Words of Power: Darkness and Vastness

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Darkness and Vastness

Mahakali, Vajreswari Temple, Kangra, India

Maya doesn't mean "illusion," it means something more like "things are not what they seem."

Darkness and Vastness are lovers.

From them, all light is born, and within their embrace, all life is played out.

Darkness is your friend. We call her "Darkness" but her true name is "Radiance."

Her healing touch awaits you moment by moment.

Just close your eyes, and she will hold you to her breast. Within that embrace, you realize that all is radiance, and that light is not separate from her.

Vastness is your friend. We call him "Vastness" but his true name is "Power."

He is always at your side. Just take one gentle breath into the space of your heart, and his clarity will disintegrate all resistance to what truly is.

-- Richard Power

Power's eighth book, Humanifesto: A Guide to Primal Reality in an Era of Global Peril , is available now in soft cover and Kindle versions, from Amazon and elsewhere.

About Richard Power

Richard Power is a writer, speaker and yoga teacher. He offers workshops, classes and private instruction in yoga and meditation. He is the author of 14 books, most important are Wyrds of Power: New Languagee for A New Reality (2017), I, the Dragon: Chronicles of An Epic Life Among the Humans (2018), and Secret Engine of the World: Further Notes on Primal Reality, Gaian Politics & the Arc of Human Evolution (2021). For more information on all of Power's other books, visit his author's page on Amazon.com.

For much of his life, Power worked in the fields of security and intelligence. He delivered briefings and led training in forty countries, and was an adviser to governments and corporations. His views have been featured in interviews on CNN, PBS, NPR and the BBC, and quoted in mainstream news media, including Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Reuters and Associated Press.

This blog explores new language for the truths of the ancient future, and reflects insights into Vajrayana Buddha Dharma, Kashmir Shiva-Sakti philosophy, Hatha and Tantra Yoga, the Shamanic path, and other aspects of the world's collective mystical heritage. It also offers commentary on art, music, literature, human rights, sustainability, independent journalism, economic justice and the Climate Crisis.