All of you are thinking of lore over the writers thoughts.  Great effort had been gone through to explain the link between rand and Moridon.  Which was the reason for this ability.  This would not have been done without a reason.  Clearly the reason for this is to give rand the excuse to be able to channel the true power.  It also offers a tantalizing new excitement for readers since Rand had done everything possible up till now (pretty much) and we were starting to get disinterested with him.  So the writers reinforced the link with he and moridon to create his ability to channel the true power, overcome our frustrations with Aes Sedai, save Min, and kill semirhag, and taste a new devestating power all in one go. The lore is what the author says it is, just pay attention to detail and usually it is explained, although occasionally it is missed but this is rare with Robert Jorden.  Remember he spoke of Lews Therin in the prologue of the first book, so he must have thought out a great deal in advance.  Brandon Sanderson also is familiar with his books not to mention must have his notes.  To answer the question of course rand can channel the true power, that’s exactly what he did. And damnit I loved it.

On 9/15/2010 at 11:20 PM, Dagon Thyne said:

I was under the impression that one had to be linked directly to the Dark One in order to be able to touch the True Power...but Rand was able to without such a link......

 

For awhile, I was thinking that it could be because of the link between himself and Moridin.

 

Can somone clarifiy this for me?