Beyond Power

Filed under:Creative Process — posted by fred on January 2, 2007 @ 12:39 pm

In order to be, there must be ‘the-power-to-be’; and how we understand this power determines who-we-are and how-we-live.

Power can be ‘originating power’ coming from within, or ‘manipulative power’ coming from without. The power that comes from within is spiritual, free and responsible, enabling us to transcend; the power that comes from without is mental power, controlling and coercive, conforming us to the commonplace and dull. Understanding power involves understanding the way in which we are situated in existence, how we are related to Being, or more forcefully said, how we are related to the Beyond. MORE

Beyond Power

Filed under:Creative Process — posted by fred on @ 12:39 pm

In order to be, there must be ‘the-power-to-be’; and how we understand this power determines who-we-are and how-we-live.

Power can be ‘originating power’ coming from within, or ‘manipulative power’ coming from without. The power that comes from within is spiritual, free and responsible, enabling us to transcend; the power that comes from without is mental power, controlling and coercive, conforming us to the commonplace and dull. Understanding power involves understanding the way in which we are situated in existence, how we are related to Being, or more forcefully said, how we are related to the Beyond. MORE



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