There is a feeling that many people know, even if they have never quite had the words for it.It is that moment when everything softens. The separation between you and life seems to dissolve. You do not just notice the world around you, you feel yourself as part of it.The flowers are not merely flowers. Water is not merely water. Your own sense of self is not standing apart from life, observing it from a distance. Instead, there is a deep, quiet recognition that you belong to something greater, and that greater something is alive within you too.That is what I would call being in the power.This is not about drama, performance, or trying to force a mystical experience. It is far more natural than that. In many ways, it is the most natural thing of all. It is a return to the truth that everything is connected, and that we are part of that living web.<h2 id="1d678b18-0b13-4540-9b3e-7e7323c80234" data-toc-id="1d678b18-0b13-4540-9b3e-7e7323c80234" style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2;">What does “in the power” actually mean?</h2>When people first hear spiritual phrases like this, they often imagine something distant or difficult to reach. Yet the experience itself is often very simple.Being in the power is that state where you feel profoundly connected. Connected to yourself. Connected to nature. Connected to life. Connected to the unseen intelligence or spiritual presence that runs through all things.If you like, it is like a web. Everything in this world, and indeed in the universe, is linked. Nothing is wholly separate. We may live as if we are isolated individuals moving through an indifferent world, but at a deeper level there is relationship everywhere. Energy moves through everything. Awareness touches everything. Life responds to life.When you enter that awareness, you feel different. You may feel expanded, peaceful, uplifted, or deeply present. Often there is a sense of quiet wonder. Sometimes there are no grand fireworks at all, just a clear inner knowing that you are not alone and never have been.<h2 id="fc04cc4b-6f15-4e38-8460-ae274196d200" data-toc-id="fc04cc4b-6f15-4e38-8460-ae274196d200" style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2;">The feeling of total connection</h2>Most people have had glimpses of this, even if only briefly.Perhaps it happened while walking in the countryside. Perhaps while sitting beside the sea. Perhaps in meditation. Perhaps in a moment of stillness after grief, when something larger than pain seemed to hold you. Perhaps you looked at a flower and, for just a second, it was not an object. It was presence. It was life expressing itself, and somehow you recognised yourself in it.These moments can be difficult to explain because they are not really intellectual. They are experiential. You do not think your way into them. You feel your way into them.And when you do, there can be a sense of being totally connected to every flower, every drop of water, to your own being, and to the world around you. It is an intimate awareness of unity. Not as a theory, but as a living reality.<h2 id="c8161603-2021-4b8d-a321-48d4f85504b1" data-toc-id="c8161603-2021-4b8d-a321-48d4f85504b1" style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2;">Why this feeling matters</h2>It matters because so much of human struggle comes from the illusion of separation.When we feel cut off, life becomes harder. We feel alone in our worries. We lose touch with our inner wisdom. Nature becomes background scenery instead of a living companion. Spiritual development becomes a concept rather than an embodied experience.But when you reconnect, even for a few moments, something shifts.<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;"><li>You feel more grounded in yourself.</li><li>You become more aware of the beauty around you.</li><li>You often feel calmer and more centred.</li><li>Your intuitive and spiritual senses may feel clearer.</li><li>You remember that life is relational, not disconnected.</li></ul>This is one reason practices such as meditation, mindfulness, contemplation, and spiritual attunement are so valuable. They help quieten the noise that keeps us trapped in surface awareness. Beneath that noise is a deeper field of connection.If you are interested in the wellbeing side of this, there is a useful overview from the NHS on mindfulness, which explains how present-moment awareness can support emotional balance and mental wellbeing.<h2 id="31ef2b9a-fbd1-49b8-a30d-3922350cbab9" data-toc-id="31ef2b9a-fbd1-49b8-a30d-3922350cbab9" style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2;">Connection is not something you manufacture</h2>One of the reasons people struggle to access this state is that they try too hard.They chase an experience. They measure themselves. They wonder whether they are doing it right. They compare their inner life to other people’s stories. All of that pulls the attention back into effort and self-consciousness.Real connection does not usually arrive through force. It comes through receptivity.You do not need to make the web of life exist. It already exists. You do not need to invent spiritual connection. You only need to become still enough to notice it.That is a very different approach. It is softer. More trusting. More honest.In spiritual awakening, this is often a key turning point. Instead of striving to become something special, you begin to remember what has always been true.<h2 id="d6daff3c-a99a-49db-b048-6efa25314865" data-toc-id="d6daff3c-a99a-49db-b048-6efa25314865" style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2;">How to recognise when you are in the power</h2>The signs are often subtle, but unmistakable once you know them.<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;"><li>You feel present. Not lost in yesterday or tomorrow, but fully here.</li><li>You feel connected. There is less sense of division between you and everything else.</li><li>You feel peaceful. Even if life is imperfect, something within is at rest.</li><li>You feel more alive. Colours may seem brighter, nature more vivid, your senses more open.</li><li>You feel whole. There is less inner conflict and more simple – ‘just being.’</li></ul>That state can feel incredible, not necessarily in an overstimulated sense, but in a deeply nourishing one. It reminds you of your place within existence. It can be humbling and empowering at the same time.