Inspiring Insight

In Obstruction there is a mandate: An oriole in a plowed field. Cultivate this in radiant satisfaction. This is not a mistake. In the middle of a dark time you experience an inspiring insight. Cultivate it through withdrawal. Your present connections may look sweet, but no good can come of them. Let your grief at their failure release you. You face a difficult time but if you do not let go of your present situation the spirit cannot return. In the end you will spread light to all. Be open and provide what is needed.

九四, 有命无咎, 疇離祉.

He who acts at the command of the highest Remains without blame. Those of like mind partake of the blessing. ##### Comments The time of standstill is nearing the point of change into its opposite. Whoever wishes to restore order must feel himself called to the task and have the necessary authority. A man who sets himself up a capable of creating order according to his own judgment could make mistakes and end in failure. But the man who is truly called to the task is favored by the conditions of the time, and all those of like mind will share in his blessing.