>>>The whole plane is by definition a "Higher Power".
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>>"Higher power" means what? An external power, like a God for example? Higher power implies a lower power. What/who is the lower power? As soon as you say "higher" you imply "lower" which creates the very dichotomy, dualistic thinking that Buddhism tries to avoid.
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>But anyone grown in the Judeo-Christian civilization has the same problem, only they don't even try to avoid it.
Why avoid it when you can capitalize on it :)
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends - Martin Luther King, Jr.