<h2 id="93a05715-9821-4493-8411-cc7a8bbb03ce" data-toc-id="93a05715-9821-4493-8411-cc7a8bbb03ce" style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2;">The role of nature in spiritual connection</h2>Nature so often helps because it reflects this connected web so beautifully.A flower does not struggle to be part of life. A river does not question whether it belongs. Trees, birds, rain, light, wind, stone, sea, all of it expresses interconnection without needing philosophy to explain it.When you sit quietly with nature, your own system often begins to settle into that same rhythm. You stop pushing. You start listening. And in that listening, you may feel again that intimate thread between yourself and all that lives.This is why many spiritual traditions use the natural world as a doorway into meditation and awakening. There is something about direct contact with the living world that restores perspective. If this speaks to you, you may enjoy exploring <a target="_blank" href="https://www.developingspirit.com/blog/sitting-in-the-power">Sitting in the Power</a> or the deeper reflection in <a target="_blank" href="https://www.developingspirit.com/blog/sitting-in-the-power-within-the-divine">Sitting in the Power Within the Divine</a>.<h2 id="02ad739b-2c60-4e27-a6f5-ff107d8abcc1" data-toc-id="02ad739b-2c60-4e27-a6f5-ff107d8abcc1" style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2;">Mindfulness, meditation, and sitting in the power</h2>Mindfulness and meditation can both support this state, but sitting in the power has a particular flavour to it in spiritual development.It is not only about calming the mind, though that may happen. It is also about attuning to the power of spirit, the life force, the divine presence, or however you understand that sacred current. It is about sitting with it, allowing it, and becoming aware of your relationship to it.For some, this becomes a cornerstone of their spiritual practice. It nurtures sensitivity, trust, and inner stillness. It can deepen awareness of intuition and strengthen one’s spiritual foundation in a very grounded way.If you want to explore more around meditation and attunement, the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.developingspirit.com/blog/category/Meditation-And-Attunement/44">Meditation and Attunement articles</a> are a natural place to continue. Another thoughtful read is Reflecting on Transcendental Meditation, especially if you are interested in how regular practice shapes wellbeing over time.<h2 id="1f7cf4b9-9efe-4394-add4-4c9b5b9a6cc2" data-toc-id="1f7cf4b9-9efe-4394-add4-4c9b5b9a6cc2" style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2;">If you have felt it before, trust that</h2>Many people dismiss these moments because they cannot explain them scientifically, neatly, or logically enough. Yet not everything meaningful in life fits into tidy language.If you have had even one moment where you felt utterly connected to everything around you, trust that experience. You do not have to exaggerate it, and you do not have to doubt it away either.Some experiences are invitations rather than conclusions. They show you what is possible. They remind you of a deeper dimension of being. They ask you to return, more consciously, more often.If your path includes intuition and inner knowing, you might also appreciate <a target="_blank" href="https://www.developingspirit.com/blog/trust-your-inner-guru">Trust Your Inner Guru</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.developingspirit.com/blog/intuition-when-you-just-know-you-really-do-know">Intuition: When You Just Know, You Really Do Know</a>.<h2 id="2d180810-267a-4ba8-86e3-f923ccd8928a" data-toc-id="2d180810-267a-4ba8-86e3-f923ccd8928a" style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2;">A simple way to open to this state</h2>You do not need anything elaborate. Start simply.<ol type="1" style="margin-top: 0cm;"><li>Find a quiet place where you will not be disturbed.</li><li>Sit comfortably and allow your breathing to settle naturally.</li><li>Let your awareness soften rather than concentrate too hard.</li><li>Notice your body, the space around you, and the life present in that space.</li><li>Instead of analysing, allow yourself to feel.</li><li>Rest in the possibility that you are already connected.</li></ol>That last point is the key. You are not trying to become connected. You are becoming aware of connection.For a fuller guided approach, you may find the <a target="_blank" href="https://youtu.be/UbE7K2ifXu4">Sitting in the Power audio practice</a> helpful, or explore additional resources through <a target="_blank" href="https://www.developingspirit.com/">Developing Spirit</a>.<h2 id="38acf15f-26ae-474a-adee-9d16deb4b168" data-toc-id="38acf15f-26ae-474a-adee-9d16deb4b168" style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2;">The web we belong to</h2>At the heart of this experience is a beautiful truth. We are not isolated fragments moving through a dead universe. We are part of a living whole.Whether you call it mindfulness, spiritual awakening, meditation, attunement, or simply peace, the feeling is recognisable. It is that sense of being totally at one with yourself and with the rest of the world around you.When that happens, even briefly, life feels different. Richer. Kinder. More meaningful.And perhaps the greatest comfort of all is this: the power is not somewhere far away. It is here, within and around you, waiting in the quiet spaces where connection can finally be felt again.<table style="min-width: 25px;"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Online Courses</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Check out self - study online courses</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.developingspirit.com/all-courses">Click me</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div data-youtube-video=""><iframe width="640" height="480" allowfullscreen="true" autoplay="false" disablekbcontrols="false" enableiframeapi="false" endtime="0" ivloadpolicy="0" loop="false" modestbranding="false" origin="" playlist="" progressbarcolor="white" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UbE7K2ifXu4" start="0"></iframe></div>

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