YOU already hold all the answers! YOU are beautiful exactly the way you are! YOU are lovable no matter what your wounds or traumas lead you to believe! YOU have the power to heal yourself! YOU deserve happiness and all your dreams to come true! YOU are the author of your own story! You don’t need to defer to anyone else’s opinions, thoughts, or beliefs whether that of science, government, religion, friends and family, or society. You are a free, sovereign being. Happiness, love, and abundance is your birthright. But you must choose it for yourself.

Whether you believe there are external beings and forces manipulating things or perhaps they are just the boogeyman manifestations of our own ego and collective ego, the solution is really the same: take your power back! However, with this great power also comes great responsibility. You have all the power but the choice is always yours how you harness it, own it, or whether you give it away. It is not right for these beings or forces to manipulate and deceive people, but we also cannot simply place all blame for our perceived problems or the evils in the world on them either because in order for them to take your power, you have to allow it.

The first step is waking up to the illusions and seeing where, how, and why you are giving your power away. Then forgive yourself. Love yourself enough to forgive yourself. Love yourself enough to stand up and reclaim your power because you know you are enough just as you are. It isn’t always easy and it doesn’t mean that you won’t face challenges or feel negative at times but growth doesn't happen when things are easy. The challenges and growth that comes from them is worth it. You're worth it. I believe in you! So pay attention to that man behind the curtain, whether it’s your own ego or an external person/force. Rip back that curtain and punch that fucker right in the face (metaphorically speaking of course). Remember who the fuck you are! You are a powerful, divine badass! Own it! Never forget it!

How are you going to take your power back today?