Power is
Power is
You can
Perhaps your can outstretches to others
That’s one of the many manifestations of power
But power is far more than that
It has always been
And it is
Power is not equally distributed
Power can’t be equally distributed because power can’t be distributed
We can reduce power to some symbol — such as money or position — but that can never contain the WHOLE of the phenomenon of power
such as:
-the energy one has
-the joy one has
-the will one has
-the sun that caresses one’s skin
-the love one has
-the days one has left
we wish to have POWER over all of those things…
sometimes we do sometimes we don’t,
but we definitely can’t distribute it equally
Power can’t be equally distributed,
Most attempts at it’s equal distribution only serve to pervert it,
What’s with someone stealing power for himself?
Irrelevant
Power which can be so easily transferred is no true power
Can you steal someone’s energy? Joy?
Most types of power can’t be equally distributed, can’t be taken, and can’t be transferred
Such attempts are innately futile and foolish, and only breed disappointment and sorrow
Following backlash at all kinds of inequality are but a result of such delusion
You want power? Start with yourself
The elementary problem with power is THE ABUSE OF POWER,
NOT unequal, “unfair” distribution of power — because unequal distribution of power is innately fair — whereas equal distribution of power is innately unfair,
It’s the abuse of power which is the problem
And it’s the abuse of power which leads to this ridiculous fallacious notion of equality
Do you care that sun has so much more energy then you do?
You don’t seek to take HALF the sun’s energy for yourself, because it’s unfair for it to be so powerful,
Rather: you’re grateful for all the shine and warmth it shares with you
However if the sun were to heat trice as hot — that would be a problem, wouldn’t it?
The earth would probably turn to dust, and you with it
That would be a really unfortunate way for the SUN to use it’s power
If sun was human — you’d call it “abuse of power”
Your leaders
Your presidents
Your CEOs
Your superiors
Your gurus
Your idols
They ALL have power over you
And you WANT them to have power over you
You want your leaders to lead you
You want your president to run your country
You want your company’s founder CEO to risk his money, while you risk fuck all
You want your superiors to tell you what to do, so that you make money for the company, AND yourself
You want your gurus to tell you how to live
You want your idols to inspire you, because you will not
They all have POWER over you — and you WANT THEM TO,
Sometimes you give up your power too easily — but often you gladly DEFER TO AUTHORITY and SURRENDER TO OBEDIENCE
Because it IS, indeed, good for you
Because you can’t build the rockets yourself,
You couldn’t build yourself a car, you couldn’t make yourself a computer,
You couldn’t defend yourself
You don’t know how to organize society
Perhaps someone can tell you how to build rockets, have you contribute to the rocket-making-business,
Or build the rockets for you
The power is — and sometimes you have it over something — and sometimes something has it over you
And it’s for the best
And you accept the power over you
You just don’t want them to ABUSE it
You just don’t want them to abuse it
You don’t want them to use that power at YOUR expense
You want them to use that power for their benefit — AND yours
Or you want them to use that power for their benefit — but not at your expense
You don’t want them to use that power at YOUR expense
Does it happen?
Yes
Does it matter?
Sometimes
You OBVIOUSLY can remove yourself from the INFLUENCE of the REST of the world,
Then, only the mother nature shall have power over you, only your GODS
I told you that REAL power can’t be stolen, or even transferred,
If you have all the joy in the world — are you really so easy to abuse?
But yes the power is abused, it happens
You defer to greater power so that you can mutually benefit each other
You want your leaders to lead you
You want your elders to impart their wisdom on you
You want the strong to protect you
You want the creative to create for you
And you willingly defer to their authority and influence and ability and POWER
And sometimes they betray you
And then you want to take the power away from them
But you can’t
You can’t
Because the power is
The IMBALANCE of power is
This is the inherent state
The only thing which can happen in a specific case is that ABUSER is taken away,
But this is obviously not a general solution
The imbalance of power still is,
It will always be, it’s innate
Someone (or something) always has more strength than you, more energy than you, more talent than you, more ability than you, more joy than you, more love than you,
The only general solution is that in which you disappear from the equation
You disappear from the relationship in which you are “abused”,
WHATEVER it is that has power over you — you can decide to FREE yourself from it,
You can’t change it, change that thing, change that power which is beyond you — but you can remove yourself from it’s influence
Only you won’t,
Not unless your net result is negative
Perhaps even what you call “abuse” is in truth net-positive
You do remain in that “abusive relationship”: relationship with your partner, relationship with your company, relationship with your lover, relationship with your country
Perhaps your net result is positive
Perhaps it’s more positive than attempting to change your situation
Likely is is positive
Likely it is positive
It’s you whose greedy
You don’t appreciate everything which has been granted to you: not just inherently with the gift of life — but also as a member of the modern society
Perhaps it’s you whose greedy, and not them
Finally
What if it’s YOU who has power over others?
How are you NOT an abuser…?
Admittedly you will often become the abuser — for few are prepared to having power over others, few are prepared to lead
You must be powerful within to be powerful without
It is then that you should not be deluded by the promises of superficial aggrandizement, but should only be satisfied with the universal and transcendent,
To lead you must be able to lead yourself
To manage resources/wealth you must not crave it first
To love you must love yourself first
To make grand decisions for all you must first make grand decisions for yourself
…but it will happen
Because you will have power
Power is
We draw from it every day
And sometimes we overuse it
Sometimes we abuse it
Sometimes we fail to see beyond ourselves
And it’s ok
And some of us have more of it
And it’s ok
And sometimes we can join our strengths, join our powers
And sometimes we fail
I want you to accept the POWER for what it is
I want you to embrace the inequality
I want you to take responsibility for attaining true power, inner power
I want to empower you to extricate yourself from adverse powers
I want you to NOT demonize and not idealise power — it’s just what it is
Please be simple and strong and powerful