Number 23 ~ SPLITTING APART
Splitting apart. It does not further one
To go anywhere.
This pictures a time when inferior people are pushing forward and are about to crowd out the few remaining strong and superior men. Under these circumstances, which are due to the time, it is not favorable for the superior man to undertake anything.
The right behavior in such adverse times is to be deduced from the images and their attributes. The lower trigram stands for the earth, whose attributes are docility and devotion. The upper trigram strands for the mountain, whose attribute is stillness. This suggests that one should submit to the bad time and remain quiet. For it is a question not of man’s doing, but of time conditions, which, according to the laws of heaven, show an alternation of increase and decrease, fullness and emptiness. It is impossible to counteract these conditions of the time. Hence it is not cowardice, but wisdom to submit and avoid action.
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If there is light in the Soul, there will be Beauty in the person. If there is Beauty in the person, there will be Harmony in the house. If there is Harmony in the house, there will be order in the Nation. If there is order in the Nation, there will be PEACE in the World. ~Chinese Proverb.Dear Greg there is a inner beauty in the old proverbs.To say more with less.It takes years and many people,s editing to get to the final version.But the result is something to remember and give,s every language very distinctive flavour.There is so much truth and fine observation in your #23.We are all sailing together through difficult times.Behind is a rising storm ahead are the shallows and the sharks.Let do our part and put a "Captain" behind the steering weel, who will take us to a better course.
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