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 learn to 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 power that holds the adversary in place. And that's exactly what holds them: their obsessive routines with the Known. But you've thrown off all that baggage.

The petty tyrant is the secret to gaining enlightenment in your lifetime, rather than 100 of them. The stupidity, ignorance, and obsessions are the walls of the crucible. The petty tyrant is the molten metal. You are transmuting it into gold through higher awareness.

As you do this, you will be mastering the warrior's sweetness. This sweetness is the gate of the dam you've built with control and discipline. Forbearance becomes it`s strength. The greater you've built these three, the great the result when the time comes. And that's the next step. When you've found your line into the world of power, you're ready for Step #4: Timing or Attitude.

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