2004-02-27 - 12:14 p.m.

Self- Empowerment
Ok time for another Self Empowerment lesson. Today's lesson revolves around our authentic needs. Last time we talked about our collective selves. Today it is about our Authentic and artificial self. Let me make a few definitions then we will get to the exercise part.

Your sense of meaning, like a compass needle, always points in the direction your soul wants to go. The more closely you follow it, the more meaning you experience. The more you ignore it the more that meaning drains from your life.

"Your internal compass can help you distinguish authentic needs from artificial needs. Authentic needs are the needs of your soul."

AUTHENTIC NEEDS

Needs of the soul

Align personality and soul

Creativity serves the soul

Love and be loved

Life fills with meaning

Create healing,constructive consequences

Fear disapears

Attract others who pursue authentic needs

Create authentic power

ARTIFICIAL NEEDS

Needs of personality

Manipulate and control

Envy

Strive to be safe and valuable

Life empties of meaning

Creat painful, destructive consequences

Insist on being right

Life filled with fear

Attract others who pursue artificial power

Create external power

Ok so now we have the definitions and examples. So lets move towards the exercise.

"Artificialneeds come from the frightened parts of your personality. You feel powerless, and instead of addressing the issue directly, you create a need to address it you."

EXERCISE

Remember the last few tines you had a painful emotional reaction. ie power struggle with spouse, child, friend, slow driver. Describe each circumstance, consider each item and ask yourself if that need was 1) authentic or 2)artificial need.

REASSESS

Make some things you would like. ie new car, meaningful job, thoughtful spouse.....Review each one and ask yourself is this a need of 1) my soul 2) my personality?

Secondly make a list of things you have that are most important.. Then ask yourself the same questions.

What have you learned about yourself?

"To create authentic power, you must use your painful experiences as they were meant to be used; to discover what you need to heal inside yourself"

"PAINFUL EMOTIONS ARE SIGNALS FROM YOUR SOUL THAT REMIND YOU TO STOP AND EXPERIENCE WHAT YOU ARE FEELING"

When you can distinguish between authentic and artifical needs you will develop and natural give and take and become more flexible.....

Now I know why I put self-empowerment tips in once a month. Besides it should be something you read think about, contemplate work on slowly and reassess before you really begin to understand. Working on improving yourself is not an over night process. Everyday you will learn something new about yourself and your capabilities. Hope people get some valuable information out of this. Feedback is welcomed.

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