Chapter Three

Chapter 3

If you overesteem great men, people become powerless.

If you overvalue possessions, people begin to steal.

The Master leads by emptying people's minds

and filling their cores,by weakening their ambition

and toughening their resolve.

He helps people lose everything they know,

everything they desire,and creates confusion

in those who think that they know.

Practice not-doing,

and everything will fall into place.

Another re-iteration of the first and second universal paradoxes. You must first become a fool in order to become wise. You must first loose control in order to be the master. You must practive not-doing in order to get things done. Be one with your own destiny. Be agressive in mastering yourself, your strengths and weaknesses. Be humble enough to relquinsh your standing time and agian in order to acknowledge you do NOT have it figured out yet. This is how you become wise. Knowing your own foolishness and limites allows you to become wise and powerful indeed.