unreal strength........................

     What is normally considered to be power is not real power at all.  Chasing money, glamour, sex; wanting control over others—political and military power—are all manifestations of the ego.  They're often glorified forms of showing off;  they dwell in the currency of the ego, and they often appeal only to other egos, so they're subject to people's whims.  A person can be rich and successful and still be very weak.  Money doesn't give you real strength;  it just keeps you comfortable while you experience your dysfunction.  The world of the ego is brittle, fragile, and insecure;  it never feels really safe, and it has no lasting worth.  The ego's world dies.  More often than not, it self-destructs.

-Stuart Wilde,  Silent Power

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