All the lower forms of power are impermanent, pass away, are subject to loss and decay. Everything gained from this power is also impermanent, passes away, is subject to loss and decay. The lower powers are by their nature beset by fear of losing them, and surely enough is eventually they are lost.

Lower Power / Dependance

Money / society + wealth
Forceful Coercion / strength
Sense Attraction / physical beauty, sound, etc
Association / friends + good standing
Ideology / clinging to a concept to push ones boundaries
Skill / talent
Psychological Manipulation / ignorance of other + influence

What is high becomes low, pride becomes shame, gain becomes loss – this is the eternal law.