The Most Powerful Thing

In the past couple days, I have been pondering the concept of "power".  What is the most powerful thing?

Love.

Love is the most powerful thing.  In the world, the universe, the multiverses and whatever lies beyond. Love, without any other motivation.  Just pure, unconditional love (which is actually more rare than one would hope).

Why love?

Think about unconditional love. It is ceaseless, timeless, boundless. It is not logical.  Perhaps deeply biological, but not logical.

That love is so incredibly powerful.  By loving unconditionally, a person doesn't have any expectations or desires of the other person.

The traditional route to power - hatred and oppression - leads to rebellion.  But who would rebel against love?

Imagine if you truly loved every single human on this planet. Yes, there would be the handful of people who may want to take advantage of that love, but most people would eventually love you back.  And if (almost) every person on this planet loves you... what could be more powerful than that?  You would never be homeless or hungry.

You would never be in need of a single thing.

Imagine if every being on this planet loved one another. There would be no suffering at the hands of man.

And here's the twist...By loving, you have no desire for power.  That disregard for control - the lack of want or expectation - is the most powerful thing.