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  concealed at every turn of the way, prowling, waiting. And
  if  the man,  terrified in  its presence,  runs away,  his
  enemy will  have put an end  to his quest. Once  a man has
  vanquished fear,  he is free from  it for the rest  of his
  life because, instead of fear,  he has acquired clarity of
  mind which erases fear.

  And  thus he  has encountered  his second  enemy; Clarity.
  That clarity of mind, which  is so hard to obtain, dispels
  fear,  but  also  blinds.  If   the  man  yields  to  this
  make-believe power,  he has succumbed to  his second enemy
  and  will be  patient when   he should  rush. And  he will
  fumble  with  learning  until  he  winds  up  incapable of
  learing anything more.

  He must defy his clarity and  use it only to see, and wait
  patiently and  measure carefully before  taking new steps;
  he  must think,  above all,  that his  clarity is almost a
  mistake. And  a moment will  come when he  will understand
  that  his clarity  was only  a point  before his eyes. And
  thus  he will  have overcome  his second  enemy, and  will
  arrive at  a position where nothing  can harm him anymore.
  It  will  be  true  power;  the  third  enemy  of a man of
  knowledge.

  A man at this stage hardly notices his third enemy closing
  in  on  him.  And   suddenly,  without  knowing,  he  will
  certainly have lost the battle. His enemy will have turned
  him into  a cruel, capricious  man. The man  must defy his
  power, deliberately.  He has to come  to realize the power
  he  has seemingly  conquered is  in reality  never his. He
  will reach a  point where everything is held  in check. He
  will know then when and how  to use his power. And thus he
  will have defeated his third enemy.

  The man  will be, by  then, at the  end of his  journey of

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