I would like to have discourse on the quality of love known as authority. Through one’s embracing of the enlightening qualities of love, one becomes the central guide and authority of one’s life. When each person opens to exercise their personal choice rather than existing on autopilot, they step into their personal authority and begin to write the story of their lives the way they want it to manifest. Gaining personal authority requires the admittance that one is not perfect and that there are pieces of one’s behaviour that need improvement. As one lives their life, they gain maturity, experience, and common sense which helps elevate them to a higher consciousness, understanding and wisdom. When a person is willing to face themselves and learn from their experience, they find the enjoyment of their life and their relationships more meaningful. They become self empowered and gain strength of character and more self determination. They rise to the challenge of controlling their thoughts, appetites, speech, temper, and desires and practice letting go of the habits and behaviours that no longer serve them. These practices open them to a freedom that they could not previously have imagined. It is a freedom born of being a person that one can respect and comes with the self esteem one feels by being a person of integrity in all things.
Personal authority requires strength, willpower, and honesty and also the desire to live one’s life with a clear conscience, which is an essential element of purity within one’s soul. Claiming personal authority enhances one’s own gifts and talents in a remarkable way. When one becomes self actualized and own their authority in all ways, they feel the inner courage and determination to spend their days doing what they want to do rather than what others deem acceptable. They peacefully embrace the costs and rewards of their choices. They often take some quiet time to contemplate and gain clarity on their values to realize that their greatest power comes from being true to one’s self. They seek and find that special something that resonates with their own being and they thrive in the pursuing and expressing of it. They love and value the feeling of peace, balance and inner happiness that comes when they are their own authority. They avoid people and situations that tend to confuse their own sense of personal authority by keeping their priorities to their own authenticity foremost in all the decisions that they make.
They know that every answer they need is readily available from within them, that they are connected to Divine Source as is everyone around them. They believe in self, understand their strengths and focus on them. They understand that the only thing in this world they have any control over is their own choice. They map out how and why they make those choices which fuels them with the courage to stand up for self in the world. They feel a greater sense of stability and intimacy with their own opinions as they learn how to take accurate stock of their life. They examine all aspects of their experiences and gain newfound inner strength and agility in their evolvement. They learn to approach their challenges from an emotionally neutral or positive frame of reference. They teach themselves about what they like and don’t like and move closer to their authentic selves by pinpointing precisely what they are thinking and feeling. They act as their own authority figure and minimize irrational worries and highlight their legitimate concerns in an evaluation process. They have the courage to follow their inner guidance by doing what makes them happy while also remaining open to ideas from everyone around them. They always employ the approval of their own heart and learn to rely on their own counsel and take refuge in their inner teacher.
