Stop Hiding

Buttocks punished with a wooden rod. If you enter the shadowy gully now, you will encounter no one for three years. You have been hurt or punished but you are your own worst enemy now. Do not retreat into melancholy darkness. Put yourself in order. You can connect with the source of human values. If you stir up sorrow then there will be sorrowing. Have no fear. You will soon find supportive friends. Gather energy for a decisive new move.

初六, 臀困于株木, 入于幽谷, 三歲不覿.

One sits oppressed under a bare tree And strays into a gloomy valley. For three years one sees nothing. ##### Comments When adversity befalls a man, it is important above all things for him to be strong and to overcome the trouble inwardly. If he is weak, the trouble overwhelms him. Instead of proceeding on his way, he remains sitting under a bare tree and falls ever more deeply into gloom and melancholy. This makes the situation only more and more hopeless. Such an attitude comes from an inner delusion that he must by all means overcome.