Pulling Back

They come into the Pit again and again. Steep and deep, the victims are drowning. Do not get trapped in this pitfall! Relax and pull back. If you simply push on you will be trapped. The source of common values is disturbed and turbid. You feel the sorrow of someone who is connected to the sources of life but has no one with whom to share. As you bite through the obstacles to union you will encounter something poisonous. Bring it out or you will end up lamenting. Let yourself be led and you can realize the hidden potential. Co-operate with the on-going process of change.

六三, 來之坎坎, 險且枕, 入于坎窞, 勿用.

Forward and backward, abyss on abyss. In danger like this, pause at first and wait, Otherwise you will fall into a pit in the abyss. Do not act this way. ##### Comments Here every step, forward or backward, leads into danger. Escape is out of the question. Therefore we must not be misled into action, as a result of which we should only bog down deeper in the danger; disagreeable as it may be to remain in such a situation, we must wait until a way out shows itself.