The 'will to power and independence' has become so ubiquitous that it is now considered normal.

Paradigms power perception and perceptions power emotions. Most emotions are responses to perception - what you think is true about a given situation. If your perception is false, then your emotional response to it will be false too. So check your perceptions, and beyond that check the truthfulness of your paradigms - what you believe. Just because you believe something firmly doesn't make it true. Be willing to reexamine what you believe.

Authority, as you usually think of it, is merely the excuse the strong use to make others conform to what they want.

But, enough of that for now. Let’s get lost again in the starry night.

Did I hear God call me an idiot?

In some sense every parent does love their children. But some parents are too broken to love them well& others are barely able to love them at all.

I don't want my kids growing up with the image of God that I had -- Plato's white grandfatherly god -- because that god is not a very good father. When it comes down to it, you can't trust him with your kids.