Voluntary Retreat

Love and goodness come to the Realizing Person through Retiring. Follow the Woman. Wise Words! The Way opens. Small People are obstructed. Goodness and love come through retiring now. Think about what you truly care for. Keep greedy people who are eager to serve you at a distance. You have found a resting place after a transition. This is a portent of future happiness. Have patience. If you use strategy and an open heart rather than aggression it will let you gain the correct position. Proceed step by step. Gather energy for a decisive new move.

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Voluntary retreat brings good fortune to the superior man And downfall to the inferior man. ##### Comments In retreating the superior man is intent on taking his departure willingly and in all friendliness. He easily adjusts his mind to retreat, because in retreating he does not have to do violence to his convictions. The only one who suffers is the inferior man from whom he retreats, who will degenerate when deprived of the guidance of the superior man.