You have to refine your being. You have to go through all of the stages and steps of erasing yourself through service to others with purity, humility, integrity.

The cool thing about the universe is that it can format itself into tiny little manifestations that are not entirely aware of all aspects of life.

Power is something that is abused. I suppose use and abuse are in the eye of the beholder.

A teacher of knowledge and power gives you experiences in other dimensions. They show you that the universe is much bigger and more fascinating than you had ever imagined. They give you direct and immediate experiences in other realities.

Some people get tired of continual perception of the finite universe. They feel the perception of the universe over and over in variant forms is kind of an unhappy condition, because it doesn't last.

Our spirit grows and develops traits in each incarnation that it passes through, and then collects and carries the essence of those traits into future lifetimes. In Buddhist Yoga we refer to our multi-life karmic traits as samskaras.

I personally have fun with enlightenment, the study and the teaching of it. I get a kick out of doing it different ways because I don't think there is a "way".