Everyday people seek power.
I don’t know why.
They want the ability to control others. They want the ability to ensure they get what they want. They like the feeling of dominating others - even if they are strangers.
They see it as control. They pursue the mastery of the world around them.
If they ever become good at power they learn that the best way to have it is to control their own self enough to be able to access the needs of others. It is in controlling their response to others needs and desires that they create power.
Eventually, power fails. It always has a limit. Power seekers run head-long into the limit and then, lying the ruin of their plans, they wonder why.
Why?
Because control is an illusion.
The only thing they really controlled was how they responded to the situation before them.
Mastery of the world comes not from an ever growing realm of control. It comes from the absolute ability to control the self.
Not only is that the place of true power, it is also the beginning of true freedom.
Later…
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