My dear Spiritual Partner,
I asked readers of The Seat of the Soul, thirty-three years ago, to consider, “If I have a soul, what is my soul? What does my soul want? What is the relationship between my soul and me?”
It never occurred to me that my soul would answer, but last night, in fatigue and despair, I asked my soul, How can I support you? and my soul spoke to me for the first time.
Open your heart.
Isn’t it open to you?
Not when frightened parts of your personality occupy your attention.
I challenge them the best I can when they do. I found myself explaining myself to my soul!
I will give you thoughts to think. They all will bring your attention to me. They are thoughts of gratitude, caring, appreciation, patience, contentment, awe of the Universe – which means awe of me, of yourself as an incarnation of my energy in the Earth school, the Earth school, and all else.
But I already know these things. I was becoming impatient with my soul!
Yes. Now realize they are true. They come from me.
Then every time I create authentic power – I think these thoughts — I am hearing from you!!!
This was a new and amazing thought to me.
Yes. Now you will do that with the realization that my energy comes with them.
Creating authentic power IS alignment of your energy with mine. It is more than an exercise to challenge frightened parts of your personality and cultivate loving parts of your personality. It is alignment with ME.
But I was taught that years ago! I have taught that to others.
Indeed you have. Now realize what you are actually doing. Let that fill you. Let me fill you with gratitude, appreciation, caring, contentment, patience, and love. These ARE my energy. These are experiences of me. As you call them to you and open yourself to them, you give me expression in the Earth school. That is the purpose of your incarnation. That is your purpose in the Earth school.
That is what you can do for me.
But I have been teaching that and striving to do that for years. I tried yet again to explain myself.
Yes. That has given you wings to fly.
Now fly.
I will fly with you. We will soar, my dear friend. You are of me. You are me. You are aware of being in the Earth school. This is the fulfillment of us both – for we are one.
You sound like you are caged.
I have no limits in the Earth school, but you have had limits. The Earth school is a limited environment, but a holy one. All is holy. Let yourself enjoy that.
Again, you are telling me what I have already been taught.
Indeed. You were taught these things so that you can use them. You have been using them. Now step into the realization – the full realization – of what you are doing, the full realization of what you are, and let that fill you with joy unrestrained. Let the words you have been given, like seeds in your Earth school, take roots, grow, and bloom.
That is happening now.
Enjoy it.
Enjoy yourself.
Enjoy me.
The wisdom and compassion that my soul shared with me are still opening my heart. They are revealing to me how intimate and real and powerful our connections are with our souls. They are real. They are intimate. They are powerful.
Authentic power is not the end point of a journey, the goal accomplished, the reward for hard work, the prize gained.
It is ours in each experience of gratitude, appreciation, patience, contentment, or awe of the Universe. It is ours each time we create harmony instead of discord, cooperate instead of compete, share instead of hoard, and revere Life instead of exploit.
We experience authentic power each time we choose these things. In other words, we create authentic power each time we choose love instead of fear.
The next time you experience gratitude, appreciation, caring, patience, contentment, or awe of the Universe, cultivate that loving part of your personality – remember it – and recognize it as an experience of the authentic power you are striving to create.
You have just created it.
When will you create it again?
Please let me know at love@seatofthesoul.com.
Here is a video of Linda showing us the intimate, real, and powerful experiences of authentic power.

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Will you also please let me know what you learn about yourself after you watch it?
Linda joins me in sending you love.
Gary