What a 1989 message taught me about the fear of greatness — and why I’m stepping forward now
It started on February 19, 1989.
I was 38 years old, sitting down to receive one of my earliest Wilhelm messages. I had no idea what I was building. I only knew something was moving through me that I didn’t fully understand — and if I’m honest, something I was afraid of.
This is what Wilhelm said that day:
“Yes, it is indeed wise for you to realize how powerful you are and also to acknowledge the innate benevolence of your being. You seem to consistently maintain a subtle fear that somehow you would use your power in an ego-oriented way to the detriment of others. The truth for you is exactly the opposite, for the more you gain, you give away.
The anger you sense or hostility at times, as you have also been aware of, is not truly directed at others but merely a reflection of your inner frustration with the intellectual knowledge of your power and your simultaneous restriction of that power, which causes friction.
It is everyone’s power to do with as they please, and your individual way is becoming more clear and purposeful for you. Be careful of the instilled limitations which would not have you own your worth. Relax and enjoy.”
— Wilhelm, February 19, 1989
I’ve thought about that message many times over the past 36 years. Wilhelm wasn’t describing a flaw. Wilhelm was describing a pattern that I now recognize in almost every person I work with.
We are not afraid of failing. Most of us have failed plenty of times. We understand failure. What we are actually afraid of — and rarely say out loud — is our own greatness. The quiet, persistent sense that something significant lives within us, and the equally persistent pull to keep it small. To stay within what feels safe. To not fully own what we already know is there.
Wilhelm called it exactly what it is: the intellectual knowledge of your power and your simultaneous restriction of that power, which causes friction. That friction shows up as restlessness. Irritability. The nagging feeling that something is unfinished. You know what’s in you. You just haven’t let it out yet.
What manifesting actually is
I’ve spent 36 years developing the work that came through in those early messages. Over 6,200 daily transmissions from Wilhelm. A complete, documented, day-by-day consciousness-raising system — the most sophisticated personal development philosophy I’ve ever encountered, and one that I could not have designed on purpose. It unfolded, message by message, year by year, the way all authentic life paths unfold: not according to a plan, but according to what you were always meant to become.
That is what manifesting actually is.
Not a technique. Not a visualization practice. Not a process of becoming someone new. Manifesting is the act of revealing who you already are. The authentic self — the one you sensed in childhood, the one that surfaces in your most honest moments, the one that the fear of greatness has been quietly suppressing — that self is what is waiting to emerge.
On February 24, 2026, Wilhelm delivered a message that completes an 18-year arc on this very theme:
“We hope more of you manifest your dreams today. You are born with them, and they are part of your divine plan, and it is only your disbelief that prevents them from coming to fruition.”
And on February 25th, the companion message arrived:
“Please do not judge yourself for holding doubt. That particular self-judgment would halt your further advancement — and that of your world.”
These two messages together tell the whole story. Your dreams are real. Your doubt is real too. But the thing that actually halts your progress isn’t the doubt — it’s the judgment you place on yourself for having it. That meta-level self-attack is the final obstacle. And Wilhelm named it, and released it, in a single sentence.
Why I’m stepping forward now
I am 75 years old. For much of my life I kept this work largely private — partly from caution, partly from the same fear Wilhelm identified in 1989. The fear of fully owning what I had to offer.
That time is over.
This work has changed my life in ways I could not have anticipated, including the resolution of a condition that doctors said was incurable. It has changed the lives of everyone who has engaged with it seriously. And it is time for it to reach a much wider world — because we are living through an extraordinary restructuring, and more people than ever need access to a verified system for raising consciousness, resolving self-doubt, and stepping into authentic purpose.
I have opened space in my work today at a special price — because I want as many people as possible to experience this, not just those who can easily afford premium rates. This is a collective shift, and the more of us who are doing this work, the more we lift everyone.
👉 Access today’s special offer here: https://bit.ly/4ry02zE
The resources
If you want to go deeper into the messages that frame everything above, I’ve made them all available:
▶️ Watch the video — Manifesting Isn’t About Becoming — It’s About Revealing: https://youtu.be/jZK-DuT7068
📖 Read the February 24 messages (2008–2026): https://bit.ly/4ayMUV9
📖 Read the February 25 messages (2008–2026): https://bit.ly/4s8GxxF
📊 Full analysis of the February 24 arc: https://bit.ly/4b6P7XW
📊 Full analysis of the February 25 arc: https://bit.ly/40trQt4
The friction you feel is not a sign that something is wrong. It is the sign that you are ready.
Relax and enjoy. Wilhelm said it in 1989. I’m finally fully living it. I hope you’ll come with me.
— Roger Burnley
Roger Burnley is a spiritual teacher, consciousness coach, and author who has been channeling daily messages from Wilhelm since 1989. He is the creator of Your Last Development Program and operates at rogerburnley.com and anyadvicefortoday.com.
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