Nietzsche talked about "will to power" as being the primary driving force of the human psyche. While most of what the man wrote and spoke of is way above my level of understanding I have never quite understood or accepted this principle of his. Until recently, that is. Don Juan used to advise Castaneda that the principles he was teaching him would remain dry theoretical constructs until he, Castaneda, experienced them for himself. This is how I feel about "will to power". I had decided that man's desire for meaning was the preeminent factor in his inner life. Nietzsche himself talks about this when he says, "if you have a why you can deal with any what." That is to say, if there is a reason for your suffering then you can accept that suffering. However, the great sage was unrelenting in his assertion that "will to power" - whatever that means - is the key to the whole thing at the end of the day