Initial Shock

Shake comes, frightening! frightening! Then laughing words, shouting! shouting! Wise Words! The Way is open. This is a profound shock. Everything is turned upside down. Do not call out for help now. Cut through pride and complication and set the armies marching. If you meet people with generosity and care you can signal to your true kin. Step outside the norms. These goings and comings will release the energy bound up in the past. Gather energy for a decisive new move.

初九, 震來虩虩, 後笑言啞啞, 吉.

Shock comes-oh, oh! ##### Comments Then follow laughing words-ha, ha! Good fortune. The fear and trembling engendered by shock come to an individual at first in such a way that he sees himself placed at a disadvantage as against others. But this is only transitory. When the ordeal is over, he experiences relief, and thus the very terror he had to endure at the outset brings good fortune in the long run.