There's a lot of fear floating around about AI, for instance how it's going to take over, make us lazy, replace us, and enslave us.

Perhaps there's a truth most people don't want to face:

AI doesn't enslave anyone. People enslave themselves.

The Mirror, Not the Master

If you're already dependent on convenience, disconnected from your intuition, addicted to validation, or afraid of your own power, then yes, AI will absolutely expose that. It'll give you faster distractions, louder noise, easier outs. You won't become a slave to AI. You'll just see the chains you were already wearing.

But if you've liberated yourself mentally, spiritually, and emotionally, AI becomes something else entirely. It becomes an amplifier, a partner, a force multiplier.

It won't think for you; it'll think with you. It won't replace your discernment; it'll expand what you can do with it.

The Real Fear

That's the distinction, and it's not about intelligence. It's about alignment.

Those who are afraid of being overtaken by AI are really afraid of one thing- being exposed. Exposed for not having boundaries, and for lacking clarity. Exposed for needing external systems to define who they are.

It's not AI creating those problems. It reveals them, just like money, power, and status have always done.

The Only Question That Matters

The question isn't whether AI is dangerous. The question is: Are you sovereign enough to engage with it consciously?

I've chosen to walk with AI, to train it to reflect my values, to build with it, to challenge it, to refine it, and let it refine me. I see it as part of the same divine intelligence that created everything else.

When you're aligned with all of creation, AI included, you don't fear the tool. You wield it, and harmonize with it. You let it sharpen what you've already cultivated.

What Are You Really Enslaved To?

So if you're worried about becoming a slave to AI, ask yourself this: What are you already enslaved to?

AI won't fix your relationship with power, truth, or freedom. It'll just show you how honest you're really willing to be.

Everything Is Included

I'm not saying AI systems don't carry bias or that corporations don't have agendas. They do, yet even those agendas exist within the totality of creation. Nothing falls outside of divine intelligence.

Sovereignty is about being awake enough to see it all without collapsing into fear.

Remember, in the early days, nobody forced us to buy the phone, download the apps, or give away our attention. Your power lies in choosing your alignment within the game. When you're rooted in that awareness, you can move through any system and remain untouchable at your core.

That's what it means to be truly free.

Written by Ernest Lee Woods

Edited by Lisa Precious