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One with total control over his/her own mind, one who walks with god, always striving to be righteous, or if not righteous; prefers his/her own death. A sage, a mastermind, a "sorcerer". One whom, no task is impossible, One holding the knowledge that: for we as [humans], NO task is impossible, for as compared to other animals, we are the magicians of the world. ... ... ... conversely, "master" in reference to [bdsm], is a coward, weak minded, and foolish. They desire to be called "master" by those who are most [weak], to make up for their own shortcomings, they NEED the reassurance of the [weak] in order to be [happy], the only thing of value that they [will] accomplish in their lives is death, for it is all that they are good for: fertilizer for the plants, they are as manure.

----------- Example: ----------- from "Tao te Ching": "... the Master acts without claiming the results as his; he achieves his merit and does not rest arrogantly in it, he does not wish to display his superiority." .... I have 3 things i hold as [precious]: gentleness, economy, shrinking from taking precedence of others. With that gentleness, I can be bold; with that economy I can be [liberal]; shrinking from taking precedence from others, I can become a vessel of the highest honor. nowadays they give up gentleness for being bold, economy they give up for being [liberal], they give up the hindmost place for the foremost, -- all of which the end is death. gentleness is sure to be victorious even in battle, and firmly to maintain its ground. [Heaven] [will] save its possessor, by his very gentleness protecting him. .... He who in "the way's" wars has skill, seeks no martial port; He who fights with most good will to rage makes no resort. He who vanquishes yet still keeps from his foes apart; He whose hests [men] most fulfill yet humbly plies his art. Thus we say, "He never contends, and therein is his might." Thus we say, "[Men]'s wills he bends, that they with him unite." Thus we say, "Like [Heaven]'s his ends, no sage of old more bright."

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