Leave Crowd

The Way to the Source opens. Disperse the ordinary and go to the hilltop shrine. You are not in hiding. This is a place to ponder what you would not ordinarily think. Let go of the flock of thoughts that usually surround you. Find a place to ponder things deeply. You have a great opportunity and you need to see it clearly. Do not appeal to authority. A new mission is coming. The situation will deteriorate at first but have no fear. Consider things carefully. Articulate real needs. Gather energy for a decisive new move.

六四, 渙其羣, 元吉, 渙有丘, 匪夷所思.

He dissolves his bond with his group. ##### Comments Supreme good fortune. Dispersion leads in turn to accumulation. This is something that ordinary men do not think of. When we are working at a task that affects the general welfare, we must leave all private friendships out of account. Only by rising above party interests can we achieve something decisive. He who has the courage thus to forego what is near wins what is afar. But in order to comprehend this standpoint, one must have a wide view of the interrelationships of life, such as only unusual men attain.