Steven Karcher & Michael Servetus
Bitter Articulating. Trap! The Way closes. Repent this and sorrow disappears.
You want to impose harsh measures. You will do nothing but harm. Give up your bitterness and the cause for sorrow will disappear. This affair is in trouble and you must come to the rescue. Stay grounded. Do not take on other people’s problems. If you soar away you will fall into the hunter’s net. Take in the lessons of the past. Be open and provide what is needed.
Richard Wilhelm
Galling limitation.
Perseverance brings misfortune.
Remorse disappears.
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If one is too severe in setting up restrictions, people will not endure them. The more consistent such severity, the worse it is, for in the long run a reaction is unavoidable. In the same way, the tormented body will rebel against excessive asceticism. On the other hand, although ruthless severity is not to be applied persistently and systematically, there may be times when it si the only means of safeguarding against guilt and remorse. In such situations ruthlessness toward oneself is the only means of saving one's soul, which otherwise would succumb to irresolution and temptation.
