Thanks for sharing ans amplifying this issue of reclaiming our sovereignty. It had an impact on me on another level. After reading this, resonating with it and sharing it with some people, I had a confrontation with the authority where I'm working. It helped beyond words to see, how I had created the situation and things were not done to me. It helped to quickly unravel through the issue and find the positive nuggets of soul gold. A small shift in perseption - the place I'm working is a conscious community, a family even, but its also a business organization where I'm being benifited and I'm giving back in equal measure. Unlike many other organization, there are unspoken agreements here and the rules are not carved in stones. This means that relationships are given more importance and sooner or later one end up crossing other boundaries noticeably. It also means one would make much more mistakes. I feel more soveigren and less need for validation, recognition mainly from the lead character here. At the same time I feel a loss, less investment in the outcome, a purposelessness and feeling of not really being at home. I wonder if it's really the identity or the ego that feels the loss, that was expecting something from the outside and came to face the reality.