Over Privileged White Guy (OPWG) Podcast – Ep Twenty One – Audiobook Chapter One (1), The Four Body Types & Star Power-Page Three (3)

He then asked, “Can you clarify what you mean by ‘hold the energy?’” 

“I mean commanding presence, being able to stand real heat while succeeding as a result of talent, skill, ability, charisma, and capacity. Whether in peace or at war, or somewhere in between. At all levels of being. There are reasons that, throughout time, certain people have been able to accomplish monumental feats that actually changed the world. These certain types of people had the ability to hold the energy and stand real heat under pressure in the direst of circumstances when it counted most,” I answered. “As for being born a star, are you saying that if one is not a genuine star to begin with, then one can never become a genuine star?”

“I am honestly not sure about the star thing, as I do not know all the variables involved and have not given it proper consideration,” Walter said. “Can you offer an example of what you mean by holding the energy and why it is important?” he asked.

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I put the “star thing” on my mental checklist with an asterisk for later. “Think back through time for a moment,” I proceeded. “What gave Martin Luther King Jr. the strength, courage, and resolve to rightly take on white America, white privilege and racism, in the face of almost certain, imminent death? What gave Churchill the steadfastness, intuition, and fortitude, facing certain losing odds and the most serious of consequences if defeat should come, to defy Hitler? Why was George Washington so convinced he was right and so willing to sacrifice everything through the Declaration of Independence, war, etc. to ensure a United States legacy? Where did Leonardo da Vinci’s unparalleled curiosity and creative genius come from? Why did the Knights Templar Grand Master Jacques de Molay choose torture and being burned at the stake over recanting his cherished beliefs? What made Genghis Khan so different and special that he was able to unite so many humans, through both sheer brutality as well as quasi-democratic principles, while commanding the most expansive land empire in history? Oh, and let us not forget that Genghis Khan is credited statistically with fathering so many children that it is estimated that, today, one in every two hundred people are related to him. Where did Jesus get the awareness, prudence, knowledge, and moxie to directly challenge Pontius Pilate and the Roman as well as Jewish powers that be at the time? What makes these kind of rare few people stand out so prominently from the rest of humanity? In fact, they stand out so profoundly and permanently that their names and deeds are clearly etched seemingly forever in the annals of time, for all to remember. Whereas the vast majority of humans throughout history are merely a blip on the radar of time and space, destined to fade into nothing and be remembered by no one once enough time has passed?”