Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Self

Power is the thing that feeds the self.

It is what delivers that intoxicating sense that you are right and the world is wrong. It creates an overbearing distinct individuality. It is the source and rresult of all conflict. conflict we create to create an illusion. The illusion is that we are more important than all others

We want power because it separates us from each other.

More important though is the fact that it turns those we are living with into the tools we use to obtain our desires. People become a means rather than an end.

When you understand that power does not work without need. Then you see that power is the exploitation of others needs to obtain what we want to build our self. To endorse and create an individual being above all others.

How can we see power as good when it only works because we reduce others to objects we use for our satisfaction? Power turns people into things.

It doesn't matter if you use it for good. It fundamentally reflects a lack of understanding of the nature of our reality.

1 comment:

breakfast said...

Interesting take on this and I think it will make more sense I everyone who reads this sees how important it is. Power is always a interesting concept and having it in ones life is what separates us and makes us different.

I think that one day when we get to a certain age we will realize we should be happy with what we have and not want anymore than we can live with. But is it wrong to have more than what many have and want and after you have what they desire you give them a taste by giving away some of it. Cultures have different takes on Power but this is an interesting take for sure