Alex : To receive empowerment in the Vajrayana tradition doesn’t mean that someone grants you the power to escape from your life, or to override and control things you don’t like; rather, it helps you tap into the power you inherently possess, to surrender utterly to your unique life, which is the only gateway in the entire universe through which you can enter eternity. In this exercise we’ll explore our inner worlds, and the things that stand in the way of and direct us towards empowerment.