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Normal.dotm 0 0 1 1187 6771 --- 56 13 8315 12.1 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} “Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than alocomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!” Who are we talking about? Superman, you say? Yes … andsomeone else! We’re talking about you! … Who? Yes, you! Who is your favorite superhero?       Superman and Superwoman. Batman and Batwoman. X-men andWolverine. Cat Woman and Wonder Woman. The Flash. Spiderman. Green Lantern.Captain Marvel! What superpowers would you like to possess? Extraordinary strength, speed and flexibility. Instanthealing. Hyper-accentuated senses. X-ray vision. Omniscience. Omnipresence.ESP, telepathy, precognition, premonition and clairvoyance. Inter-dimensionaltravel. Time trekking. Invisibility. Invulnerability. Immortality. Flying.Levitation. Teleportation. Telekinesis. Transmutation. Shapeshifting. Well, you do possess these powers … and many more! How Silly! We’re all taught that we should “outgrow” our interest insuperheroes and superpowers before we turn twenty. And we do. … That’s theproblem! As we “grow up” and become adults (adulterated), we lose contact withour childhood shamans. Our superheroes are the modern day shamans of Westernsociety. They’re our culture’s wise elders, our medicine men and women. They’reour treasure. A goldmine of example and opportunity for each of us! We’re attracted to the superpowers of our superheroesbecause the truth is that we inherently possess the same super abilities asthey have. Forgotten perhaps. Dormant for the most part. (except inemergencies!) Yet these powers are our inherent nature nonetheless! Absorb that Morphic Field! Our superheroes act as morphic fields (models) for us torecapture our natural spiritual (super) powers. The abilities of oursuperheroes act as fields of energy and experience that we can tap into inorder to re-activate our own inherent abilities—in order to exercise the samepowers! In the same way we might put on the cape of Superman as achild, we can take on the mantel of Superman’s powers as an adult. When weconnect to the morphic (form) field of energy as our favorite superhero, weautomatically trigger the abilities woven into the vibration (frequency field)of that space. Why don’t most of us use our natural spiritual (super) powers? In my experience with thousands of people as clients, I’vediscovered a common theme (decision) in most people’s soul story: Before we came intothis lifetime, most of us promised ourselves that we would not use our naturalspiritual powers until we develop the deep compassion and understandingnecessary to use these abilities with real love and wisdom. The archetype of Superman provides a good example of thisphenomenon of “Superhero as Shaman.” Superman is seen as both an American cultural icon and asthe first widely admired comic book superhero. His adventures and popularityhave established the character as an inspiring force within the public psyche.The spirit of Superman still serves as inspiration for all our culture’smythmakers—writers, filmmakers, teachers, musicians and public speakers. Ironically, one of the most socially accepted denials of ourtrue supernature is the declaration, "Well, you know. I'm not Superman!”Ironic because, in fact, we are a superhuman! As an influential archetype of the superhero genre, Supermanpossesses extraordinary powers. As a closeted archetype of the superhero genre, we possessthe same extraordinary powers! Superman's famous arsenal of powers includes x-ray,heat-emitting, telescopic, infra-red and microscopic vision. He possessessuper-hearing and super-smell. He has incredibly tough skin that cannot bepierced by even an exploding artillery shell. He can lift cars over his head,hurl mountains, withstand nuclear blasts, soar into the sun unharmed, andsurvive in the vacuum of outer space without oxygen. He can fly with ease toother worlds, galaxies and even across universes! Guess what? We have at our disposal the same arsenal ofpowers! Superman as metaphor—and model for us—goes deep into his character: 1. Superman is vulnerable to green Kryptonite, mineraldebris from Krypton transformed into radioactive material by the forces thatdestroyed that planet. Exposure to green Kryptonite radiation nullifiesSuperman's superpowers and immobilizes him with pain and nausea. Prolongedexposure will eventually kill him.  “Green Kryptonite” is also our human Achilles' heel. In ourculture, the color “green” symbolizes human greed, jealousy and envy. Thesehuman emotions get in our way of realizing our true human potential as kind,wise—and powerful—beings! Culturally, the color “green” also represents being anovice, being inexperienced—that is, not developed, not ready: ourunderdevelopment of universal love and understanding keeps us from using ournatural super (spiritual) powers. 2. Superman is a hero in the mythic tradition, inspired bysuch popular and admired archetypal characters as Samson and Hercules. We canjoin the tradition of heroic feats of legendary figures and exceed the commonlyheld limitations in all our human endeavors. 3. The term “Superman” was initially coined by the 19thcentury German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. His name for Superman was“Übermensch” in German (“Overman” in English).  Nietzschechallenged the dogmatic aspects of Christianity and traditional religious rigidmorality. He believed in expressing our inherent creativity, vitality anddivine potential here and now on earth—rather than waiting for our glorioustrue nature to emerge in an afterlife in heaven.  Central to hisphilosophy of “life-affirmation” is an honest questioning of all doctrines thatdrain our natural human aliveness and potential, however socially prevalentthose views might be. Nietzsche envisioned the “Übermensch” as a liberated personwho has transcended the limitations of society, religion, and conventionalmorality while still being fundamentally human. We too can make the choice toreveal out true “Overman” wondrous nature. 4. As Clark Kent, Superman's secret identity, Superman,lives among humans as a "mild-mannered reporter" for the “MetropolisDaily Planet” newspaper. In a similar way we typically camouflage ourselves asordinary, “mild-mannered truck drivers and homemakers.” Just as Supermanpretends to be ordinary Clark Kent, we deny having any special or superhumanabilities. 5. Superman also fought for social justice and againsttyranny. This is, of course, part of everyone’s true soul purpose. And it’s ourcollective cause once we develop our love and wisdom to a degree that we feelsafe to employ our natural superpowers. So, when, where and how each of us decides to reveal ourtrue superhuman nature is up to our free will and soul destiny.  Unfortunately there aren’t many phone booths left onAmerican streets in which to take off our outer disguise! But, hey, that wasjust Superman’s thing. Whenever you decide to come out of your spiritualcloset, you’ll find an easy, graceful way. Your decision to begin to own and use your true naturalspiritual powers may come from intuitive inspiration—or dire necessity (crisis,emergency). Either way, your favorite superhero is a valuable resource andmodel for your budding superhuman adventure. In a very fun, easy way, our superheroes have paved the wayfor us to move into the space of our true super power, passion and play! Terms for reprint:1. You mustpublish the article AS IS. Do not modify, alter or edit it.2. Theauthor's resource box must accompany the article at all times.3. Thelink/s must be active or clickable.4. Notifyingthe author is not required, but doing so is appreciated.