Sincere Dedication

There is a connection to the spirits that will carry you through. Advantageous to make the summer sacrifice. This is not a mistake. The connection is established. Dedicate yourself to what you believe in. You have a position in this gathering, a long-term source of energy and inspiration. Provide for this even if you feel afflicted or oppressed. Your efforts will call out to others. These goings and comings release the energy now bound up in the past. Co-operate with the ongoing process of change.

九二, 孚乃利用禴, 无咎.

If one is sincere, It furthers one to bring even a small offering. ##### Comments No blame. Here a strong man is presupposed. It is true that he does not fit in with his environment, inasmuch as he is too brusque and pays too little attention to form. But as he is upright in character, he meets with response, and his lack of outward form does no harm. Here uprightness is the outcome of sound qualities of character, whereas in the corresponding line of the preceding hexagram it is the result of innate humility.