Steven Karcher & Michael Servetus
No level that does not slope. No going without a return. Trial: this hardship and drudgery is not a mistake. Have no cares. You are connected to the spirits. You will share the great meal and find Heaven’s blessing.
If you do not let go of what you have, the spirit cannot return. Go through the hardship. You will experience a real renewal. Your present connections may look sweet, but no good can come of them. Your grief at their failure will release you. You have received a gift from above and it is your job to cultivate it. Something significant is returning. Be open and provide what is needed.
Book of Changes
九三, 无平不陂, 无往不復, 艱貞无咎, 勿恤其孚, 于食有福.
Richard Wilhelm
No plain not followed by a slope.
No going not followed by a return.
He who remains persevering in danger
Is without blame.
Do not complain about this truth;
Enjoy the good fortune you still possess.
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Everything on earth is subject to change. Prosperity is followed by decline: this is the eternal law on earth. Evil can indeed be held in check but not permanently abolished. It always returns. This conviction might induct melancholy, but it should not; it ought only to keep us from falling into illusion when good fortune comes to us. If we continue mindful of the danger, we remain persevering and make no mistakes. As long as a man's inner nature remains stronger and richer than anything offered by external fortune, as long as he remains inwardly superior to fate, fortune will not desert him.
