Taking Your Power Requires This

Premasudha tells a humorous story, laden with pathos, about how her mom avoided taking her own power. (Premasudha was very fond of her mom, but also learned a lot about - what not to do - from her mom's example.)

Basically, self-pity or resentment-fuelled storylines stop us from taking our power. It can take patience and willingness to face our fear, to become free of our emotional prisons, but it is SO WORTH IT!

We also become deeply wise people as a by-product! This is how the world becomes a better place to be.

Transcript

You know,

I could see how my mom had a lot of resentment,

And I could see how stupid it was,

But you know,

I saw how stupid it was,

But I went into self-pity,

Which is equally as stupid,

You know,

So the whole thing's hilarious.

But I've told you this before,

She had a box of apples,

And what she did was she wanted to put a free sign on it,

And in the neighborhood we lived in,

People didn't do that,

And she spoke to my dad about what she should do with it,

And he said,

Take it to the Salvation Army,

And afterwards she complained to me that he told her to take it to the Salvation Army,

And she had this resentment to him,

And I'm like,

I'm like,

Just put it outside and put the free sign like you felt like doing.

But that wasn't acceptable,

So she was too scared to do it,

So she went into resentment to my dad rather than taking her power.

That's the key,

You guys.

Self-pity and resentment will always be covering up an opportunity for you to take your own power.

Okay,

That's really good.

I'm able to spell this out.

This is great.

Thanks,

Mom.

Thanks,

Mom,

For the example.

What happens is you have to go deeper than resentment and self-pity.

You have to go deeper than the fear.

You have to clear some fear before you will see that you can take an action.

As long as we're in fear,

It blinds us to our freedom.

You might have to wait and deepen before you can see that you have a choice or that you,

There's an action you can take.

Right,

This is really key for all of you guys.

Yeah,

There's always an action we could take,

Even if the action is just prayer.

But it's like my mom,

She could have just put the apples out.

Reviews

Oh my goodness yes. Fear does block freedom. In my life the resentment that raises from fear of my own power and authenticity is very stealthy and can ruin relationships. Thanks to you and your mom for this practical lesson!
Love and blessings to you Premasutha

I’m constantly in this cycle of fear, self pity and then depression sets in. My mom suffers from anxiety and dementia and boy oh boy I see the bitterness of that resentment come out more than I would like to see. It’s very hard to see this. Most times I don’t know what to do. But hearing this helps me to hang on to hope. Thank you for the advice.