The Abuse of Power & Neglect...
Sister Myrah Moss is a spiritual master teacher/elder on astrology and Divine holistic balance & harmony. She has spoken a lot about the abuse of power as being the one and only spiritual sin, which integrates with my own belief/knowing that the only sin is not being true to yourself.
The abuse of power is not being true to yourself, because we all have an inner voice or external experience that directs us to harmonize with Divine justice even if we choose to ignore it through cognitive dissonance or some other means.
Today I received an even more in depth perspective of the abuse of power in regard to personal power.
Neglect is the highest form of abuse.
The rice water experiment by Dr. Masaru Emoto comes to mind as an example of this. The practitioner spoke kindly to one glass of rice with water, negatively to another, and said nothing at all to the third. After a few days, the container with empowering words was in pretty good standing, the one that received negative words was moldy, however the one that had been ignored was in even worse condition. This is just something for people who require "evidence". However as a former certified Qualified Mental Health Practitioner (QMHP) behavioral health specialist, and child myself, I can vouch that the same effects are true for humans. The child who's parents may curse them out, and talk down to them while providing some needs, or occasionally showing mild affection, often has a healthier psyche/self view than the abandoned child; although neither condition is ideal. Of course the child who has loving, encouraging, emotionally and practically mature, supportive parents feels best about themselves.
To have power and do nothing with it is even worse than doing something "bad" with it. Because we can learn through negative experience, or allow others an opportunity to empower themselves through the act of declaring their own justice against the misuse of our power. For example, the personal growth and deep connection to one's inner higher self/spiritual sources/ancestors, etc that occurs when they are pressured into having faith in a higher power because "the powers that be" are on some oppressive shixt. Whether it be the society they live in, the parents who raised them, etc. In order to overcome the status quo one HAS to come out of victim mode... even when they have indeed been innocent & victimized. Energy itself is neither "good" nor "bad" because alchemy can always work things out in the highest good of all. Its up to the vessels utilizing and/or receiving it to decide how to manipulate it through Spiritual work. And everything is Spiritual because EVERYTHING has Asé, Chi, Qi, Prana, etc...
On a more personal, artistic note, to have a gift and do NOTHING with it is the biggest abuse of power even if the stagnation is a result of fear/perfectionism/childhood trauma. We ALL have power. No matter how much, or how tapped into it we are.
I say this as someone actively healing from creative perfectionism. Now that I'm deciding to just use what I have, create from a place of integrity (which is just being true to all parts of myself including my lower and higher aspects), and share my art without a focus on "likes", what people want to hear/see from me, or if I'm doing too much by promoting/sharing my art in certain ways; everything is flowing so much easier. Its really beautiful.
I think about something I desire, envision it, and get back to the flow of creating rather than needing to make an overly detailed, solid, "fool-proof" plan to ensure I don't "fail". The art of releasing. A key in archery... making the mark...hitting the target (shout out to Sagittarius season which just started today. 21. I see you :-)
The doubts have still showed up, however I move through them with so much more graceful assurance, and its only because of the confidence that Spirit is always loyal to me, providing for me, and carrying me in the best ways. I ONLY know this because I decided to do "crazy" Chit like listen to my inner voice instead of "common" sense. It was scary. Now its more exciting than anything. I move in my power and utilize my gifts allowing the blessings to pour in rather than doing things I don't love (neglecting my gifts) for false security.
The debilitating depression and feeling that everything was happening to me has greatly dissipated. Yeah I still experience lows & highs, however I utilize that energy and allow myself to express it AND share it. I do this instead of using my art to conform to stereotypical, popular, seemingly quick money routes that I know don't serve me or anyone else on a higher level ( low vibrational, malicious abuse). Rather than refusing to talk about things in my music that require me to explore the true roots of my pain; or just sitting on my gifts and not creating/releasing it (neglect) which doesn't serve any one on any level at all.
As stated before, even the lower vibrations are better than none because they can always expand and raise in frequency. My art is reflective of the alchemizing of both the highs and the lows. Transcendence.
#SIMISUN
