The Power of the Heart: Finding Your True Purpose in Life by Baptist de Pape Read Free Book Online Page B

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    •  Clarity: Clarity is seeing your life as part of a greater whole. You realize that you are not a victim, but that you are here on earth to learn from all of your experiences, both positive and negative. You realize that you are an immortal soul and thus infinitely more than just the body and personality you possess at present.
    Day-to-day life often unfolds in a kind of competition between personalities—lovers, spouses, parents, siblings, businesses, social classes, and nations. All try to exert control over one another. Called external power, this control is based on our senses—what we can see, hear, smell, taste, or touch in the external world. Unlike Authentic Power, it is competitive and seeks to have the upper hand.
    Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.
    —ECKHART TOLLE, THE POWER OF NOW
     GARY ZUKAV
    External power is the old way of understanding power. It’s what enabled us to survive, yes. And to evolve since our origin as a species, yes. But it doesn’t work any longer. It’s counterproductiveto our evolution. It’s toxic and it is being replaced. Correction: it has been replaced with another understanding of power.
    Everything you obtain at the expense of someone else is a manifestation of external power, which operates on the principle that “one man’s breath is another man’s death.” Things you are scared of losing, like your house, car, looks, and sharp mind are all examples of external power. Relying on these impermanent things makes you vulnerable.
     LINDA FRANCIS
    External power comes and goes. You can earn it; you can lose it. You can inherit it; it can get stolen.
    To move from external power to Authentic Power, listen to the voice of your heart, the seat of your soul. Align your personality with your essential loving qualities.

Linda Francis

 GARY ZUKAV
    Authentic Power is the experience of joy, of meaning, of purpose, of fulfillment, of being in the right place at the right time. Of knowing that your life has a purpose and what you are doing is contributing to that purpose. It is the alignment of your personality with your soul, with harmony and cooperation and sharing and reverence for life.
    Authentic Power recognizes meaning and purpose in the smallest things.
     ECKHART TOLLE
    Authentic Power is not personal power. It is a power that far transcends who you think yourself to be as a person. It is a power that lies at the very heart—not just of yourself—but of the very heart of the universe. So if you are connected with that level within yourself, you’re not just connected with the essence of who you are, but you’re also connected with the very essence of the universe. And that is pointed to in the ancient dictum, “As above, so below.”
    To create Authentic Power, it helps to become aware of any emotions that keep you invested in external power. Because your feelings and emotions are the force field in which your soul operates, you have to become aware of your emotions in order to align your personality with your soul.
     GARY ZUKAV
    Instead of looking outward to create external power, to manipulate or to control others, you look inward to see the internal origins of your experiences.
    You can do this by focusing on what happens in your body when a negative emotion crops up, with a technique called Emotional Awareness.
     LINDA FRANCIS
    I’ve got great news for you. Every emotion that you have, every single emotion that you have, is a message from your soul. That is exciting.It’s powerful to know that because if you know that, then you’ll pay attention. You would want to pay attention to a message from your soul. I know you would.
    Each and every emotion is like a spontaneous text message from your inner source. It is important not to delete these texts from the soul, but to notice, register, and absorb them. Your heart is the cell phone that receives your soul’s text messages. With an open heart, you can face up to fears and nourish