From Powerless to Freedom

It's very difficult for us to accept that most of us are powerless. We try to manipulate our minds to convince ourselves that our work in jobs, ones we dread going to, is actually empowering our lives. 

It's easy for many of us to forget that our beliefs and values tie us to powerlessness. And this is  also  responsible for our searching outside of ourselves for our power and freedom. 

Let's face it, we want to be happy, successful, and have all the other things we believe will make us feel good about ourselves. So it's not uncommon to see some of us besieged by low self-esteem attempt to claim our freedom by believing we have been given special powers from the Creator that others do not possess.

Some of us do  these things because we cannot accept the fact that we cannot empower ourselves in this world by any other means.

Meanwhile, our minds keep us powerless by confirming our lack, limitation, and struggle. This type of thinking keeps us feeling incomplete and in search of something outside of ourselves. We limit our minds by believing we don't already have everything we need to express the great power we were born with.

A powerful, insightful, and thought-provoking exposition on understanding the powers of mind and the freedom we have to perceive ourselves as being whole, perfect, and complete is in the book Seeds from the Ashes.


"...When the pain in your life becomes unbearable, you will try just anything to help free yourself from it. Since religion is an acceptable source of power to assist those with seemingly insoluble problems, it is what many people use to overcome their problems.

"The point here is not for you to rely solely on religion so that you don't take the necessary action to solve your own problems. Religion is just one source for you to use. There are many others. The bottom line is: your problems must be solved by the actions you take. Where you get the inspiration and motivation to act is not as important as the actions.

"The freedom to think means you have the power to act. The problems in your life were created by your actions and your actions alone. This means you cannot turn your them over to religion or someone else to solve for you.

"When you create outcomes in your life that you don't particularly like, you must accept the responsibility for your behavior. Why as Jesus Christ, Mohammed, Buddha, Confucius or any other deity to solve your problems when you have the power to solve them yourself? The power you give to someone else must also be present in you. If you perceive others to be greater than you, then how do you perceive yourself?

"For you to think of yourself as being less than someone else is to demean and belittle your own great power. In other words, you burglarize your own power and give it to someone else. This type of thinking reduces you to a common burglar who robs yourself of power in order to please others."

All power comes from our minds!    Seeds from the Ashes