The left hand path

Allegedly external self (two right sides) 

Allegedly internal self (two left sides)

In theory -- the right side reveals the left side of our brain, which is logical, analytical, sequential and verbal. The left side reveals our sense of taking in things as a whole, which is nonverbal, private, observant.

Honestly, which of these two would you prefer to meet in the middle of the night?

It has been said of me that as a typical woman (an assertion yet unproved), I must necessarily have a sensitive, delicate soul beneath the cool exterior.  I've often wondered, myself, whether I had an inside-out soul (psyche) compared to most Westerners, because this sensitive, retiring side n'existe pas.

Certainly, my more delicate side seems to be my public side (the top photo).  I'm happy to get along with people on the basis of logic, reason and understanding.  Shatter my public self and I rarely cry. My laughter erupts, instead, intense and prolonged.

Why would someone want to mess with something that is working out well for them?   To attack my public self in any way is playing into my hands.  Like losing one arm in the middle of a fire, and realizing one has grown a far superior bionic arm instead, I fall back onto my strengths, which involve taking the whole picture into account instead of trying to treat it piecemeal.

It's natural and automatic for me to embrace the left hand path.   I operate with an unwavering sense of certainty on it.

The left hand path involves being able to take in reality as a whole.  One has to know when to speak and when not to speak and which provides the maximal advantage.   One can also notice that one does not need to set a trap, as others will walk into those traps they've already set for others.  Make good use of timing and they will ensnare themselves.

Anti-feminists (misogynists) tend to do this a lot to themselves, because they set a trap based on false premises -- namely that women are weaker than they appear.

To embrace the left hand path, by the way, does not involve being passive but deeply understanding the whole picture and working on your timing.

Those who rely on right hand methods -- exerting control, instruction, narrow thinking and verbal communication -- will often become so obsessive that they overlook how having a larger view and getting your timing exactly right is enough to defeat a relatively narrow-minded method of attack.  This is especially so when you consider that the left hand path permits energy conservation.

When Bataille was lying low in rural France, with tuberculosis and waiting for the Nazis to invade, he stated, "We will defeat them with our immanence."  [See On Nietzsche].  In other words, it's all about timing and never  deviating from one's integral path.

We will defeat them in their end.