The violence in Paris jolted much of the world, but jolting will not change the world. Learning from our experiences can change us and changing ourselves will change the world. Changing the world is not a mass movement in which hundreds of millions of individuals change, and they change the world with them. It is a personal, intimate experience in which you change yourself and change the world with you. This is creating authentic power - becoming truly powerful.

We are becoming multisensory. The greater part of us exists in nonphysical reality, and the greater part of our interactions exists in nonphysical reality. Your choices have ramifications that extend beyond the domain of the five senses. Changing them from fearful (angry, jealous, superior, inferior) to loving (grateful, appreciative, patient, caring) changes you and your contributions to the world. This happens independently of what others are choosing. The suicide bombers in Paris are proxy actors for the frightened parts of our personalities, showing us what these intimate energies in ourselves create on the world stage.

We are not small, invisible, and powerless. We are creative and powerful, compassionate and loving spirits longing to create harmony, cooperation, sharing, and reverence for Life. Creating authentic power is becoming the authority in your own life and making your choices accordingly.

The energy that needs to be changed in us is the same energy that needs to be changed in the world. Each act of violence, large like those in Paris or small like the distance you create between yourself and a fellow student in the Earth School you disdain, is a reminder to make the changes you need to make in yourself.