The Power of Energy

 

You always had the power, my dear.

You just had to learn it for yourself.

 

(Glenda the Good Witch, The Wizard of Oz)

 

An odd echo of "the Kingdom of Heaven is within you," but it follows the same idea.  We have access to inner currents of energy that emanate from GDW.  As we get better control over our minds we can access more of these currents.  The energies within the Maze are the source of every flash of genius we have ever had -- that magical aha moment when all the pieces click into place.  

"And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you,  

If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain,

 Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; 

and nothing shall be impossible unto you."  (Matthew 17:20)

 

And again we are told we have the power within us, but we can not access that power directly.  And for excellent reasons.   Humans can not be trusted with cosmic power.  Look at the mess we have made with the power we have now.

The power of GDW is what we rely on for all manner of rituals.  It is our belief in the power of the ritual that gives the ritual its power.   That may seem to be circular logic, but the basis of everything, of all power is GDW.  That power lies within everyone of us.  When we harness that power we can do miraculous things.  However, GDW can not flow through a tainted vessel and we are all tainted. 

 

Think of it as a light enclosed in a glass lantern.  If the glass is blackened by soot and grime the light can not shine through.  The light is GDW and the lantern is our physical form in this reality.  We have to clean off the glass to let the light shine.  

 

"Let your light so shine before men,

 that they may see your good works, 

and glorify your Father which is in heaven."

(Matthew 5:16) 

 

All religions call upon the power of our inner connection to GDW, even if the religion does not acknowledge directly that is the point of a the rituals.  I will cover this in more detail in my next post The Wizard or The Wand.