In the spirit of the Eightfold Path of Buddha, with its injunctions about Right Livelihood, Right Speech, and so on, we might also think in terms of Right Power-power used not as a battering ram or to glorify the ego but in service to life. Appropriate power. (Marilyn Ferguson)

In the spirit of the Eightfold Path of Buddha, with its injunctions about Right Livelihood, Right Speech, and so on, we might also think in terms of Right Power-power used not as a battering ram or to glorify the ego but in service to life. Appropriate power.

Marilyn Ferguson

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