Now imagine a great big billboard with bright white lights all around
it right in front of you. The lights are flashing around the billboard in a cir-
cular pattern. Now place the word “PERMISSION” in great big block letters in
the center of the billboard. Make sure your image is in vivid color, bright,
and large as it is in Figure 6.2.
Now raise the billboard up to the same level as the image of your
higher power. Let the two images melt together to become one.
Now that you have this new image, how do you feel? Are you feeling
more empowered? Do you feel that you have to have someone else’s per-
mission to move forward? Anytime you think that you have to have permis-
sion, just remember your new image. Remember, you are the source of
your own permission. Having your own permission is the only thing that
matters. Now you have the tool to give it to yourself. Treat yourself and use
this technique any time you feel that you require someone else’s permis-
sion. Most important, enjoy the freedom it gives you.
How to Stop Giving Away Your Power
Many societies practice rites of passage, ceremonies to mark the on-
set of adulthood. Typically these ceremonies are different for males
and females. Even though the ceremonies vary greatly from one so-
ciety to another, there are a couple of common elements among
them. One is that the ceremonies are usually quite dramatic, some-
times even brutal, far more dramatic than graduation or obtaining
a driver’s license, which serve as rites of passage in western society.
Perhaps the most important characteristic of these rites of passage
How to Stop Giving Away Your Power 101FIGURE 6.2 Giving Yourself Permission