Step #3

Love is a Battlefield (link).

You've thrown off all of the inessentials, mapped out all of your world's weaknesses and strengths, now you're ready to head straight into the belly of the beast and find some petty tyrants.

This is where warriors get tested. You won't succeed at every battle. If you don't have sufficient discipline, you might give up and be discouraged, but you must be patient.

You may walk into the mayor's office, for example, and get told that the mayor won't be able to see you now. Or you may confront that bully you had in high school and he finds some other weakness you didn't know you had. You must learn forbearance. You take your failures and keep getting up and trying something else. Every fortress has a weakness. As Godel showed, every system of order has a weakness. Through forbearance, you are constructing your Godel sentence which will topple the bullshit that holds the adversary in place.

The petty tyrant is the secret to gaining enlightenment in your lifetime, rather than 100 of them. The stupidity, ignorance, and oppression are the walls of the crucible. The petty tyrant is the molten metal. You are the element churning out nobility (cf "sweetness" of the enlightened warrior).

As you do this, you will be mastering timing. Timing is the gate of the dam you've built with control and discipline. Forbearance becomes it`s strength. When you feel you've found your line into the world of power, you're ready for Step #4: Timing.

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