Empowered Living

We are continuing this week with our series on Divine Audacity, the book by Reverend Linda-Martella-Whitsett. In her book, Rev. Linda explores the practical application of The Twelve Powers of Man which were discerned and advanced by Unity cofounder Charles Fillmore. In my Sunday lesson series, I am approaching the book and The Twelve Powers from the perspective of how we can utilize these powers in demonstrating our hearts’ desires.

I want to be clear that my belief is that each of our heart’s desire is to know ourselves as expressions of the Divine and to experience life as a reflection of our divine nature. When we awaken to our twelve powers, we begin to claim our divine nature. When we begin to apply them in our lives, we begin to live from our divine nature and create a life that is in alignment with Allness.

When our earthly material desires are born from the awareness of this primary desire, our powers are in service to creating that which mirrors our divine nature and the Divine Plan for all. That encompassing Divine Plan is to live in the Kingdom of God, where there is the demonstration of peace, love and joy for all. Therefore, it is essential that we connect with our divine nature, the divine light that we are, before we begin to invoke any of our powers - including our power of Imagination which Trish spoke about last week. You may listen to her talk here. 

We use our power of Imagination to envision ways that we can live into the possibility and from the potential of our divine nature. Using our powers for anything less is the misuse of power. And, we need look no further than our social, political and religious institutions to witness the effects of the misuse of power.

In the application of our spiritual powers, in service to manifestation of our desires, it is essential and primary just as it was in the story of creation given in Genesis to first call forth Light (“Let there be light,” ¹). We are to call forth into our minds and hearts illumination, the illumination of the Spirit and Truth, before setting out on a course of manifestation. A course which requires our focus, imagination, and the utilization of our powers.

We are powerful creative beings. We are here to bring forth the kingdom of God into manifestation, not the kingdom of man. The kingdom of God is a spiritual kingdom that can be accessed with the heart and then brought into manifestation using the powers of spirit and, yes the power of the mind, but it must be a mind that is centered in the knowing of the heart. It must be a mind that is the servant of the heart. The powers must be in the service of the heart and directed by the powers of the mind.

This is not to say that the intellect of the mind is not valuable. Both are indeed valuable. The mind is the powerful ally in the creative process. The ego is also valuable in the extent that it collaborates with spirit. The spiritual ego is the aspect of you that says “I Am.” I Am the Christ. I am in service to the highest good of all creation.

The adverse ego is a conglomeration of the myths, messages and beliefs about who you are. When in reality, these are actually about who you are not. The adverse ego would have you believe that you are bound to the limitations of the material realm. The following is from The Revealing Word and explains the distinction.

ego, adverse--When the ego attaches itself to sense consciousness, it builds the antichrist man, who has no basis in reality. This is known as the adverse ego. It is the adverse ego that causes all the trouble in the world. Its selfishness and greed make men grovel in the mire of materiality, when they might soar in the heavens of spirituality.

ego, spiritual--The true self; an individualized center of God consciousness; I AM; conscious identity.

You are not in bondage to the realm of the physical. You are in the physical world for the sole purpose of bringing into manifestation the kingdom of God upon the earth. That can seem a daunting task. You are not responsible for the entirety of creation. All is at choice in every moment. You are only responsible for bringing that awareness into your heart and mind and aligning with the energy of the Christ, the energy of Spirit and Truth, and allowing it to be your only focus and your only guide in the world. You are only responsible for your world - which is your thoughts, feelings, and actions. As you do this, you continue to become the example for others to emulate and follow, just as the master Jesus and many other avatars have done.

You can use your powers of Zeal and Power to serve adverse ego and desires if you choose. Or, you can use your powers to align your mind and heart with Spirit and Truth while bringing your thinking and feeling natures into attunement with it. You have domination over your thoughts and thus over your feelings.

Your power of Zeal is your power to wholeheartedly and with great devotion bring forth the highest and best good for all humanity. In doing so, you bring forth the highest and best for yourself. You serve the world in your service to yourself, and you serve yourself in your service to the world. They are interconnected and one.

Those who worship must worship in Spirit and in Truth. ² Spirit is just as important as Truth, but many miss that. Spirit is the way you worship in the heart, truth is the way you worship in the mind. Spirit is the power of Love. Truth is the power of Wisdom. They are the eternal marriage of heart and head, love and light, spirit and truth.

They are embodied in the creation story of the Adam and Eve. They were the first creations of God. They are the essence of life itself that emanated from the Godhead and Godheart. We need to begin understanding God, not just as the One Mind, but also as the One Heart. And allow your powers to serve both, the divine ideas of mind and the divine love of the heart.

It is important that we do not allow our powers to be taken over by the desires of the adverse ego. Again, the greatest desire of our hearts is to know God and to know ourselves as expressions of God. It is to know yourself as God knows you. That is your Soul’s desire. And in truth, it is your sole desire.

The things we desire from the heart are, in truth, ways that we can manifest or demonstrate those aspects of God that we long for. That is what Trish was talking about last week. We use the power of Imagination to envision all that we can imagine God to be, and then imagine all the ways that the divine idea of who and what we are can manifest to serve the world.

Then with our power of Zeal use our gifts and talents to bring that into demonstration in the world. And use our power of Power to stay focused on it. Use the power of Power like a laser beam to cut through the illusion and the adverse ego-dominated mind, and focus completely on the ideas of spirit and truth, the ideas of the divine mind and the divine heart of God. In doing so, we take one more step toward manifesting the kingdom of God upon the earth.

In addition to the meditations that Rev. Linda has provided at the end of each chapter in her book, I invite and encourage us to use the following as well.

I focus my attention at the base of my skull and top of my spine. I envision there a bright orange light. I am now awake to my Power of Zeal. Using my power of Zeal I feel the enthusiasm, audacity and devotion to accomplish all that is to be done by me in bringing forth the kingdom of God upon the earth in service to all creation. I am the light of Zeal.

I direct my awareness to the area of my throat at the base of my tongue. I see there a bright purple light shining brightly. In this moment, I claim my power of Power and embrace that aspect of my divine nature. Claiming Power, I concentrate on the desires of my heart. I use my spiritual authority to speak from a place of centered heart awareness. I claim mastery over my thinking and feeling natures. I am the light of Power.

Join us on Sunday as we explore together how we can use our Powers of Zeal and Power to create and manifest our lives in harmony with the life of God that is expressing as us and in service to the highest good for all creation.

¹ Genesis 1:1

² John 4:24