In The Gospel Of Thomas Jesus said

"The seeker will seek until he finds. Once he finds, he will be disturbed. After this time of trouble Has passed, he will be astonished, and reign over all."

I think, what he described here is solipsism. Was Jesus a solipsist? Maybe.

There are some things that point to that. Of course, from a certain perspective solipsism is true. From another however, it is not.

It all depends on which perspective one holds. I, for one, chose love over power. Again and again and again I would make that choice. So like Galadriel when she was offered the One Ring, I pass the test.

"I will remain Galadriel and go into the west".

From the Revelation, we also discover that the "evil one" will be alone, forever.

One who chooses such power, what is he, if not utterly alone? It is his aloneness that grants him power, after all. And desiring power over others which such a man sees as himself, what is he, if not evil?

But perhaps, resting in both perspectives at once might be the key. That, after all, is non-dualism. Neither ruler nor ruled. Neither free, nor unfree. In that perspective, I simply am. What I am, I do not know. Whatever I want to be, perhaps.

And writing that, I am reminded of the "name of God", Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh, translated to "I am that which I am". I feel like that, sometimes. Not knowing, I also am that which I am. True power, in a paradoxical sense, is found in the refusal to seize it. That is what sets apart love from control.

In another place in the Bible, the devil offered Jesus to rule over kingdoms and Jesus refused. There are many stories to be read from the Bible. Some, contradictory. The Bible to me, is the entire corpus of texts from that period.

Not just the redacted version. Its almost as if Jesus himself was on the seekers path, encountered solipsism, briefly believed it to be the highest truth, got quoted, rejected it eventually for a higher truth, got quoted again. Its a story I know well, having experienced it first hand.

So.. Looking at Elon Musk, Donald Trump and many many many others around the world, I can only wonder what they would have done, had they seen the world as I do.

Would they continue to seize power?

I think not.