For a while, I was undecided on whether I should ever attempt to help others or not… In one way, aiding those who seem to be in need is a natural impulse that we all have (aside from people with psychopath genes and those from particular lineages)… But I also know that nothing is more valuable and empowering than the experience of making the breakthrough or overcoming a challenge on your own.
After the Point of Surrender, you lose your own idea of self per se - in the customary sense of the word - and become a vessel or a soldier of sorts, a commanded and guided entity… you still experience things as you should because of your biological coding, but it becomes much less pertinent and compelling… the hold it all has on you loosens. In those fluctuating states, the burdens of taking action and of the necessities of human life dissipate… they cease to matter, because everything you do and act on is simply right and fruitful. Who I help in such states and why is not something I question or think about.
However, in the state of involvement in the mundane, of being “me”… I am riddled with questions… the knowledge and decisiveness aren’t as prominent, and in spite of the feeling of general confidence and power, a sense of disillusionment is there nagging at me, always leaving an ever faint sliver of doubt in my head.
I have long contemplated what kind of advice I could give to help others without interfering whatsoever with their natural path… and I have come to the conclusion that the best way to get an immediate jolt in power, a power-up if you will, is to integrate your shadow self.
A lot of people live their lives in constant denial of their “vices” so to say… they shy away from them and keep them under the rug, creating in the process a beast waiting to consume them and others. Integrate that beast into yourself… the sooner the better, both for you and for others. Get rid of guilt, get rid of fear, get rid of the sense of duty. Accept your entire self, as you are, and work with it.
A kingdom divided unto itself doth not stand - if you are infighting with your own selves, your inner kingdom will always remain weak and deprived.
Embrace your shadow self and reclaim your lost power.
