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Transcendental Powers

Written by: Nikki Owen

Article Overview: Ralph Waldo Emerson explained that matter and objective things are products of the subjective mind. Lynne McTaggart, a well-respected international authority on the science of spirituality is masterminding ‘The Intention Experiment that rests on an outlandish premise: thought affects physical reality.

Transcendental Powers

More recently many of us will have been introduced to The Law of Attraction, popularised within Rhonda Byrne’s book, The Secret.
According to Sociologist Edward Shils, a man who devoted a significant amount time to the role of intellectuals and their relations to power and public policy “the Charismatic leader seems to be connected to the transcendental powers of the universe and is able to re-establish a sense of order in his followers”
Freud supports this view with an interesting twist. He believes that in the initial stages of a child’s development, the infant is not able to experience any difference between himself and his external reality. To put it another way, until taught differently, the child believes that they are the entire universe.

With time, the child starts to understand that their mother, who they perceive as a powerful influence, is a separate entity. However, the child maintains a sense of their own power when his mother responds to their demands.

Gradually as the child’s frustrations grow as they experience their needs are not always immediately satisfied by ‘the universe’, the child discovers the cruel truth that they are not omnipotent at all. Yet because of earlier infant perceptions, the desire to return to this feeling of power and connectedness remains, and burns strongly within the child and consequently the adult throughout their life.

Freud suggests that one very effective way of returning to this phase is to identify oneself with someone who is perceived as powerful; a Charismatic leader, and goes on to say that this desire for identification or connectedness will probably be stronger when the person is in a crisis situation.

According to this explanation, the human being has a basic need to search for a symbolic order of the universe – a sense of coherence, continuity and justice. As individual’s we will choose to look outwards in search of a Charismatic Leader who will bring order our chaos, or inwards by recognising the Charismatic person that is already inside us.

Needs that Power Charisma

Between 1949 and 1959 Abraham Maslow developed a breakthrough in human understanding when he created his hierarchy of human needs, published in his 1943 paper, A Theory of Human Motivation. Maslow stated that every individual is driven by a need for survival and security. As these needs are satisfied the individual then looks to fulfil other needs such as feeling loved and making progress. These human needs drive our motivation. Once we satisfy a particular need we become motivated to fulfil the next need.

Dr Clare W. Graves, a student of Maslow provided a fascinating perspective to this model that was developed and is widely used by International Speaker, Tony Robbins.

I’ve taken the principles behind these models to demonstrate their impact on Charismatic people. Titled ‘What Charisma Needs.’ this model highlights certain needs that are dominant and unconsciously ‘sought-out ‘ by Charismatic people. Each of these needs can be mapped across to The Star Quality Symbol™. When these needs are satisfied to a significant level, they ‘fill’ the individual with a passion that electrifies their energy and intensity.

Spontaneity
Looking at Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs we learn that people need to feel comfortable and secure. This need to feel safe is inherent within us all yet in Charismatic people this particular need is less important than the need for spontaneity, adventure, variety and surprise. That’s why Charismatic people often court danger and take risks that many people find overwhelming.
When an individual’s life includes the qualities of sameness, routine and certainty with the contrary qualities of variety, surprise and uncertainty the effect is explosive. The level of polarity equals the level of energy and consequently presence.

Uniqueness
Every individual has a need to feel special and significant. This need in Charismatic people is magnified, being one of the underlying reasons why they stand out in a crowd. This deep-seated belief that they are special and gifted boosts their self-esteem because they know that they are important.
When an individual is living their life in a way that fills them with meaning, it unconsciously creates a strong sense of balance that is felt and recognised by others.

Connection
Relationships are catalysts that cause us to grow. The need to feel loved and accepted is strong within all of us. Charismatic people intuitively seek to fulfil this need by seeking to connect with people, irrespective of whether this connection is on a one-to-one basis or with a large crowd. This connection is achieved by focusing all their attention into the moment. If you meet a Charismatic individual you feel enveloped by their complete and utter attention that in turn stimulates a greater flow of energy within you. Energy breeds energy so the need for connection can exude an ever-increasing aura of presence.

Growth
A person, an animal, a plant or indeed any living thing is either growing or it has reached a peak when it starts to die. If we choose not to grow and develop our knowledge and capabilities then we are effectively at an unconscious level choosing to die. Charismatic people are driven by a thirst to continually grow, improve and develop. This fuels their energy so they radiate it. Contrast this with the way people who turn their backs on growth often drain the energy of themselves as well as others.

Making A Difference
Charismatic people have a strong need within them to make a difference to the world they operate within. This wider focus expands their energy flow that is interpreted as ‘presence’. This particular need stimulates all the elements of Charisma shown in The Symbol of Star Quality™. The need to make their mark strengthens their SELF-ESTEEM because just by wanting to make a difference carries the presupposition that they CAN make a difference. Every need is based on what is important to the individual, therefore accelerating their inner DRIVING FORCE. Making a difference is highly emotive because it engages our SENSORY AWARENESS. People with a strong VISION naturally have HIGH ENERGY, and so the pentagon shape blends naturally with the more traditional human needs models.

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Article Tags: chaos, charismatic leader, charismatic person, coherence, continuity, crisis situation, cruel truth, external reality, followers, freud, frustrations, initial stages, intellectuals, law of attraction, order of the universe, perceptions, public policy, rhonda byrne, sociologist, transcendental powers



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