Petty Tyrant
The ancient seers when 'seeing' the nature of the source of all that is in the Universe, 'saw' something that they called a 'Tyrant', since it forces specific qualities of awareness to be perceived in accordance with the type of Being - dog or cat, insect, mouse, human etc.
All other tyrants, no matter how heinous, became petty in comparison. Most human Petty Tyrant's are not downright bad people or criminals, but can be extremely bothersome to us - harrowing people in positions of power over us in some way. Situations can also be classified as Petty Tyrants.
It is mandatory for an aspirant on the warriors path to pass through the challenges of a Petty Tyrant. This is partly to deal with self importance - the single biggest obstacle to succeeding in become a Man of Knowledge, and partly to understand how the World Realty Mirror works.
The essence of the challenge is to re-order our allegiance and stop supporting the construction of the egoic self.
Actions to take
Can you identify the chief Petty Tyrant in your life? Are you perhaps tyrannizing yourself? Petty Tyrants change when we have moved past the challenge and integrated the learning.