2004-10-18-A Lesson on Empowerment

Session

Lesson

Many things can happen in a mortal’s life, which can leave him or her feel disempowered. These lessons are designed to make you think, and today I desire to speak a few words on self-empowerment. I know that the ‘market’ is being flooded with different books on self empowerment, which is good, but there is one way which is the most direct way when one feels lost, lonely, disenfranchised and beaten by life. If a resultant feeling of hopelessness sets in, it can leave the door open to self-abuse and mental aberrations. Let Me make clear that in God’s eyes, no one is ever lost. This idea only springs from the mind of the human, when he or she leads a life separated from the Creator.

We need to get down to basics here, and re-state the fact that there is no place to hide in the widest of universes, and therefore, no one is ever lost. One only has to open one’s mind to realize this fact of life. Those who feel themselves separate and lonely need to be empowered to think for themselves, and take the time to go into meditation to find their way into the Stillness of their hearts. It is there where guidance and empowerment await. This needs to be experienced to know, that this is real. People say, ‘God seems so far away.’ Then one might wonder, ‘Who moved?’ This is the crux of the matter, because there can be no separation, except as it exists in the mind of humankind. It is the scourge of the planet, that so many think this way, and have been spoon-fed on this fallacy that God is too high and mighty to be bothered with ‘a little me.’

It is the belief system which is erroneous and which, quite simply put, lacks trust and faith in the loving over-care of the Creator, and therefore it follows, as a man or woman thinks, that he or she becomes. It is the law of cause and effect, because one starts events in motion in the thought life. Thoughts are living things due to the energy given to them, and I cannot reiterate often enough how, with one’s own thoughts, one can disenfranchise oneself and disempower oneself. Do go for the spiritual help which is so freely available to you all. The lost ones will find a home, the hopeless find hope, the unloved ones find love and acceptance, just the way they are, and the weak become strong and find the courage to get going. To each help will be given, and it is unbelief which keeps this help away.

Empowerment lies within your own power. The secret is to recognize this, to live up to those hidden strengths, and to develop the gifts each one possesses. It is uncertainty and fear which hold people back from realizing these gifts, and then the material lures take over so the spiritual counterpart, so important to the balance of the personality, is neglected and forgotten. And so one lands into the maelstrom of addictive habits, and does not think about if things could be done differently by making different choices and decisions. Empowerment is all in the depth of the thought-life, and the ability to become an independent thinker. Become more conscious of your thoughts, as everything can be changed in that process of self-recognition. Muster your faith and look honestly at this process. This, too, needs sincerity and more sincerity. Consider these matters of self-empowerment.