Superpowers: ACTIVATE!
The truth about stepping into your powers and activating your innate gifts.
Well, last week’s solar eclipse was something else! As hotly anticipated as it was I didn’t quite expect the palpable fervour that took over the world.
My solar eclipse experience was as magical as I hoped it would be, having decided to spend it alone and in my own energy, I was guided to join a live online kundalini yoga and meditation practise. So I set myself up by my cute little rooftop pool with my copal, my journal, a crystal grid and my yoga mat and got into alignment with the solar energy, letting the cosmic fusion of the sun and moon bathe me in their delicious energy.
I truly felt like I was upgrading my operating system and I was ready to step into a new version of life. To step into my power...
Here’s the thing though. That sounds all well and good and I can bs you all day and say “All you have to do is believe in yourself and feeeeel your power being switched on” and all the other spiritual buzzwords that usually accompany such sentiments (and to be honest with you, the original draft of this newsletter was not too far off that) but that is not the truth.
The truth is - it’s fricken hard. It is hard to go from a wondering sally where you kinda know you can do this thing and you should apply it in this way to: yep I got this and I’m going to step into this NOW.
Chances are - there are some sticky belief systems in the way or you would’ve already switched these gifts on and be out in the world living that life. Am I right?!
So how do you combat that?
Well, first you have to face the feelings that come up for you when you’re thinking about stepping into your power. What are your immediate feels in your body - fear? excitement? full-blown panic and anxiety?
For me - it is the fear of just how big that is.
That might sound crazy to you, but I have an energy that attracts people far and wide. I know that I have an immense amount of magic and power inside of me. I have witnessed its effect and played with it too many times to even try and deny it at this point. No matter where I go and how much I try, I cannot blend in at.all. Sometimes it’s great, but sometimes I genuinely just want to observe and not be observed. So there’s a part of me that thinks; well, if I do truly open up to my gifts, then there will be nowhere for me to hide…and I like disappearing now and again!
Aside from that - what does it even mean to “open up to your gifts"?
As it stands, I am deeply intuitive and can count most of the “clairs” (clairaudience, clairvoyance etc), as gifts I use regularly, as well as channelling. I also know that I am an energy healer purely through my energy rather than a modality and people can transmute their pain, fear or uncertainty just by being in my energy field. I have an energy that is immediately familiar and comforting to others, which makes people instantly feel open with me, to the point where I am often hit with the questions “Do I know you from somewhere, or I’m curious about you, or I feel like you have something to tell me”.
This can all be a lot at the best of times. Especially when I’m just trying to have a dance!
When I tuned into this feeling in my meditations, I realised that - IT WASN’T ABOUT ME!!
I know - shock, horror! - but for real, who gives a damn about my little human story and problems. I was put here on earth, at this time, with this deep well of radiant healing energy to be part of something greater than what my ego can bear to own or even fathom and if you’re also feeling the call to step into your gifts at this time too, then so were you!
So let’s delve into this a little deeper:
🔮 Have you been noticing the ways in which you show up in the world that seem to have more impact than you realise?
🔮Have you noticed that thing that you do, that you don’t even think about, but seems to astound others?
These are your gifts! This is your one-of-a-kind offering to the world that it so desperately needs!
It is time for them - and you - to shine.
You see, we are all born with an extra-ordinary ingredient to the ultimate recipe which is life on our great green earth and that contribution has a domino effect on someone else’s power being switched on. Belief in oneself is highly contagious and by permitting yourself to be the best you can be, someone else sees you living in full unapologetic glory and thinks - I want that too! And there the dominoes begin to fall in a perfect symphony.
Such is the process of collective awakening.
So what could these “powers” be? Well, your authenticity is a perfect place to start. You are the sum of everything you have been through up until this point, both the good and the bad. You have alchemized these experiences to create the being that is here reading this today. Literally no one else can do what you do in the way that you do it.
NO ONE ELSE SEES THE WORLD LIKE YOU DO!
Your perspective is beautifully unique. That alone is something that holds an incredible amount of weight.
It has taken me a long time to fully accept that the myriad of weird and wonderful ways that I view the world is perfectly acceptable. This is my lens, made up of all my experiences in this life and past lives that are residual in my DNA.
I create from that perfectly chaotic place with pride.
I am always fascinated by the fact that 10 people can see the same thing but all experience it differently and relay it back to others from vastly different perspectives, because of their past experiences. Think of it like this: there are a million and one yoga teachers, writers, life coaches artists etc out there and no two are the same. Each one adds their idiosyncratic brand of flavour to everything that they create.
With eclipse energy still in effect until the Scorpio full moon next week, we’re being asked to look at our highest expressions of self and lean into the insights and inspirations that flow to us as flashes of insight; opening us up to the brilliant spark of a supposedly random thought and letting it ignite the fire of creation like kindling.
With the messenger of the gods Mercury, currently going through his underworld journey (retrograde), this transit slows down our rushing thoughts and supports your soul in landing deeper into your body, changing what you identify with and who you thought you were, allowing us to completely let go of the labels that we identified with previously, thus creating the freedom to imagine a whole new paradigm to exist in.
What is the best to align with this energy you may be asking?
I suggest giving yourself the space to connect back to your inner self through free-flow writing, talking or thinking. Side note, I talk to myself ALL THE TIME. Yes, it is bizarre and can be even worse when I’m doing it in public but hey, we’ve already established that I’m weird and if it works, it works. Through doing this ritual, daily or every other day between now and the full moon, you can start to decipher what wants to reveal itself to you.
Life leaves clues, your subconscious leaves clues, and your emotions leaves clues.
Own the gift to give the gift - Sabrina Lynn
The unfortunate fact is, your gifts are not for you. Yes, it gives us a deeper sense of purpose and self but it’s not for us. It is to be shared with the world.
Just like the gifts you buy loved ones and low-key want for yourself but have to give away (don’t hold me to that one, it could just be a me thing), you acquire it to share it. Don’t get attached to it, don’t cling to it. Don’t define yourself by it.
Let it move through you to serve the world. This is how you embody your divinity.
If you feel called to want to explore this further I will be opening up a substack community channel for further discussion, as well as offering 1:1 spiritual life coaching opportunities for a deeper dive into the blockages that might be holding you back. Simply reply to this article to reach out to me or email me at simone@simonesylvester.co.uk for further information.
There has never been a more perfect time to do this self work.
I needed this 🫶