Either the Tao can influence the world in the present, in which case the conditioners can never *really *prevent it from reasserting itself; or it can’t, in which case how did we first find it anyway; or it controlled the beginning as first cause in which case whatever happens anywhere ever is what it intended; or it intended something different but it’s not very good at it’s job.
Or it influences the world in proportion to how much it is recognised, and how much you influence the world is proportional to how much you recognise it. The Tao that controls you is not the Tao: the Tao you control is not the Tao. The Tao that does everything is not the Tao; the Tao that does nothing is not the Tao.
Or it influences the world in proportion to how much it is recognised, and how much you influence the world is proportional to how much you recognise it. The Tao that controls you is not the Tao: the Tao you control is not the Tao. The Tao that does everything is not the Tao; the Tao that does nothing is not the Tao.