The Way of Non-interference"Those who would take hold of the world and act on it never, I notice, succeed (in the long term). The world is a mysterious instrument, not made to be handled. Those who act on it, spoil it. Those who seize it, lose it."

"So, in Natural Law some lead, some follow; some agitate, some remain silent; some are firm, some are weak; some carry on, some lose heart."

"Thus it is enlightened people avoid extremes, avoid extravagance, avoid stress."

All systems have hidden in them a natural geometry. Crystals form and cells replicate within a strict mathematical organisation, a template. Thus to interfere with the natural state of people and organisations is a futile and often dangerous endeavour.

In society, enlightened people observe and understand this natural state and then position themselves appropriately. They are always in harmony with the deeper trends in the evolution of society. They exert the force of their convictions via a state of focused inner awareness, while externally the y practice strategic non-interference.

Those who follow the Tao are reluctant to push anything to the extreme, even to extremes of complacency, and they know that this can lead to undesirable counteractions.

Instead they strive to maintain their intellectual balance by experiencing the rhythms of natural events with emotional independence. (29)