one thing that ppl with power get that others don’t is they consistently see the side of people who claim to renounce their power seeking and greed, but still hang around to get a kiss of it
“You say you are disgusted by me, and yet you are still here, seeking favours and benevolence.” No wonder power breeds contempt. But it is still not excusable. Spider-Man quote
in this way, to seek power is also to absorb the rejected unconscious of others that wants power, not just ugliness within oneself but everyone else that the decline to name. It is actually an equally pitiful state to be in, in the existential sense
if it is not wholly projection, it is often the case that you lift the veil (for each other) from something the didn’t even know was hidden. important to not be invasive, but also an important intuition to note
there’s a very weird feeling about meeting people you feel a deep connection with, like you can see beneath the “mask” to who they “really are”, and so you know how to ask the right questions to see more of that version of themselves, lift the veil
If you feel mystified by your own contradictions, the tension between your split parts is proof that they are connected to each other, which is proof that you are already whole. Hold the tension, do not sever the ties.