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Originally Posted by rob62521
And it's good that you are wise enough to know what's best!
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From verse thirty three of the Tao Te Ching:
Knowing others is wisdom;
Knowing yourself is enlightenment.
Mastering others requires force;
Mastering the self needs strength.
From verse thirty one:
Weapons are instruments of fear;
they are not a wise man's tools.
He uses them only when he has no choice.
Peace and quiet are dear to his heart,
And victory no cause for rejoicing.
If you rejoice in victory, then you delight in killing;
If you delight in killing, you cannot fulfill yourself.
and Carl Jung in speaking about the universal "hero's journey" myth said something like this:
In chapter one, he sets out to conquer the universe.
In chapter two, he learns that the universe is not about to be conquered by the likes of him.
In chapter three.... [etc.]
In the final chapter he comes to realize that now, at last, he has conquered himself.
I think I'm still stuck somewhere around 'chapter six'.
