I attended a seminar on “Spiritual Power” last weekend. One of the questions that came up was this: Why are we so uncomfortable being powerful?

Most of the world thinks of God as something external, residing far away from us. God is up there, and we are down here. If you’re reading this blog, you’re most likely ready to embrace a more empowered perspective. Perhaps you already have. But even amongst spiritual seekers, we speak carefully of our relationship with the Divine.

Sure, we say that we are divinely created. We talk of the part of us that is Divine. But to go further than that feels a little blasphemous, doesn’t it? Can we say that we are divine beings? Not just in part, but entirely? Can we go even further and say that we are God? This is usually where we draw the line. It feels dangerous. To say “I am God” seems ridiculous – what would people say? They’d think we’re nuts. They’d lock us up and throw away the key. No, no – let’s go back to saying we’re divinely created. It sounds better. Safer. Less offensive and more easily digestible.

We can argue forever about whether we are God, entirely or just partially, or not at all. That’s not what this post is about. The question here is – what is it about claiming our Divinity that makes us so darn uncomfortable? The answer is fairly simple. We are afraid.

For thousands of years, members of all religious traditions have been both persecuted and persecutors. In one lifetime or another, we have died for our relationship with God. We have watched others suffer for their spiritual beliefs, or have killed others for not sharing our own faith. We have all played at least one, if not all of these roles. And in collective consciousness resides the awareness that it is safer not to be too powerful. It’s prudent not to proclaim ourselves as having too close a relationship with God. After all, in the past – and in the present, depending on where you live in the world – it might have gotten you killed. It is a very, very old fear that is deeply rooted in our collective group memory.

Most of us are blessed now to live in a time and place where we need no longer fear religious persecution. While the fear remains, we are able – perhaps for the first time in history – to embrace our own divinity out loud.

And then there’s that other fear.  If we are really divine beings, the powerful Creators of our experience here – well, that puts an awful lot of responsibility on our shoulders, doesn’t it?   Taking ownership of every aspect of our life as having been created by us takes courage.  Moving forward with that level of awareness takes even more bravery.

On the other side of all that fear stands our own Divinity.  Power, responsibility, creatorship, awareness, enlightenment.  How much of it do you want?  How much are you willing to expand into?  This is the journey.  I personally am signing up for the whole ride.  Scary as it might be, I’m ready to admit that I am powerful beyond my wildest imagination.  I want to be comfortable owning all of me as a Divine being.  Maybe one day I’ll be comfortable writing “I am God” on this blog. Followed up with, of course “And so are you!”  I’m not there yet, but I’m willing to move past the fear.

Where do you draw your line between spirituality and blasphemy?  What makes you uncomfortable?  How much of your Divinity do you claim, privately and publicly?

Blessings,
Andrea

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