Repossess Your Power

I am not a big fan of the phrases ‘give your power away’ or ‘take back your power’ because they do not adequately describe a very important process that can involve important lessons which we must understand to be able to fully own and use our own power. 

So we are going to address the issues of repossessing our power by looking at why we feel we have to disown our power by giving our power away, who we give it to and why, and what we need to do to repossess it which begins with owning and claiming it. Notice the focus on how this happens is clear – we give our power away all by ourselves. 

Why do we ignore our power, give it away to others, or refuse to own and claim it? There are so many reasons so I will group them into 3 main areas and I go into greater detail in the podcast:

1. We want others to like and value us so we pretend to be less powerful to fit in with them. Now before you think it sounds silly, admit that it is true. If you want to belong to a group you’ll try to fit in with them. So you’ll make yourself appear more like them and that includes matching their levels of energy and power. If having a relationship means you must hide your true power, diminishing it, or that is what you will do.

2. We are embarrassed at being powerful and are afraid of the potential of our power. This is more true than many will admit. They think that being powerful is a liability and are afraid that they might misuse or abuse their power, or have it used against them or used against others. So they hide their abilities and their power from others. Included in this reason is the abuse and misuse of power in former lifetimes, especially in lifetimes of royalty or great wealth and privilege. 

3. We believe others are more competent than we are so we give our power to them. Sometimes this is required of us in relationships, other times it arises from our belief that we are not powerful or capable of handling our own power and creating our reality. Maybe we are struggling with guilt and shame – how many of you have been shamed for your power by being called ‘different’ or been told to stop shining (in one way or another), or have been made to feel guilty because you are more accomplished than others? Maybe we feel that we have too many failures, missteps, or missed opportunities and we just can’t get our life right. We also want to meet others’ expectations and serve them by becoming their healer so we give them our power to help them on their path. 

Which of these reasons do you resonate with and don’t be surprised if there is more than one. We tend to give our power away or relinquish it, pretending it does not belong to us, when we feel it is going to lead to unwanted consequences like rejection, persecution, abandonment, or betrayal. And we have a lot of history to support those beliefs because remember we are dealing with lifetimes of soul cycles and karmic experiences with the people who challenge our power and who engage in power struggles with us.

To repossess means to take possession of something you own. Think about that for a minute. You take back the power you already own when you repossess it. What do you think about that? You already own the power, you have always owned it, you allowed someone else to use it and now you are going to take possession of it so you can use it in your own life and for yourself. 

Whatever you are setting an intention for, planning, want to do, dream of, envision, or want in your life is something that is already part of your field of potential. And it requires your power to make it happen. The power you need to do that is already yours, you just have to name it and claim it and then repossess it, take possession of it, so you can use it in your life.

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