Steven Karcher & Michael Servetus
Attach this to the loom of change. Wise Words! Trial: The Way is open. Have a direction to go. See the Trap: An entangled pig balking at the sacrifice. There is a connection to the spirits that will carry you through.
Do not act this impulse out. See the trap inherent in the situation and accept the sacrifice of your immediate desires. If you do not truly register this important message you will be cut off and isolated. The inspiring force is retreating into the underworld waters. It will soon emerge again. You are connected to a creative force.
Book of Changes
初六, 繫于金柅, 貞吉, 有攸往, 見凶, 羸豕孚蹢躅.
Richard Wilhelm
It must be checked with a brake of bronze.
Perseverance brings good fortune.
If one lets it take its course, one experiences misfortune.
Even a lean pig has it in him to rage around.
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If an inferior element has wormed its way in, it must be energetically checked at once. By consistently checking it, bad effects can be avoided. If it is allowed to take its course, misfortune is bound to result; the insignificance of that which creeps in should not be a temptation to underrate it. A pig that is still young and lean cannot rage around much, but after it has eaten its fill and become strong, its true nature comes out if it has not previously been curbed.
