Knowledge Is Our Deepest Supply of Power
The fantastic thing about our true nature is that we possess its qualities already. Discover these qualities and their connection to cultivating mindfulness, knowledge, well-being, and skilful motion in our lives.
Through the years of working with many alternative folks in workshops, retreats, and in one-on-one teaching, I’ve discovered that all of us have knowledge inside us. It doesn’t matter what difficulties or psychological struggles we had been working with on the time, after I can information them out of confusion and into a spot of deep presence, by inhabiting the current second, purchasers begin to present these qualities:
- Love
- Readability
- Peace
- Playful curiosity
- Braveness
- Fulfilment
- Connection
When mixed, these qualities are what I might name knowledge, or what I generally discuss with as non secular intelligence—a manner of being on the planet guided by the points of our deeper being.
The 7 Strengths of Knowledge
Love: Probably the most distinguished of all of the seven strengths is that of affection. I’ve discovered that once they turned linked to their deep nature, purchasers usually understood issues in another way and started spontaneously displaying compassion, care and kindness to each themselves and others. This usually prolonged to emotions of benevolence, heat and friendliness in direction of all of life. This love for all times was usually the catalyst for a change in dwelling that mirrored this new perspective on, and relationship with, the world round them. This side of our deeper consciousness has been superbly expressed by mindfulness trainer and creator Mark Coleman: “Don’t inform me that kindness and consciousness are totally different. Consciousness is the inspiration of kindness. Kindness is the expression of consciousness.”
“Don’t inform me that kindness and consciousness are totally different. Consciousness is the inspiration of kindness. Kindness is the expression of consciousness.”
Mark Coleman
Readability: As soon as they inhabited the current second deeply, folks appeared to naturally hook up with deeper insights and better views than had been obtainable to them earlier than. Many had the sudden sense of confidence that they knew what to do of their lives and tips on how to heal or handle sure inner and exterior struggles that they had been grappling with. The issues and interior turmoil that had earlier than appeared all consuming now immediately felt manageable. Now not feeling caught, overwhelmed or confused, their minds calmed and cleared.
Peace: With sufficient defusion from ideas, purchasers began to really feel a lot larger interior peace. This usually got here with a way of ‘snapping out of it’, waking up and discovering a quiet and nonetheless place inside the place they knew all the things was basically OK. I usually noticed an instantaneous change of their facial expressions, signalling a deep leisure, once they touched down on this place of interior calm.
Playful curiosity: There was usually fairly a notable swap as they moved from being caught in cycles of self-judgment, rigidity, or resistance to a non-judgmental curiosity about totally different points of their expertise, together with tough ideas and emotions. Usually they began displaying a extra relaxed and open-hearted perspective in direction of themselves and their circumstances. This, in flip, softened and eased their minds and our bodies and opened up extra creativity and suppleness of their responses. Additionally they confirmed larger cheerfulness and generally even a way of humour about their scenario. As Eckhart Tolle observes: “Life isn’t as critical because the thoughts makes it out to be.”
Braveness: When inhabiting the current second deeply, and linked to consciousness, folks usually felt a shift to a way of braveness and confidence that they may deal with no matter life would possibly throw their manner; they immediately felt that that they had all of the assets inside to take action. They had been higher in a position to keep courageous within the face of concern, tough feelings and ideas, extra in a position now to face as much as them and work with them skillfully. Additionally they confirmed a agency dedication to their values and doing what they felt deep of their coronary heart was proper, even when it wasn’t the graceful or simple choice. This braveness additionally allowed them to be extra genuine of their expression of who they really had been, now not so dominated by fear about what others would suppose.
These qualities are inherent to our deeper nature so now we have entry to them in any given second. They don’t must be created, constructed, or manufactured. They merely must be accessed.
Fulfilment: Related with their deepest self, folks discovered a brand new sort of contentment. They reported feeling connection to a way of wholeness, completeness, and success that wasn’t depending on something exterior, they usually usually skilled emotions of profound well-being, together with gratitude for issues that earlier than had been ignored.
Connection: Individuals usually reported a sense of connection to one thing bigger than themselves. Generally this was a sense of non secular connection, generally a larger sense of connection to folks, the planet, and even to life itself. With this sense of connection, they gained a much wider perspective on life, past their on a regular basis circumstances. This in flip led to emotions of belonging, wholeness and even an enhanced reverence for all times. Immediately their issues felt smaller and extra manageable within the context of a much wider and bigger world view.
These qualities are inherent to our deeper nature so now we have entry to them in any given second. They don’t must be created, constructed, or manufactured. They merely must be accessed. The flexibility to entry and act from these strengths is what we would name knowledge or non secular intelligence.
We deal with cultivating the talents to entry and act from the strengths inherent within the deeper self many times, till they change into increasingly more embodied and sink into our bones and our complete being like heat sunshine. They then circulation out into the world by way of our speech, actions, and attitudes.
Though phrases are difficult relating to our deep nature and finally fail to explain and outline it, this deeper a part of our human nature is vital in our journey to true, lasting and secure interior power.
Excerpted from Deep Resilience by Melli O’Brien, revealed by Rethink Press. Copyright © 2024 Melli O’Brien. Reprinted with permission.
