Show Notes
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In this Soul Snack, Gary Zukav examines the meaning of Authentic Power and distinguishes it from external power. He introduces the transformation in human consciousness now underway, and describes the choice available in every moment between two ways of living: one grounded in gratitude, patience, and contentment, and one dominated by anger, worry, and despair.
Gary explores how external power - the ability to control or manipulate the physical world - has shaped human history through tools, weapons, agriculture, and technology, and was long equated with strength and safety. He explains that this same kind of power, the power to dominate and force compliance, now produces only violence and destruction, and reveals how the very understanding of power that once enabled humanity’s survival now interferes with its evolution.
The alternative Gary offers is Authentic Power: the alignment of personality with soul, a sustainable source of safety and value that does not depend on domination or control.
(00:02) — The new consciousness transforming the human species, presenting a choice in every moment between a life of gratitude, patience, and contentment, and one of anger, worry, and despair.
(01:12) — Authentic Power is defined as the alignment of personality with soul, distinct from external power such as a weapon or military force.
(01:50) — External power - the ability to control and manipulate - is shown to produce only violence and destruction, and its role in developing tools, weapons, agriculture, and technology throughout human history is traced.
(02:49) — The very power that enabled the human species to survive is revealed as now interfering with its evolution.
Embrace the Soul Step Challenge
Think of a moment recently when you sought to feel safe or valuable through controlling a person, a situation, or an outcome. Pause and ask yourself: what would it look like to find that same safety from within, through the alignment of your personality with your soul, rather than through control?
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