Earthly [[power]] is more or less [[delusional]] power. It is temporary and it is very unstable. But, spiritual power is [[different]]. Spiritual power is gained as earthly power is [[renounced]]. Spiritual power is almost a self-negating or [[self-forgetting]] state which is the only way a human being can [[touch]] real [[love]] and real power of love. You cannot hold it, or [[possess]] it, but you can draw near to it as you [[surrender]] your earthly power to him who has all power. Human beings [[panic]] without their [[illusions]] of power, without the illusion of [[control]]. The thought of being a small grain of sand tossed by the sea is too [[frightening]] for most human beings and so humans go about pretending that their [[money]] or their control or their earthly [[influence]] will somehow protect them from the on rushing [[tide]]. But, in the end, those illusions are shattered and each one departs this [[life]] with nothing. | Earthly [[power]] is more or less [[delusional]] power. It is temporary and it is very unstable. But, spiritual power is [[different]]. Spiritual power is gained as earthly power is [[renounced]]. Spiritual power is almost a self-negating or [[self-forgetting]] state which is the only way a human being can [[touch]] real [[love]] and real power of love. You cannot hold it, or [[possess]] it, but you can draw near to it as you [[surrender]] your earthly power to him who has all power. Human beings [[panic]] without their [[illusions]] of power, without the illusion of [[control]]. The thought of being a small grain of sand tossed by the sea is too [[frightening]] for most human beings and so humans go about pretending that their [[money]] or their control or their earthly [[influence]] will somehow protect them from the on rushing [[tide]]. But, in the end, those illusions are shattered and each one departs this [[life]] with nothing. |