THE Power Gap
The Divine Asymptote
We are taught that power is simply the measurement of force, yet we neglect the mechanism that initiates it: the will. True power is the distance between thought and action. It is the raw measurement of agency. In any measurement, we need to understand the limit. This brings us to the asymptote—a mathematical limit you can approach infinitely but never truly touch. It is the proximity to omnipotence—absolute power, a derivative of time. This is where most think about power incorrectly, their focus is on the production of force as opposed to the initiation. Our true expression of power is not calculated by the weight on the bar, but by the collapse of time between the intention and the act.
The definition of omnipotence is found in the architecture of the Hebrew Bible, among other creation myths, specifically in the concept of the Logos. In the Genesis narrative, the Creator does not labor. There is no force, no exertion, and most importantly, no delay.
"Let there be light, and there was light."
The power is not in the illumination itself, but in the timeline. The distance between the articulation of the thought ("Let there be...") and the manifestation of the reality ("...and there was") is zero.
This is the Divine Asymptote, an absolute expression of power.
In physics, we understand Power (P) as Work (W) divided by Time (t). As time (t) shrinks, Power (P) increases. If the time it takes to manifest a desire reaches zero, power becomes infinite. Therefore, a god is simply a consciousness with zero latency.
For the rest of us, there is a gap.
We are defined by our lag. We are trapped in the friction between the mental image and the physical execution. I have a thought, but I must negotiate with my body, my environment, my fears, and the laws of physics to bring it into the world. The "rate of power” of a human being, then, is not measured by how heavy a weight they can lift, but by how quickly they can collapse the timeline between a decision and an action.
The most powerful man is the one whose will encounters the least resistance on its way out of his mind.
Resistance & The Imposter
If power is the velocity of manifestation, then we must ask: What slows us down? Why is the gap so wide for the average person?
We exist in a viscous medium. In physics, electricity traveling through a wire encounters impedance. The signal degrades because the material it travels through resists the current. For the human being, the "wire" is the nervous system and the ego. We suffer from two types of resistance that widen the gap:
Inertia (The External): The world is heavy. To turn a thought into an act requires overcoming gravity, logistics, and the entropy of the universe.
Negotiation (The Internal): This is the greater thief of power. Between the thought ("I must do this") and the act, a negotiation occurs. We debate the necessity, we calculate the risk, we indulge in fear, we hesitate. Every second spent in this negotiation is a leak in voltage.
Impulse vs. Will
As we attempt to close this gap, we encounter a dangerous trap. We mistake impulse for power. Because both look fast, but they are often confused.
When you touch a hot stove and pull your hand away, the latency is near zero. When someone insults you and you immediately snap back, the latency is near zero.
But this is not power; it is a reflex.
The distinction lies in the source of the signal. In a reaction, the signal originates outside of you. The environment acts, and you are merely the echo. You are a slave to the external cause. In creation, the signal originates inside of you. It is born of the will. When a "God" archetype, or expression of absolute power speaks, it is not replying to a question; it is breaking the silence of the void.
To increase your rate of power, you must ruthlessly eliminate the internal negotiation (hesitation), while simultaneously suppressing the reflex (impulsivity).
The goal is not just speed, it’s sovereignty.
The Governor
If the mind is the voltage source, the body is the conductor. To achieve proximity to asymptote, or a "God-like" rate of manifestation — where the intention becomes reality with zero lag — the vessel must offer zero resistance to the will.
This brings us to the specific role of physical training. We do not train to satisfy the vanity of force; we train to remove the "Governor" that limits the speed of our output.
Strength as the limit
First, we must distinguish the hardware. Strength is simply the capacity to stand in reality. It is the structural integrity of the chassis. If your will demands or confronts heavy resistance — to move a load, to endure a fight, to absorb a blow — but your tissue lacks the structural capacity to survive it, the "gap" expands. You cannot manifest the act because you physically break. Strength grants the permission for the will to operate in high-stakes environments. Strength training is the development of this sensitivity — knowing that you can resist.
The human nervous system is designed to survive, not to express power. When the brain is unsure of the body's position or capability, it applies a "safety brake." It creates hesitation. It creates tension. It increases latency.
In the untrained body the signal is "noisy." The brain sends a command, but the feedback from the joints and tissues is fuzzy. The brain doubts the outcome, so it throttles the output.
In the trained (sensitive) body — by rigorous exposure to range and load — the internal map becomes high-resolution. The brain receives high quality data; signal. It knows exactly what the system can handle.
Because the sensitivity is high, and the signal is clear, the brain removes the governor. The signal travels from thought to action without the interference of fear or protective hesitation.
A body that possesses sensitivity does not argue. It simply transmits the will into the world, instantly.
Collapse
There is a famous line by T.S. Eliot that diagnoses the human condition:
"Between the idea and the reality... falls the Shadow."
That "Shadow" is the latency. It is the graveyard of human potential. It is where intention surrenders to apathy, suffocated by hesitation, lack of capability, and the friction of an untrained life.
The ultimate goal of our physical and mental discipline is to illuminate that shadow. But make no mistake, the shadow is a protective layer. If the world was filled with our untrained thoughts, manifest as reality, all life as we know it would cease. Creation based on impulse is ultimately destructive. A body that is unprepared or untrained to handle the forces of expression but attempts it anyways, will collapse.
Before we seek power (zero gap), we must possess the discipline (quality of thought). A chaotic mind with "God-like" immediacy would destroy the world. In this sense the "gap" is a mercy to an untrained mind.
We train the body to be sensitive so it does not doubt. We train the mind to be clear so it does not stutter. We strip away the lag time until the idea and the reality occupy the exact same coordinate in time.
This is power, an expression of a trained mind and a realization of our potential. The thought is the motion. The decision is the act. The timeline has collapsed, instead of our vessel.
When you achieve this — even for a fleeting moment — you stop being a person who is "trying" to do something. You stop interacting with the world as a frantic applicant, hoping for a result.
You become the result.
The distance between who you are and what you do becomes zero. And in that moment, you are not just occupying space in creation. You are participating in it.
