03/08/2025
The 48 Laws of Power, by Robert Greene
Dear Mr. Greene,
My interpretation of the laws is somewhat different than yours. Much gratitude for the outline I needed to spread joy.
The 48 Laws of Power, Original headings and book by Robert Greene.
Law 1.Never outshine the master.
Of Infinity? Please, by all means try as hard as you can and enjoy every second of it.
Law 2.Never put too much trust in friends. Learn how to use enemies.
I’m just going to reword this. Trust enemies to show you what parts of yourself you need to love. Trust yourself to be your friend, the most valuable person you would ever want to know.
Law 3. Conceal your intentions.
What? There is nothing to fear. You get to express your anger and thought processes prior to action as many times as you like until you are satisfied your adrynelne levels are at their lowest to determine a resolution you’d be grateful to live with.
Polarity of “intention” on a scale of joy.
Polarity of “joy” on a scale of love.
Law 4. Always say less than necessary.
Many people have found my concise thoughts abstract. However, my concise thoughts are looking around to see different interpretations. The universe getting to know itself.
Polarity of “concise” on a scale of descriptive words.
Law 5 So Much depends on reputation. Guard it with your life.
Speak your truth to the aether, the universe will respond to allow the reputation you want to effortlessly maintain.
Law 6 Court attention at all costs.
Make your truth known.
Law 7.Get others to do the work for you. But always take the credit.
If someone is working for you in whatever capacity, they will give credit to the one that pays them.
Correspondence of payment to the respect you get freely.
Polarity of “payment” on a scale of personal value.
Law 8.Make other people come to you.Use bait if necessary.
“Make” - Welcome
“Bait” - Choice
Law 9. Win through your actions, never through argument.
Truth is defined by the giver of truth. Truth is infinite.
Law 10.Infection. Avoid the unhappy and unlucky.
Polarity of “happiness” on a scale of personal gratitude.
Polarity of “luck” on a scale of personal materialism.
Law 11. Learn to keep people dependent on you.
Correspondence of everything that needs to be sustained to survive in what is deemed the unnatural environment of mother earth.
So many are trying to escape by any means possible. Even poisoning thoughts of pain, anger, shame, fear and violence.
Equalize Dependence.
Law 12.Use selective honesty and generosity to disarm your victim.
Polarity of “disarm” on a scale of trust.
Polarity of “victim” on a scale of love.
Polarity of “love” on a scale of joy.
Law 13.When asking for help, appeal to people's self-interest, never to their mercy or gratitude.
Love is infinite. Gratitude to accept it.
Law 14.Pose as a friend, work as a spy.
Pose as a spy to learn more about friends.
Polarity of “friend” on a scale of joy.
Law 15.Crush your enemy totally.
You are the enemy to yourself. Infiltrate and love the offending emotions.
Law 16.Use absence to increase respect and honor.
I’m having trouble with this one.
Law 17.Keep others in suspended terror.Cultivate an air of unpredictability.
Errrrr. Yeah. I’ll get back to you on that.
Law 18.Do not build fortresses to protect yourself.Isolation is dangerous.
What would it take to feel safe?
Polarity of “Isolation” on a scale of length of time
19 Know who you are dealing with. Do not offend the wrong person.
Speak your truth. Truth is truth. The responsibility of response is on the responder.
Law 20.Do not commit to anyone.
Polarity of “commitment” on the scale of length of time.
Law 21.Play a sucker to catch a sucker. Seem dumber than your mark.
Polarity of “dumb” on a scale of personal knowledge of oneself.
Law 22.Use the surrender tactic. Transform weakness into power.
Polarity of “weakness” on a scale of personal strength.
23.Concentrate your forces.
Diffuse like the most wonderfully fragrant perfume.
Polarity of “fragrant” on the scale of love.
Polarity of “love” on the scale of joy.
Law 24.Play the perfect courtier.
Don’t be an as***le.
Polarity of “as***le” on a scale of annoying.
Polarity of “annoying” on a scale of joy.
Polarity of “joy” on a scale of love.
Law 25.Recreate yourself.
Every second of every single day.
Law 26 Keep your hands clean.
Anything horse related is a condiment.
Public bathrooms, definitely wash.
Oh! Was this a metaphor of taking responsibility for your actions?
Law 27.Play on people's need to believe to create a cult like following.
Trust thyself.
Law 28.Enter action with boldness.
Boldness, knowledge and wisdom, an open mind.
Law 29.Plan all the way to the end.
The end of your imagination. Allow for the universe to fill in the blanks of wonderful unexpected gifts.
Law 30 Make your accomplishments seem effortless.
True accomplishment is effortless.
Polarity of “accomplishment” on a scale of joy.
Law 31.Control the options. Get others to play with the cards you deal.
Put on the menu what you can serve.
Law 32.Play to people's fantasies.
The heart of unexplored creativity.
Law 33.Discover each man's thumb screw.
Help remove it.
Law 34.Be royal in your own fashion. Act like a king to be treated like one.
Step into the energy of what you want to be, remain there.
Law 35.Master the art of timing.
Timing and feel.
Law 36.Disdain things you cannot have. Ignoring them is the best revenge.
Gratitude for the things you have.
37.Create compelling spectacles.
It's very entertaining.
Polarity of “entertaining” on a scale of pleasure.
Polarity of “pleasure” on a scale of joy.
28.Think as you like.But behave like others.
Hard pass.
39.Stir up waters to catch fish.
Ride the tidal wave.
Law 40. Despise the free lunch.
Trust yourself to know the differences in motivation.
Law 41.Avoid stepping into a great man's shoes.
You’ve got your own pair.
Law 42.Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter.
Polarity of “sheep” on the scale of dangerous.
43.Work on the hearts and minds of others.
Share your truth and love.
Polarity of “truth” on a scale of kindness.
Polarity of “kindness” on a scale of intensity.
Law 44.Disarm and infuriate with the mirror effect.
Speak your truth from a place of love
Polarity of “love” on a scale of enough
Law 45.Preach the need for change, but never reform too much at once.
BE the change you preach.
Law 46.Never appear too perfect.
YOU ARE perfect every second of every day.
Law 47. Do not go past the mark you aimed for. In victory, learn when to stop.
Every victory is a small victory. Every day.
Polarity of “victory” on a scale of self worth.
Law 48.Assume formlessness.
Exactly.
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