Freedom Friday No. 7 // Freedom Of Personal Power

in #freedomfriday5 years ago (edited)

Freedom of Personal Power is not an easy topic. In fact, I begin with personal experience and continue by giving examples of personal growth. The freedom of personal power changed my life for the better, and while it was not an easy lesson I wholeheartedly encourage everyone to tap into this part of their soul in order to progress to another level of freedom.

Let us begin ...

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Today, women are raised with many different customs and into cultures that place restrictions on our gender. This thought alone may raise an eyebrow since those who are not women have no idea how we have to fight for ourselves and the generations that come after us on the daily.

While growing up it was repeatedly put into my mind that I had to find a man to take care of me or that the male gender would always have more than I simply because I was a female. For many years this brainwashing had me trapped into a mindset that I would always be placed in a lower class and placed in a subservant position. My soul literally cried from the oppression, but I am Eagle Spirit after all. This story gets better.

Some would think this behavior does not exist in the USA but it most definitely did, and while it isn’t as bad as it used to be, women on average still make less money than men and place themselves in a lower position negating themselves personal power. Unfortunately, domestic violence was present in my life and as I saw my mother hide her bruises this was yet another blow to my soul, and I grew to feel that I would never feel personal power in this life.

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Knowledge Of Personal Power

The Psychology Today article I found to describe personal power, in part, was the following:

Personal power is based on strength, confidence, and competence that individuals gradually acquire in the course of their development. It is self-assertion, and a natural, healthy striving for love, satisfaction and meaning in one's interpersonal world. This type of power represents a movement toward self-realization and transcendent goals in life; its primary aim is mastery of self, not others.

The statement above is accurate, at least from
my experience. Personal power eventually came over time and learning that my inner independence and soul voice that cried our for freedom, eventually came with knowledge and human development. A woman of color brings its own life lessons and separate issues. Fortunately, my strength came from my ancestry, women and people of color, and the awakening of my life purpose.

The same Psychology Today article goes on to say:

Personal power is more an attitude or state of mind than an attempt to maneuver or control others. It is based on competence, vision, positive personal qualities, and service. When externalized it is likely to be more generous, creative and humane than other forms of power.

Instead of an accusation toward oppressors or those we may feel control us, isn’t it wise to look at self instead of accusations towards others? Those that work daily to raise the vibration and frequency understand that the first step of personal power and breaking free of human enslavement is self awareness, taking responsibility for one’s own actions, and spreading love. Love does conquer all.

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Accessing Personal Power

Once we have let go of past brainwashing and take our freedom, as a woman all of those inferior feelings dissipate and we gain a level of awareness that brings us to a path of personal power we may neve have felt in our human life. Peace, love, and a feeling of anything is possible floods into our Being. The realization that we are fine living alone and maybe stronger for having gotten to this point in our development. Feelings such as guilt, shame, or inadequacy are nearly non-existent. We have arrived into our personal power.

The next step is what do we do with this knowledge? Those that remain on a path of ...

... competence, vision, positive personal qualities, and service. When externalized it is likely to be more generous, creative and humane than other forms of power.

This translates to a life in service to others. Life becomes more powerful because personal power is turned over to Source, Great Spirit, Higher Power whatever you want to call Him/Her instead of ego or selfish tendencies. Energy is transformed and unified with the collective that work in unison to bring forth pure love vibration that in turn becomes many things that includes the freedom of personal power.

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Personal Power Invitation

For some this may be a bunch of hooey, but for others it could be a message of hope or a “tap on the head.” Let me also add that there are plenty of people from all genders that have had to overcome oppression and are still enslaved. You are not alone and if you so choose, your personal power is just waiting for you to open the door to freedom.

As always I love community engagement, so leave a comment below and I will be sure to respond. This week I must give a huge shout out to @mariannewest for joining me in #freedomfriday with the @freewritehouse. We now have the support of @freedomtribe and @freewritehouse on our freedom friday initiative. May we all be successful in bringing awareness and knowledge to the world with our freedom writings.

