Control and Domination

I don’t believe that Domination comes from control any more than being in
control imbues One with Domination. They are two separate issues; control
and Domination are parallels.

It is easy to mistake one for the other because we often confuse
situational power with Personal Power. Control is exterior and Domination
is interior.

Control is only that; control of something, someone, some action, some
emotion, some passion. It is temporary by its very nature. It must be
“worked” at, some times quite hard, to keep control. One can find them
self “Out of control.”

Domination is something entirely different. It is what is. It is there
without announcement or work. It changes things, sometimes permanently. It
does not turn-on and turn-off. One does not find Them Self “Out of
Domination.”

Once upon a time there dwelt an old King in a palace.
In the center of a golden table in the main hall, there shone a large and
magnificent jewel.
Each day of the King’s life, The stone sparkled more resplendently.

One day a thief stole the jewel and ran from the palace, hiding in a
forest.
As he stared with deep joy at the stone, to his amazement the image of the
King appeared in it.

“I have come to thank you, “said the King. “You have released me from my
attachment to earth. I thought I was freed when I acquired the jewel, but
then I learned that I would be released only when I passed it on, with a
pure heart, to another.

“Each day of my life I polished that stone, until finally this day
arrived, when the jewel became so beautiful that you stole it, and I have
passed it on, and am released.

The jewel you hold is understanding.
You cannot add to its beauty by hiding it and hinting that you have it,
nor yet by wearing it with vanity. Its beauty comes of the consciousness
that others have of it. Honor that which gives it beauty.”

Thaddeus Golas

Control and Domination. They are two separate issues; The differences
between things alike are ”shibui”; only time will tell.


Enjoy your wonder-filled day