On Power

Power has always been of primary interest to people. Be it economic power, religious power, personal power, or any other form of power imaginable.

This power is always a power over something or someone else: Power over nature. Power over people. Power over the body’s innate forces of slow deterioration, etc.

This power can be felt by humans and it is felt as a kind of stimulant that can become addictive. It is also often associated with an adrenaline rush, which makes it act like an addictive drug cursing through one’s bodily system.

This power is, in its purest form, a completely ruthless power. If nothing tempers it, it will lead to inhumane treatment of others. For example, human and animal sacrifices have been performed for the purposes of appeasing a god, and to ensure that the god’s power continues to work for the benefit of the worshipping people.

Even the notion that only believers are allowed into a pleasing place, while non-believers are relegated to eternal suffering is a pronouncement of power over others.