Power

We are all tempted to the opportunity to raise our status by lowering someone else's. Do you define your power in relation to others? Do you let racist or sexist remarks pass by you with no comment? Are you sure you can look at someone and define his or her worth on the basic of class and style.

Ther is an almost irresistable urge to prove our power and worth through comparison. We view power as power over others. the life of gandhi offers a glimpse of an alternative philosophy. A different use of power.

Thinking about power makes us apprehensive, Power corrupts power is violence. We forget the difference between power used to manipulate others and power used to empower others.

Power is a neutral force; we control the quality of it's use. People who feel their own life force, their internal power, have np need for control over others.