In the age of information-overload, its easy to get buried in conflicting viewpoints, half-truths, conspiracy theories and propaganda. For many people the eventual result is fear, anger, or apathy. Who has the time to get to the bottom of it all? It is even possible when you don’t know who to believe?

Becoming aware of these things has its place, but you end up wasting a lot of energy hacking away at the details. For most of us this is counterproductive. To beat the truth-hijackers we must become energy efficient on individual levels. So instead of burning everything up in fear or in anger or squandering it in a state of uninspired apathy, it must be transformed into positive, creative energy.

We don’t have to be ignorant of the bad guys. They are out there. There are groups of them making big strides toward their main goal: controlling our actions. They do this in various ways—through media, through policies, by controlling natural resources and the food/water supply, by limiting our choices or giving us the illusion of choice, through violence or the threat of violence, through a superficial eduction. By creating dependence and accumulating power.

There’s no need to go into all the various theories about how this is happening. It would take a blind fool to not be able to observe it oneself on some level. But many will be slow to admit it because they have been so well conditioned to support those on whom they are dependent. It’s the ‘don’t bite the hand that feeds you’ adage imbedded deep within the psyche.

Let’s explore the difference between wealth and power.

Wealth is another term for some form of abundance. It could be money, productive systems, health, or even love. There is no limit to wealth as a whole—it can be created to an infinite degree.

Power, on the other hand, is a fixed sum. Each individual is born with an inherent amount of personal power and it is only accumulated by taking the individual power from someone else. It cannot be created. It can only change hands.

The greatest threat to any person or any group of people focused on accumulating power is an independent, free-thinking individual. This type of person does not give their power away easily. They use their energy to create systems of their own that aim to solve the problems of the corrupt, inefficient, and unjust systems around them. They continuously work to create abundance and lessen their dependence on those whose bottom line is control and power.

Why do they do this? Out of love for life. If you truly love your life, it is the only way.

Love is creation. Fear is obedience.

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