Effortless Advance

Ascending through the empty city on the lower hill. There is no resistance to your efforts. Push on. You may feel outside your present group but you are in this position because of your real moral and intellectual worth. Let go of old memories, useless ideas and false images. Come out of mourning and set your forces in order. Something significant is returning. Be open and provide what is needed.

九三, 升虛邑.

One pushes upward into an empty city. ##### Comments All obstructions that generally block progress fall away here. Things proceed with remarkable ease. Unhesitatingly one follows this road, in order to profit by one's success. Seen from without, everything seems to be in the best of order. However, no promise of good fortune is added. It is a question how long such unobstructed success can last. But it is wise not to yield to such misgivings, because they only inhibit one's power. Instead, the point is to profit by the propitiousness of time.