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What Is Your Relationship to Power?
We all have different relationships to power, positive and negative—to the powers that be, to powers that suppress and oppress, dominating powers, authorities, to power struggles in our immediate environment, to power struggles in our inner egoic environment wanting to be and achieve and get somewhere. It's always this interesting dance. Power however, is just a force. It is a neutral force. It doesn't have a positive or a negative; it has a potential.
What Do I Do with Power from the Medicine?
Question: The medicine gave me an overwhelming sense of power. I feel it in every cell of my body. It is like wild horses running through my veins, and I feel I can move mountains. I don't want to get ahead of myself, as you say. What do I do with all this power?