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RAY NASCENT: JUNE 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS Theme For Volume 32 of Ray Nascent: When we think of Mother's Day we automatically assume mushy notions of sentimentality. Father's Day almost seems cold in comparison. This is because we associate power with the male element in this reality and not with the female. We also associate weakness with sentimentality, therefore, sometimes poor Dad doesn't get to hear the same nice words that Mom's get here every year. I think this is changing as we begin to address the importance of each gender and the notion that power is independent of gender. Social power can be seen as force (male) or as influence (female). Neither is really greater than the other. They are just different expressions of power. Independent of either of these notions is the principle of personal power. Learning how to claim our individual personal power, irrespective of class, gender, nationality, or religion, will do much to shift the imbalances in our social structure. To Contribute to Ray Nascent: Email all submissions to the editor. Recommendations, criticisms, articles, and photos are welcome. No payment for submissions is rendered unless otherwise contracted with the individual. Copyright © 2006 by Claire Moylan. All rights reserved. Visit us at our web site: Prisms of Reality
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Duality Trap: Imbalance of Power Force and influence are both subjective words for something we try to label and grasp in this world. Neither of them are concrete quantities that we can point to and say: This is power. We abstract these concepts and apply them to large actions such as war and the building of monuments. Yet, we see the results of force and influence every day in our own lives. Power is not something external, as we have been led to believe, it is internally present every day in our mundane and ordinary lives. We just merely choose to ignore our own power and influence in favor of others’. Marianne Williamson puts it best in her book: “A Return To Love.” She says: “Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure." I agree with this statement. For if we are to believe that we are powerful beyond measure, we must realize there is no one to blame for our circumstances. There is no one to look to for counsel or advice. There is no one who can teach us that which we already know. There is no one, ultimately, who can save us from ourselves. We are Creators of our Universe and as such, completely powerful to affect change in our self and influence all of our reality. But, we don’t recognize our own power because we fear it. We externalize it and suggest that great wars are fought by great men and people in power. That great change can not come from a single individual, for we have fully capitulated to the notion that “one man or woman can not make a difference.” So, we heave a sigh of relief and go about pretending that all those things out there in the world have absolutely nothing to do with us. Yet, each morning we awaken and breathe in our first morning’s breath. The air around our beds obeys our command and fills our lungs. Yet, we do not feel powerful. We awaken our children for school and help to make them ready. Yet, we do not feel powerful. We go to work and allow the person in front of us to cut into our lane. Yet, we do not feel powerful. We go to work and smile and greet our coworkers, and they may smile just for you. And yet we do not feel powerful. Every minute of every day that we spend generating small actions
that send out loving energies is an act of great power. The force
may be the strength of will sometimes it takes to pay attention
to our own energies, but the influence is what is shared by everyone
in our sacred space. As unbelievable as this may be, this, I
believe, is how the larger scenes of power are created: One individual
at a time.
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