Gospel Koan 70.2

Power as Latent Ability

Koan 70.2

All power: 'ability' is latent, only fit to purpose: 'put completely' when transformed as karma: 'work', energy in being: 'action to be'.

Summary Exposition

This koan’s mechanism establishes that all power is initially dormant potential, which only becomes actualized and directed toward a specific function through the work of being. A seed possesses the latent ability to become a tree, but this power remains unrealized until it engages in the karmic work of germination, growth, and photosynthesis—the very actions of its being. The fundamental consequence is that purpose is not inherent but is an achievement of energetic transformation; an entity’s 'fitness' for any goal is contingent upon its active participation in the ontological work that converts its raw ability into manifested, functional reality.

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