My reference to 'worldly weakness' is a weakness or a preference for the "material" "world" over the "spiritual" world. ALL humans WILL require mercy ...unless they are saints or martyrs.

I have once in my life seen a man bring fire down from the sky but it was not through his own power or what he held in his hand at the time. He said it was simply because he knew how to ask and who to ask and I assure it was neither Buddha nor the Dalai Lama. This same man told me about all the world religions and all the gnostic knowledge men claim to have but not one is adept because they seek power and personal gain. They are ALL clueless. I have a an above average IQ but in the presence of this man I am at the knowledge level of a corpse and the only thing the dead know is that it is better to be alive. "Reincarnation" does NOT happen for the "masses".