Steven Karcher & Michael Servetus
Following to hunt and catch. Trial: Trap! The Way closes. Connect to the spirits and locate yourself in the Way. Use what you are given and your understanding will be brightened. How could this be a mistake?
Do not turn following into hunting for game. You can change things easily now if you let go of aggressive desires. Do not grasp at things. Those you confront are not outlaws. Seek an alliance. Have a great purpose and confront the abuse of authority. Strip away your old ideas. Be open and provide what is needed.
Book of Changes
九四, 隨有獲, 貞凶, 有孚在道, 以明, 何咎!
Richard Wilhelm
Following creates success.
Perseverance brings misfortune.
To go one's way with sincerity brings clarity.
How could there be blame in this?
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It often happens, when a man exerts a certain amount of influence, that he obtains a following by condescension toward inferiors. But the people who attach themselves to him are not honest in their intentions. They seek personal advantage and try to make themselves indispensable through flattery and subservience. If one becomes accustomed to such satellites and cannot do without them, it brings misfortune. Only when a man is completely free from his ego, and intent, by conviction, upon what is right and essential, does he acquire the clarity that enables him to see through such people, and become free of blame.