Yours,

Eagle Spirit

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Thanks for pulling this weekly theme together.

I loved reading this, and as I was reading it I was thinking, “huh! This sounds familiar.”

This has been an enlightening exercise to do. I found its been quite healing for me to consider this during the week.

😊🙏🏽☯️

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thank you so much my meta! any ideas for next week?
pretty cool you thought "sounds familiar" too .... as in you have felt similar?
are you participating bc i haven't seen your post on FF .. oh oh, i haven't missed you have i?

tears,
eagle spirit

Yeah hun, I posted it Friday my time... check curation channel.... but here’s the link anyhoo....
https://steemit.com/steempress/@metametheus/powerandspirit-t6r7lxin1h

And yes, what you wrote resonated. I certainly can’t speak from the female perspective... but I also know many women who would also empathise with what you wrote.

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I would have shilled this one, for sure :-)

For some this may be a bunch of hooey

What is hooey? Whatever it is, this was a wonderful read @eaglespirit :-)

Here's my shill:

When I read the title, the first thing that sprang to mind was "that's a contradiction in terms!" How can personal power in any way have anything to do with "more freedom"? I was, of course, fooled by my own (masculine?) preconceptions about the word "power", and immediately associations with repression, injustice and the opposite of freedom began whirring in my mind...

I couldn't be more wrong though: beware of first impressions Winston!! Personal power, the @eaglespirit way, is exactly what's needed more in the world! Thanks so much: this was one of the nicest times to be wrong ;-) What makes this even more striking is that the way you move about here on steemit, but also and maybe especially in the many Discord channels, show every word of this article to be true, you live this; it's no wonder at all that you're at or near the top of the "league of helpieness" every week since it's inception.

You're a wonderful person, this was a wonderful read, thank you <3

Hello dear Z man!!

So glad to see you and well, I posted this on friday night so technically I think you still can shill it this Friday if you so choose. LOL Kind of like a quick blurb.
Hooey means this: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hooey
So funny how your mind works and not funny ha ha but very interesting. I didn't even see that way of thinking no wonder why so many were confused. LOL A lot of people did not tackle the topic bc it didn't sink in ...
So so interesting re: Male power, I love how you express that and I thank you for your added explanation. This helps me a lot.
You bring tears to my eyes with your kindness and I just love your last couple of sentences. I do live it and so happy that you see me. It is quite an honor.
Much love,
Eagle Spirit

Oh!!! I started a piece for #freedomfriday this week about power as WOMAN too but then lost the plot...so glad you broached this!!! It was exactly what I was thinking. Love you, you powerful woman you!!! I may well write my #freedomfriday late still, I really needed power from these writings to think about what this might mean for me. I'll try to post something tomorrow before its well and truly too late!!! I was so caught on the headlights with this one but have learnt so much. THANNNNKKKYUUOUIUUIYUIIYUIIII!!!

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yeah many people couldnt grasp this one but no worries, not sure about rewards and late anymore. i was away and did this on the road eeekkkk

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I really did love writing this one @eaglespirit and although mine is a bit different we covered similar topics. It all comes from within and starts with self love xxx

thank you so much for your lovely entry, now i'm not sure who entered all on time but i'm not sure it matters this week. it was one of those weeks where i am just happy people joined in. yours was truly lovely. xoxo

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Just one post but wow it is packed and say so much that so many should read

thank you so much my dear Tatt! your words mean alot to me.

NO need for thanks :)

well you NO ... lol
it would be so rude not to ... :)

I know I am the same

yeah, you and your wife must be a true delight to be around.

we have our moments :)

thank you so very much, i have to somehow read, compile and congrats to all who participated. you are the first from FWH so thank you so very much for your participation Yay!

wow Beautiful article on Freedom Of Personal Power..
Thanks for support me friend...

you are so kind, thank you so much 💜

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