Universal theme overview
Power is a child in the Universal themes series and is a member of the Justice theme family. This is a theme overview post.
Power is the ability to perform effectively, with enough physical, mental and spiritual energy. The influence that your ideas and actions have on others.
Big ideas
- You can increase your personal capacity by pushing yourself against challenges, the way a bodybuilder uses weight to build muscle.
- Don’t underestimate the power of expectations about yourself or someone else.
- The highest goal of trying to influence is to make the other person more successful.
- Depression is a warning signal that something is out of balance that needs to be addressed (possibly only with professional help).
- Being dependable and reliable tells others that their time is important and that you respect them.
Power key concepts
- Alertness is the state of being hyper-aware, carefully watching out ready to respond as needed.
- Capacity is the ability to receive, hold and absorb and referred to as a measurement of the amount of this ability.
- Delegation means sending away; it is giving the power to decide or complete something to someone else.
- Depression is the state of being in low spirits, with an overwhelming feeling of sadness, lack of purpose and general low state of strength. Depression may require professional help to overcome.
- Dignity is the presence of self-respect and poise that inspires respect from others. It comes from within and projects out and others respond to it.
- Expectation is looking forward to an event that is about to happen or that one thinks is about to happen.
- Free will is spontaneous action, the power to choose what actions or paths to take.
- Influence is the ability to affect or change something, to cause a change to happen.
- A limit is a specific point, condition or boundary that cannot be crossed without negative consequences.
- Reliability means someone or thing can be trusted with important tasks or confided with valuable information.
Archetypes
animals: bull, cougar, elephant, shark
birds: bluejay, osprey
flowers: sage, valerian, wisteria
foods: dragon fruit, ginger, sage
mythical: thunderbird
roles: king, manipulator
settings: sun
symbols: crown, hat