A piece of wisdom from
April 6, 2023 · Thursday
The quote
“Do not move the boundary stones on the fields, nor shift the position of the measuring cord. Do not desire a single cubit of land, nor throw down the boundary of the widow.”
— Amenemope · Maat
The concept
The 48 Laws of Power
A literacy of power, read it to recognise the game whether you want to play it or not.
Power is exchanged in every room you walk into, at work, in families, in friendships, and most people are illiterate in its grammar. Robert Greene's 1998 book gathers 48 patterns by which power has been won and lost for three thousand years…
A practice for today
Try this once today: the lesson of The 48 Laws of Power. A literacy of power, read it to recognise the game whether you want to play it or not.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 7.7
मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय। मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव॥
“There is nothing higher than I, O Dhananjaya. All this is strung on me as pearls on a thread.”
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