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Following from the last post, let’s look at internal and external authority in action: Leaders who rely on external authority tend to suppress participants who are more developed than they are themselves. Participants asking sincere questions may be perceived as a threat to the leader’s authority. These seekers usually have no idea that they are […]

“Don’t believe everything you think.” ~bumper sticker This post consists in part of a self-awareness or journaling exercise to get you in touch with your own attitudes, beliefs and feelings about holding authority. Staying open to the validity of other viewpoints and maintaining keen self-observation are essential counterbalances to inner authority. Balance expresses a healthy […]

Externally-sourced authority is based on social agreement. Such authority derives from the opinions of those who accord power and prestige to individuals who have jumped through hoops in their field of study or practice. External authority does not confer ethics or personal integrity. Consider an abusive public official. Information used for power and externally-based authority […]

Therese, one of my readers, asked me to clarify what I mean by power and why power might be given greater expression. In this supplementary post I will address these questions. We will take a closer look at power balanced by spiritual surrender. What do I mean by power? To get on the same page […]

“Craving blocks deeper experience. Nothing of value can happen to a mind which knows exactly what it wants.” -Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj At the risk of sharing a pet peeve, the following incident expresses one of the common glitches that occur if we give guidance without solid self-esteem: In a small, metaphysical master mind group I asked […]

We begin this sub-series about authority and power with the topic of self-esteem because the way we feel about ourselves forms the foundation of our relationship with authority and power. Self esteem is essential to all intuitive work, particularly Guidance. We hear the term self-esteem until it becomes a concept or an abstraction. The following […]

“The only pain we can spare ourselves is the pain of our resistance.”         ~Source Unknown Aligning with Life Purpose through inner Guidance requires a special type of active participation. This participation can be called Spiritual Surrender. Spiritual Surrender is not capitulation (giving up), giving over, or giving in. It is an active […]

We continue exploring the way we as intuitives may blur boundaries as we seek to sense what is real when other people are giving us inaccurate information. Crossing the line between seeing others in their own context and insisting that they perform at a different level can be very subtle. I had crossed it myself–blatantly–less […]

The next two posts explore the what happens when Guidance we receive is out of kilter with what other people are telling us. I’d like to share (with permission) part of a session with a couple who wanted to talk with me after the man kissed another woman. I’ll call them Betty and Paul. Highly […]

Transformation can bring on a new set of Guides. This change-over can feel strange. We’ll go into changing Guides shortly. First I’d like to respond to a request to unpack this comment from the post before last: “Undue focus on Guides is a distraction from your process and can turn your focus to phenomenalism instead of […]