Knowledge Is Our Deepest Supply of Power

The great thing about our true nature is that we possess its qualities already. Discover these qualities and their connection to cultivating mindfulness, knowledge, well-being, and skilful motion in our lives.

Over time of working with many alternative individuals in workshops, retreats, and in one-on-one teaching, I’ve discovered that all of us have knowledge inside us. It doesn’t matter what difficulties or psychological struggles we have been working with on the time, after I can information them out of confusion and into a spot of deep presence, by inhabiting the current second, shoppers begin to present these qualities:

1. Love
2. Readability  
3. Peace   
4. Playful curiosity 
5. Braveness 
6. Fulfilment 
7. Connection

When mixed, these qualities are what I’d name knowledge, or what I typically discuss with as religious intelligence—a means of being on this planet guided by the points of our deeper being.

The 7 Strengths of Knowledge

Love: Essentially the most distinguished of all of the seven strengths is that of affection. I’ve discovered that once they turned linked to their deep nature, shoppers usually understood issues otherwise and started spontaneously exhibiting compassion, care and kindness to each themselves and others. This usually prolonged to emotions of benevolence, heat and friendliness in direction of all of life. This love for all times was usually the catalyst for a change in dwelling that mirrored this new perspective on, and relationship with, the world round them. This side of our deeper consciousness has been superbly expressed by mindfulness instructor and writer Mark Coleman: “Don’t inform me that kindness and consciousness are completely different. Consciousness is the inspiration of kindness. Kindness is the expression of consciousness.” 

“Don’t inform me that kindness and consciousness are completely different. Consciousness is the inspiration of kindness. Kindness is the expression of consciousness.” 

Mark Coleman

Readability: As soon as they inhabited the current second deeply, individuals appeared to naturally hook up with deeper insights and better views than have been obtainable to them earlier than. Many had the sudden sense of confidence that they knew what to do of their lives and tips on how to heal or handle sure inner and exterior struggles that they had been grappling with. The issues and internal turmoil that had earlier than appeared all consuming now abruptly felt manageable. Not feeling caught, overwhelmed or confused, their minds calmed and cleared.

Peace: With sufficient defusion from ideas, shoppers began to really feel a lot higher internal peace. This usually got here with a way of ‘snapping out of it’, waking up and discovering a quiet and nonetheless place inside the place they knew every thing was basically OK. I usually noticed a right away change of their facial expressions, signalling a deep rest, once they touched down on this place of internal calm.

Playful curiosity: There was usually fairly a notable change as they moved from being caught in cycles of self-judgment, rigidity, or resistance to a non-judgmental curiosity about completely different points of their expertise, together with tough ideas and emotions. Typically they began displaying a extra relaxed and open-hearted perspective in direction of themselves and their circumstances. This, in flip, softened and eased their minds and our bodies and opened up extra creativity and adaptability of their responses. Additionally they confirmed higher cheerfulness and typically even a way of humour about their scenario. As Eckhart Tolle observes: “Life isn’t as critical because the thoughts makes it out to be.”

Braveness: When inhabiting the current second deeply, and linked to consciousness, individuals usually felt a shift to a way of braveness and confidence that they may deal with no matter life may throw their means; they abruptly felt that that they had all of the assets inside to take action. They have been higher capable of keep courageous within the face of concern, tough feelings and ideas, extra ready now to face as much as them and work with them skillfully. Additionally they confirmed a agency dedication to their values and doing what they felt deep of their coronary heart was proper, even when it wasn’t the graceful or simple choice. This braveness additionally allowed them to be extra genuine of their expression of who they really have been, now not so dominated by fear about what others would suppose.

These qualities are inherent to our deeper nature so we have now entry to them in any given second. They don’t must be created, constructed, or manufactured. They merely must be accessed.

Fulfilment: Related with their deepest self, individuals discovered a brand new form of contentment. They reported feeling connection to a way of wholeness, completeness, and success that wasn’t depending on something exterior, they usually usually skilled emotions of profound well-being, together with gratitude for issues that earlier than had been missed.

Connection: Folks usually reported a sense of connection to one thing bigger than themselves. Generally this was a sense of religious connection, typically a higher sense of connection to individuals, the planet, and even to life itself. With this sense of connection, they gained a much wider perspective on life, past their on a regular basis circumstances. This in flip led to emotions of belonging, wholeness and even an enhanced reverence for all times. Immediately their issues felt smaller and extra manageable within the context of a much wider and bigger world view.

These qualities are inherent to our deeper nature so we have now entry to them in any given second. They don’t must be created, constructed, or manufactured. They merely must be accessed. The flexibility to entry and act from these strengths is what we’d name knowledge or religious intelligence.

We concentrate on cultivating the abilities to entry and act from the strengths inherent within the deeper self many times, till they grow to be increasingly more embodied and sink into our bones and our complete being like heat sunshine. They then circulate out into the world by way of our speech, actions, and attitudes.

Though phrases are difficult on the subject of our deep nature and finally fail to explain and outline it, this deeper a part of our human nature is essential in our journey to true, lasting and steady internal power.

Excerpted from Deep Resilience by Melli O’Brien, revealed by Rethink Press. Copyright © 2024 Melli O’Brien. Reprinted with permission.