There is an extremely simple way to collect power, and that is to say what you mean, and do what you say. Words have power, because they are the physical manifestations of intent. They have form, they have sound, and they have intent. In other words, when our intent wears a form and gains sound -– it surfaces as words. Therefore uttered words are alive, as much as we are! They not just symbolize who we are –- they often decide who we become. Every time we open our mouth to speak, we have a choice. Like any other power, word power can diminish through frivolous and reckless use. When we utter words we do not mean, give words we do not keep, or downright distort the truth, we bring the scale of our personal power down. Consistently keeping ones word and adhering to truth helps to program the Universe to link our words with truth, and then, whatever you speak manifests! Speaking is like creating an image. To create a beautiful vocal image, silence yourself before you speak. Then what would emerge would be pure, and you would have perfected one important posture of yoga –- right speech. Indian saints of yore were masters of this yoga, and the syllables they uttered in deep meditative states became mantras — empowered sacred sounds that can give us access to a whole different power.