Megalomania or realization of soul?

Megalomania or humble realization of soul, which is it? The poison of power or the blessing of love? The two could not be further apart. Nevertheless, they seem to be part of one and the same thing — of human aspirations. So what is spiritual mastership?

Each aims to be somebody, while realizing more or less that he or she is a nobody. “Now I am absolutely nobody any more!” The last words of my father resonate deep in my heart.

The light flickers again. Just when I decide to exchange the bulb, it stops and returns to give a steady, gentle shine. Sooner or later the bulb will have to be replaced. But in the meantime it may accent special moments with flickering. Would another bulb do the same? Was it the power supply that flickered, or just the bulb?

We may explore apparent causes and eventually get to the bottom of things. But bottoms have the tendency to remain hidden, veiled from view, except for the deepest of explorations.

Megalomania or humble realization of soul? The poison of power or the blessing of love? Which is it?

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Birch and beyond, the horizon of the majestic Alps — near Grächwil/Meikirch, Switzerland — March 2020