Most people do not equate ‘Yielding’ with ‘Power’.

The concept of ‘Power’ itself is usually identified with something tangible and solid form…ie something that can be immediately picked up by our senses. For example:

• Vast recognition and fame
• The loud and definitive voice of ‘authority’
• Dominating behaviours

What other images come to your mind?

Thing is, whilst this concept isn’t necessarily wrong, there is an alternative view I’d like you to consider…where the practice of cultivating a Yielding nature can be a doorway for you towards greater power in life. How can this be? Hold that thought for a moment and let me explain:

…When was the last time you were by the sea? If it’s been a while, close your eyes now and just imagine for a moment…

Majestic headlands overlooking a vast golden-velvet horizon accompanied by lush of gentle waves lapping the shores as you feel the brush of that fresh sea breeze against your face…Have you ever thought about what gave life to those headlands and the very land you are standing on? Those very gentle waves and breeze you’ve just envisioned have somehow managed to erode and reshape these solid landforms over millions of years!

Another example: Consider grass blades yielding to the might of hurricane wind forces compared to a rigid fence. Both are rooted to the Earth, which is less destructable?

…And so Mother Nature teaches us…=)

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‘Yielding’ does not come from a place of passivity, but rather a place of greater purpose. It is a clear choice to:

Show PATIENCE to those who are yet to become aware (and hence appear to be ‘ignorant’)

Shine AWARENESS on those whose conscious are beginning to flower

Show COMPASSION to those who are somehow suffering because they cannot yet see through their struggles as challenges and gifts

Give LOVE without the boundaries of judgement and conditions set by your own perceptions

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Besides, aren’t these the attributes we hold ideal and look up to? =)

Alot of people mistake kindness for weakness. In some cases, it can be. However, if it is a clear choice you have made, then it is grounded from a place of power. What manifests on the exterior may appear similar and often misinterpreted by those around you…but only you know the difference. And the difference is a world apart!

So we begin with ourselves…the Art of Yielding is the practice of accumulating power within ourselves, so that we can ultimately give back to this world and those around us for the better. It is vastly different to the desire to accumulate transient power in order to be recognised as ‘powerful.’ If this were the case, then that power would be as fleeting as the opinions we permit ourselves to be attached to!

Peace & Love,

Jane