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reside in an invisible realm within consciousness itself.
Force has transient goals; when those goals are reached, there remains the emptiness of meaninglessness.
Power, on the other hand, motivates us endlessly. If our lives are dedicated, for instance, to enhancing the welfare of others and everyone we contact, our lives can never lose meaning.
lives have been dedicated to the creation and embodiment of beauty; beauty incorporates and expresses enormous power.
Force can bring satisfaction, but only power brings joy. Victory over others brings us satisfaction, but victory over ourselves brings us joy.
The enfolded universe is connected with human consciousness, as inspiration arises in the mind of the creator.
meaning links mind and matter like opposite sides of a coin.
morphogenetic fields, or M-fields.4 These invisible organizing patterns act like energy templates to establish forms on various levels of life.
phenomenon termed “formative causation.”
When Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile, he created a new M-field. The belief system prevailing in human consciousness had been that the four-minute mile was a limit of human possibility. Once the new M-field was created, many runners suddenly began to break the four-minute mile records. This occurs every time mankind breaks into a new paradigm, whether it is the capacity to fly (an M-field created by the Wright Brothers), or the capacity to recover from alcoholism (an M-field created by Bill W., the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous). Once an M-field is created, everyone who repeats the
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chaos theory
really is no chaos in the universe; the appearance of disorder is merely a function of the limits of perception.
Creative people merely write, paint, sculpt, or design what they already see within their own minds. We do not dance from logic, we dance from feeling patterns. We make our choices from values, and values are associated with intrinsic patterns.
chain of causality
left-brain world, mundane and predictable. It is the limited paradigm from which the conventional sciences operate: chartable, familiar, controllable, but uncreative—determined, and therefore limited, by the past. It is not the world of genius, but to many it feels safe. It is the world of productivity and practicality. To creative people, however, it seems pedestrian, prosaic, uninspiring, and limiting.
The capacity of the invisible concept to materialize is based on the power of the original concept itself. We might say that the right brain “gets the pattern” and the left brain “makes it visible.”
power is that which makes you go strong,
force makes you go weak.
Love, compassion, and forgiveness, which may be mistakenly seen by some as submissive, are, in ...
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Revenge, judgmentalism, and condemnation, on the other hand, inevita...
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Give up weak attractors for strong attractors.
the universe favors power.
the universe does not forget.
every choice of who and how to be is a choice of great consequence. All of our choices re...
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we shall eventually have to accept responsibility for every thought, word, and deed we beget and re-experience exactly whatever suffering we have caused others.
Everything in the universe constantly gives off an energy pattern of a specific frequency that remains for all time and can be read by those who know how. Every word, deed, and intention creates a permanent record. Every thought is known and recorded forever. There are no secrets; nothing is hidden, nor can it be. Our spirits stand naked in time for all to see. Everyone’s life, finally, is accountable to the universe.
power originates from the mind, whereas force is rooted only in the material world.
simply standing for a principle: the intrinsic dignity of man and his right to freedom, sovereignty, and self-determination.
Violence is force; because Gandhi was aligned with power instead of force, he forbade all use of violence in his cause.
because he expressed universal principles (which calibrate at 700), he was able to unite the will of the people. When the will of the people is so united and aligned with universal principles, it is virtually unconquerable.
Gandhi demonstrated, for the world to witness, the power of selflessness versus th...
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Power accomplishes with ease that which force cannot accomplish,
A distinctive characteristic of force in politics is that it cannot tolerate dissent.
On the simple level of force, his military was unbeatable; yet he could not defeat a tiny island across the English Channel because of the power expressed by Winston Churchill, who unified the will of his people through principles of freedom and selfless sacrifice.
When power and force meet, power always eventually succeeds; in the long run, if it is deeply founded in the will of the people, power is immune to force.
Force is seductive because it emanates a certain glamour, whether that glamour is manifested in the guise of false patriotism, prestige, or dominance;
true power is often quite u...
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The weak are attracted to and will even die for the glamour of force. How else could something so outrageous as war even occur? Force often seizes the upper hand temporarily, and the weak are attracted by those who seem to have overcome weakness. How else could dictatorship be possible?
characteristic of force is arrogance;
power is characterized by...
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Force is pompous; it has all ...
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Power is unas...
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Politicians, operating out of expediency, rule by force after gaining their position through the force of persuasion and rhetoric—often calibrating at a level less than 200.
Statesmen represent true power, rule by inspiration, teach by example, and stand for self-evident principles.
Where the intellect is limited, the heart is unlimited; where the intellect is intrigued by the temporary, the heart is only concerned with the permanent.
Force often relies upon rhetoric, propaganda, and specious argument to garner support and disguise underlying motivations.
truth, though, is that it needs no defense; it is self-evident. That “all men are created equal” requires no justif...
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always endless arguments about whether force is “justified” or not.
power is associated with that which supports life,
For the benefit of all
force is associated with that which exploits life for the gain of an individual or an organization.
