Word Powers

Many stories are written about Authority, Goddess of authors and writers, scripters and scribes. What stays consistent in most tellings is, like her sisters Authenticity and Autonomy, her words materialize.

Anything she wrote became so. And as long as the writing remained intact, whatever she wrote remained so.

It is written she had written:

I author sayings. I author stories. I author songs.

I author origins, journeys, and destinies.

And whosoever wields a magic wand,

The words they etch will be given body and breath by me, AUTHORity.

The Gold Sisters

Authority first learns of her powers when she started writing down the songs and stories of her older sisters Authenticity and Autonomy.

Authenticity is Goddess of sound, singers, and song. Anything she sang came alive.

Autonomy is Goddess of story tellers, sayings, and speech. Anything she spoke came to life.

There were so many beautiful sounds and songs. There were so many interesting sayings and stories. There was no way for Authority to perfectly remember them all, except to record them.

So when Authority first began to write down her favorite songs and stories, the older sisters noticed an immediate change. Whatever they uttered that had been written not only came true but stayed true. Materializations that used to disappear as the echo of their last sound faded now remained.

The words, now given physical form, held reality more firmly together.

Autonomy

Many eons ago, as Autonomy approached maturity, she had know idea she was cocreating the Universe. Thanks to Authenticity's encouragement, she began to find her own way.

Autonomy didn't really much care for singing. She preferred to just simply state what she wished to say.

Living merely as Authenticity's echo was no longer tolerable. She wanted to be her own being. As she searched her own way, if Authenticity sang one thing, Autonomy would say the opposite.

If Authenticity sang of the dark night, Autonomy spoke of the day light. If Authenticity sang of the seas, Autonomy spoke of the land. And if Authenticity sang of the yin, Autonomy spoke of the yang.

This is how Autonomy discovered her word powers. Recognizing what she was capable of Autonomy became more mindful of the words she spoke.

Now when Authority began to write down some of Autonomy's stories, it became clear those word powers also extended to unspoken ideas. It seems when words are written down they're easier to perceive. You can hear and see.

Things that went unnoticed, unnamed, or unrecognized at the speed of conversation, became visible in the concentration of script.

Being able to reread, review, and rehear gave more time to uncover the ideas embedded underneath the surface. Hidden between the lines.

Autonomy could rethink ideas she had long repeated out of habit. If she didn't like the results of her speech, she had the power and the choice to reword herself.

“The definition of sanity is doing something different and expecting different results.”

Authenticity

For eons upon eons, Authenticity had been an only child. Her kind had been the souls, the hearts, and the minds. Her kin had been the elements, air, fire, water, and earth. Her kindred had been the beings of the sea, the beings of the land, and the beings of the air.

Eons upon eons of she harmonized with the sounds of space, she harmonized with the sounds of stars, she harmonized with the sounds of skies, she harmonized with the sounds of seas.

She had know idea she was cocreating the Universe. The full weight of her part in creation occured when Autonomy was born.

One day she was inspired to sing the sound, "aaauuuuuuuuu". And when she did, gold appeared all around and shined back.

She sang the sound a second time but differently, "aaaUUUUUUUUU!" And when she did, wolves could be heard in the distance howling back, "AAAUUUUUUUUU!"

She sang the sound a third time, this time in bursts, "AuuU! AuuU!" And when she did, Autonomy appeared sounding back, "Hey you!"

Over time Autonomy turned many sounds and sensations into speech. Those words became the names of things. Those names became inspiration for new songs Authenticity would sing. And for every new song Authenticity would, new life would spring.

Still, she would always love to sing sounds. She would tell her sisters, 'the sounds just feel good, even if they don't always make perfect sense.'

As Authority wrote the sounds down something subtle and substantial could be seen and felt. A bend in reality. A shift in the elements.

Authority

Inspired by Authenticity playing with sounds and by Autonomy rewording ideas, Authority began to play with the idea of new words.

What would happen if I wrote words I'd never heard? What words could I create that are authentically mine? Can I create new words?

No she couldn't.

Not yet.

But she had complete say in the matter. She wrote an affirmation:

"I will create new words ... I can create new words ... I DO create new words."

Immediately words she'd never heard popped up in her mind. Words whose meaning she couldn't explain. Words whose materialization was a mystery. Some felt flat. Some felt full. Intuitively they made sense.

Hesitant of what might materialize, she remembered the lessons learned in hers and her sisters discoveries. She affirmed:

Anything created, can be recreated. Anything written, rewritten.

I can rewrite stories, sayings, and songs.

I can rewrite ideas and beliefs.

She thought a moment before adding:

I can rewrite words.

Assured of her abilities she began to write. The elements started to shift. Reality began to bend. A whole new world took form.

Along side this new world taking form, Authority began to transform. She became Goddess of authors and writers, scripters and scribes, word+smiths and world+smiths.

All the Gold Sisters shared that power in common.

When we create new words, we create new worlds.

With her songs, Authenticity continued giving the world feeling and flow. With her speech, Autonomy continued giving the world freedom and focus. And with her script, Authority continued giving the world fortitude and form.

In the process they empowered each other and all those who inhabit these worlds.

And so it is that here, now, and all ways we can rewrite stories, sayings, and songs. We can rewrite ideas and beliefs. We can rewrite words.

And when we create new words, we create new worlds. Whosoever wields a magic wand, a writing instrument, the words they etch will be given body and breath by Authority.

"The definition of sanity is to do something different and expect different results."

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How will YOU use your authority?