Reaching for your Noble Self in troubled times – Part 1

Senior Faculty member and President of the Training in Power Academy, Vals Fauquier, shares a profound mini-workshop she has developed surrounding what she calls our “Noble Self”. Below is part 1 of her exploration of the topic, accompanied by a recorded meditation for you to deepen your own exploration of this divine aspect of you. 

I mean that part of you that knows best. That wise part of you. That part of you that knows on a visceral level, how to handle anything. It’s when you get that gut level knowing what to do. That part of you that tries to live in a truthful way with clarity and purity. With grace.

Yes, we’re imperfect, every one of us.  We have all had experiences when we’ve reacted in ways we are not proud of. We have also been the recipients of horrid behaviour by others. With respect, we will just call that an aspect of our collective humanity.

What matters most is the decision we make in those moments, something that might invite a different outcome! That’s where our Noble Self can help.

I know you have touched into your Noble Self, for those are the moments when you feel complete and at ease, detached and free – and loving. Decisions and actions feel right. Totally right.

In every moment of every day, we do have choice – in how we react to people, situations, and world affairs – and yet it is these very moments when we may not feel like we have choice at all. 

Often we feel like control has been taken from us. So we reach (or should I say, grasp) to take back control, and yet our need to have control in those times is exactly what can take us off course. Not only do we risk making the wrong decision/comment, we can actually become resistant to that which could actually help us.

How does that happen? Why are we suddenly feeling out of control, unbalanced, feeling doubt about what we should or shouldn’t do, or just feeling over-powered by what the day has presented us with? And too, there can be that negative, internal dialogue that comes in and takes over, confusing us further. A negative voice that somehow is always making us wrong, and others too.

I would like to help you REMEMBER your path to your own Nobility. It is in this place you will easily find answers for yourself.

How do I know this? Because like you, I have been presented with choices in the moment, and I’ve made mistakes. Plenty of them! 

I have learned to re-train my brain to react in different ways. I have learned how to find another road to travel, one paved with compassion for myself and others. A road in which I feel supported, where I am no longer alone.

I have come to a place of understanding that all the answers I seek lie within my Noble Self, that noble nature that is a part of me – and you! We all carry this wavelength and it thrums within us. I have trained to this position of knowing how to do this, and I am blessed to now become a trainer or teacher in it. (Ultimately it is our “cosmic job” to share Knowledge).

I know it doesn’t sound easy, especially when you’re angry, resentful, and upset. Where is that higher road?! Yet it is easy, because it is already part of you. This Noble You – exists. It always has existed. We all lose our way from time to time. We just need to “re-find” it.

You may disbelieve that you are of a noble nature. So to help you with that, my first question for you that may help provide insight for you, is this:

Do you know yourself well enough to know “what you will and will not do”? In other words, is there a noble part of you that would not harm a child, that would not abuse those within our beloved and holy animal kingdom? 

This is a big question: do you know what you will and will not do? My guess is that, yes, you do know…

A second question: Is there a part of you that knows without a doubt that you are certainly imperfect, yet not in any way intentionally deceitful or harmful toward others? 

These are important points. For if you have made mistakes and not forgiven yourself (or others), or believe yourself undeserving of your rights to grow and evolve, you may simply be ignoring your own nobility. This means shutting down that part of you that can change and can make new decisions for yourself. You may have simply forgotten that there is something much “bigger”, something far more “noble” at play here.

We welcome you to engage with these questions and tune to the Noble Self with the meditation posted above.

Stay tuned for “Living the Noble Self – part 2” in a few weeks!