Steven Karcher & Michael Servetus
Viewing our birth, advance or withdraw?
Look at the origin of the things you see to understand if you should advance or withdraw. The climax is nearing. Resist the temptation to act violently or impulsively. Draw out the encounter to find the right time to act. Do not let your relationships fall apart through unconsidered action. Proceed step by step. Gather energy for a decisive new move.
Richard Wilhelm
Contemplation of my life
Decides the choice
Between advance and retreat.
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This is the place of transition. We no longer look outward to receive pictures that are more or less limited and confused, but direct out contemplation upon ourselves in order to find a guideline for our decisions. This self-contemplation means the overcoming of naive egotism in the person who sees everything solely form his own standpoint. He begins to reflect and in this way acquires objectivity. However, self-knowledge does not mean preoccupation with one's own thoughts; rather, it means concern about the effects one creates. It is only the effects our lives produce that give us the right to judge whether what we have done means progress or regression.
