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