| From a shamanic perspective, one of the most | | | | emotions lead to actions, which lead to results. |
| powerful ways to connect with Spirit is by having | | | | What holds us back is what we have learned growing |
| personal power. Everything you do and everything | | | | up. We never learned to question beliefs that we |
| you achieve rests on your personal power. If you | | | | acquired growing up. We just accepted them. How |
| have enough of it, just one idea can be enough to | | | | many times were you told that life is hard or that it |
| change the course of your life. | | | | is not possible to achieve your dreams? Our limited |
| Personal power is a force within all of us that enables | | | | views of the world and ourselves came mostly from |
| us to achieve our greatest dreams and to live | | | | those close to us such as our parents, family |
| extraordinary lives. It requires having enough internal | | | | members and friends but also from society. |
| energy. Ancient wisdom teaches that to achieve | | | | Most of the time, we are not even aware of how |
| extraordinary results in life we must build up our | | | | we give our power away day-to-day through our |
| energy, our personal power. | | | | thoughts and interactions with people. Unless you |
| We were all born with a vast amount of energy that, | | | | have really done your inner work, chances are that |
| if not depleted, can absolutely be used to create | | | | you are now holding limiting and false beliefs about |
| amazing changes in our lives. The problem is that as | | | | yourself that are keeping you stuck. |
| time goes by, we start to lose our personal power. | | | | A highly effective way to increase your inner power |
| We lose it not because our body ages, but because | | | | is to be impeccable with your thoughts. Thoughts and |
| we simply have not been taught how to build and | | | | beliefs have incredible power; they can empower us |
| conserve our inner resources. In fact, we have been | | | | or drain us of vital energy. At the end of each day, |
| taught to give our power away. | | | | reflect on how much time you have spent focusing |
| How We Lose Our Personal Power | | | | on heavy thoughts that weigh you down versus |
| We lose huge amounts of energy when we allow | | | | empowering thoughts that energize you. |
| ourselves to be drained from ordinary daily living. We | | | | Shamanism teaches that we all have a direct |
| get weighed down by heavy emotions such as | | | | connection to the divine, to the One that creates all |
| sadness, worry, anxiety, and self-doubts. Emotions | | | | things. The power to create the life that we dream |
| that weigh us down deplete our vital energy. How | | | | of is within, not outside of us. Our mind is the |
| often has someone drained you of energy merely by | | | | doorway to connecting with this divine power that |
| the use of words? When our energy becomes | | | | lies deep within us. We can all strengthen our |
| depleted, we simply do not have enough strength to | | | | connection to this higher force by becoming aware |
| take charge of our lives. Drained of energy, we stay | | | | of the interconnection between the physical and |
| in the same old rut day after day. | | | | spiritual worlds. |
| It is a simple formula. Thoughts lead to emotions, and | | | | |