There’s much talk, campaigning and lecturing happening trying to empower individuals or groups of people, such as certain ethnic, racial, or other disadvantaged categories.
In reality, no-one can empower you.
Others may give you advice or provide guidance, but only you can truly empower yourself. This is the point where most people hit a hurdle they don’t want to jump. We live in a ‘gimme’ era where people expect others to do things, including thinking, for them, rather than ‘get off their arses and fend for themselves. Widespread charity abuse is a fitting example of this phenomena.
Self-empowerment calls for responsibility and action, primarily based on ‘self-thought’. It constitutes an attitude which evolves into a conviction. It means taking charge of your life and destiny, i.e., making your own decisions within the rule of moral law.
Democracy constitutes that “Non shall rule over another”, while some powers are granted conditionally to the elected for a nominated term. The ‘elected’ are not our rulers or superiors, but our employees. The self-empowered recognise this fact and cultivate freedom as a core value.
If people cherished freedom more than their own ego, we would live in a better world. The ego is a self-imposed disempowerment . “Dictators take note”!
The self-empowered are immune to threats and intimidation, knowing they are nothing but a loser’s desperate screams for attention, and that danger lurks from the ‘wolf in the sheepskin’.
The self-empowered don’t despair, but rather adapt to altered circumstances.
They fall neither into the ‘Bully trap’ nor the ‘Dictator trap’.
When Pontius Pilatus told Jesus; “I have your life in my hands”, Jesus replied: “You have nothing in your hands, and the powers you have come to you from far beyond”.
Here is a gateway to a free, empowered mind: Speak truthfully and act with integrity. Some will ignore you others will accuse you of doing the opposite. Remain calm and don’t take offence.
Be vigilant and question the world around you.
If you are unsatisfied with your findings; Take action, voice your opinion, protest and/or fight if, and when necessary.
Learn from the past but don’t dwell on it.
Live in the present and capture the moment.
Care for the future but don’t worry or stress about it.
Don’t abuse your powers.