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Primary Power, Soul Power, Self-Power
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Soul Power, which I synonymously call Primary Power or Self-Power is a concept I have created to connote our original power, which is based upon innocence, and which is distinct from the harmful secondary powers or worldly powers, which are based upon knowledge, that profoundly mark our current society, and which are clearly violence-inducing, and in the long run damaging the human potential and natural human spirituality. Developing soul power is conceptually linked to developing awareness of our intrinsic soul values that typically, and in the regular case, do not coincide with our accepted social values. So there is at the starting point an inner conflict, or duality, between our soul values and our cherished and agreed-upon social values. This inner conflict must not be silenced, but met with passive (and peaceful) awareness for this inner conflict is actually creative and brings about soul power in a way completely different from what fashionable life coaches such as Anthony Robbins are teaching and practicing, and what they use to call personal power. By contrast, I denote as secondary powers the largely abusive powers that result from the fragmented, schizoid and overtly narcissistic mainstream individual that incarnates the core personality of Oedipal Culture. Different authors and scientists have given this dichotomy other names. Sigmund Freud and after him psychoanalysis as a whole speak of secondary drives, where I use the expression secondary power. Gary Zukav, author of the bestseller The Dancing Wu Li Masters, speaks of authentic power vs. external power. See: Pierre F. Walter, The Idiot Guide to Soul Power, Awareness Guide (2010), and Pierre F. Walter, Soul Jazz, Audio Book, 2010. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure
that the details contained herein are correct and up-to-date, it does
not constitute legal, psychological, psychiatric or other professional
advice. I do not accept any responsibility, legal or otherwise, for any
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Primary Power
I define as
soul power primary power or self-power
the natural and non-abusive power of a basically sane human being. Primary power is the natural power that the sane child
develops when allowed to grow into autonomy and self-reliance. 