The criticism I have received in connection with my thoughts about a World State or a World Government is, for example, based on the idea that power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
I will try to relate to and challenge this idea in the following; for it seems to me that there may be some truth to it, but it is hardly the whole truth. I will therefore address some of the criticism here, but not all of it.
I will challenge the idea of the necessary, inevitable corruption of power by analysing what power actually is or can be:
We know from Toward the Light that God is a God of light and love, and that He/She is omniscient, all-loving and almighty. God is thus omnipotent, but this omnipotence is (of course) not corrupted. Therefore, a type of power exists which does not corrupt. This power is the power of Light.
On the other hand, we have a power that – and this is probably what the criticism is about – necessarily corrupts, indeed is corrupt by definition: the power of Darkness.
The difference between the powers of Light and Darkness is, for example, that the power of Light is exercised through freedom, whereas the power of Darkness works by compulsion. Thus, only the power seeking to impose its will by force corrupts; the power that seeks to force people to think, act and perhaps even feel a certain way – in accordance with the will and desire of those in power.
To dive even deeper into the issue, we need to borrow yet another idea from Toward the Light: That for every strengthening of the Light (and its power), there is a response from the Darkness. This is, for example, seen in Toward the Light, in the story of the primal Thought and primal Will which fight free of the Darkness, toward the Light; each approach between Thought and Will was followed by a response from the Darkness, and Thought and Will were tempted by a strong urge to give up the fight against evil, against Darkness. But they nevertheless continued, it is said, until complete victory was gained, and God appeared as a Personality; as the ruler of Light and the conqueror of Darkness by the perfect and harmonious union of Thought and Will.
This is important to my attempt at providing an account of the different powers of Light and Darkness, because we can see from this that an earthly power, perhaps beginning as a sincere desire to do good for country and people, as a consequence of the response of Darkness, which is brought about by the primordial impulse of light, is diverted into the dominion and power of Darkness.
A power originally intending to set a people free is easily diverted into the power of Darkness – if the desire resonates and gains influence, and one perhaps loses patience and gives in to the urge and temptation of Darkness – by someone imposing his/her will by force (for example through repressive legislation, or from a militarily point of view through war) and failing to insist on all people’s God-given right to freedom: to think, act and feel freely.
But only the power that sets free in principle, for example through legislation that gives people the right of initiative, i.e. freedom and the right to follow or break the law, but also being accountable under that law is legitimate since only that power is a power of Light according to the above distinction between the powers of Light and Darkness. And only the power that sets you free does not corrupt.
A pure power of Light or a pure power of Darkness hardly exists on Earth. The powers exist as combinations, so parts of the power are good, and parts of it are evil. Therefore, we must be content with demanding that the power be directed towards the Light rather than towards the Darkness. If it is to be legitimate, the direction or tendency of power must be to set people more and more free to think, act and feel as they please – subject to the consequences of the law, however.
In the past, I have expressed related thoughts, which may also be relevant here, using an image: Any Light may be drawn by the horses of Darkness, and any Darkness may be driven by the steeds of Light. In this context, when we talk about the power of Light and Darkness, we must take it to mean that we (or, in this case, our politicians) must seek to turn evil into good and not the other way around. The direction away from and out of the darkness must be clear through the will of good, which in this context is: The will to set people free so that they can live freely and unlock their potential in a safe and healthy environment in society.
The same demand must be made for a World State or a World Government if it is ever created: We must demand that its power be directed towards setting people increasingly free, and that it does not seek to force, steamroller or manipulate its will against the will and the right of peoples to self-determination and cultural and national character.
Only in this case will a World Government be legitimate, desirable and characterised by the liberating power of the Light.
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