How Power flows? (version - alpha)
Flow of Power (Shakti):
What is power?
Power is the ability to manifest. In this physical world it would mean material things. From the united states president being able to summon an icecream at the press of a button (delivered in ~5 seconds) to launching nuclear weapons with another button (though not so easy, but all it takes is a button, when it comes to that moment).
The rich and powerful people have the ability to manifest their thoughts, what would take lifetimes for an ordinary person. E.g., Take the case of Elon musk who can summon few extra jets within ten minutes to accomodate extra guests in a situation.
My understanding of how power (shakti) flows:
Deities (Ensure shakti / powers are given to one who can handle them) --> Tapas Shakti --> Rishis --> Sadhana (Teaching and empowering Brahmanas, to be sovreign in their function is Rishi Dharma) --> Brahmanas (Practicing Dharma, teaching and empowering Kshatriyas, to be sovreign in their function is Brahmana Dharma, knowledge of health and wellness, and a range of subjects) --> Dharma --> Kshatriyas(Protecting Dharma and creating a fair and just social situation and also considering individual sovreignity / well being of the major populace(viz. vysyas and shudras)) --> Artha/Kaama --> Vysyas (Working to empower Shudras to get fair compensation and value for their produce/creations, creating wealth for society by valuing human work involving labour, skills, etc. and also work towards health and wellbeing of individuals) --> Artha/Kaama --> Shudras (Empower themselves as sovereign individuals and sustain themselves through their skills in the creator economy)
When the flow of power is impeded by any of the varna (e.g. When the Kshatriya fails to uphold dharma, a brahmana(mindset) could take over to correct this flow.)
May be Vishnu takes avatars to do this task of protecting the flow of shakti (power) from people wanting absolute sovereignity. Shakti is ultimate power.
That is why brothers take the vow of protecting their sisters during Rakshabandhan. --> What this reflects is, whether man or woman, we are essentially flow of shakti. --> Thus shakti itself takes the form of vishnu? and does the job of maintaining and protecting this flow of shakti?
This flow is not just feed forward control, it might also have some kind of feedback control, where power can be seized (grasped).
The meaning of graha means to grasp, which explains why human beings are under the control of navagrahas. They dispense or seize power according to our karma.
Shakti is truly unstoppable!
Thanks for reading!
S R Santhosh