The awakening of your inner father - Part 1

Alchemy through self encouragement

There is an archetype within you that may have been dormant… or at least not expressed in ways that were supportive of your expansion.

The archetype I am referring to is the inner father. An awakened version of it. That’s how I choose to refer to it.

I am not talking about a shadowy disciplinarian, authoritarian, critical tyrant that may come to mind when some people think of a father figure.

Unfortunately, the critical inner tyrant is how many have been experiencing that inner father archetype at a collective level. A version of it anchored in survival, that one could say was needed at some point in your journey.

It is a version that we are now transmuting. I will even go as far as saying that we have been healing for many years now a collective father wound. There is so much I could say about this, that I will definitely write in future pieces.

What I am talking about when I am referring to the inner father, is an innate blueprint encoded within you, that is an attribute of your soul. That voice ushers you in the direction of your potential. It encourages you.

It is a different form of nurturing than what we usually attribute to motherly energy.

The awakened inner father wants to strengthen your self esteem and amplify your ability to carry your light in the world. It is highly attuned to your potential and wants to support your ability to reclaim it.

And one of its core attributes is self encouragement. There is a unique alchemy that happens through that practice. It can take you from a feeling of depression to a state of empowered expression.

Parenting my three kids is allowing me to see the potency of encouragement. I am graced with the opportunity to witness how a few supportive words from me can infuse more resolve within them. That is where this piece of writing is coming from.

I also know that this is not what many have experienced. I want to acknowledge that this might even be challenging to read for you if you had a drastically different experience.

That being said, I want to affirm that this empowered inner father, is an attribute of your soul that you can begin to cultivate, instead of succumbing to the wrath of your inner critic. It is something that you can reclaim for yourself regardless of the relationship you had with the father figures in your life or lack thereof.

Here is a poem I wrote about it.

Poem: Alchemy through self encouragement

There is sacred alchemy
in the practice of self encouragement
It sounds so simple
yet can feel so foreign

Like a warmth in your heart
when you're used to
the coldness and wrath
of your inner critic

Or a gentle push forward
when you're used to getting crushed
by the echoes of your past
that undermine your self trust

When you feel trapped
in the spirals of not being enough...
not good enough, smart enough
healed enough, strong enough
wise enough and so forth...

It is the rise of an inner father
who stands up to these stories
and dispels these inner storms
by saying... that's enough

Who acknowledges your hardships
and fans the flames of your power
reignites your self esteem
and gives a break to your inner warrior...

...Who reminds you
that holding yourself to standards of perfection
is an instrument of torture
that belongs to a dying world...

...That one day at a time
is how the greatest mountains are climbed
and that you are equipped
with all the might necessary
to unleash your light in the world...

So keep going.

Here are three prompts for reflection for you…

• It is easier to criticize myself about…

• A few words of encouragement in that area of my life would sound like…

• Allowing myself to receive these words from myself feels…

Thank you for being here

In gratitude and reverence,

— Xavier