Remain Quiet

Let the mourners go home. If strangers come do not feast them. The Way opens. Stay alone and quiet. If you are always worrying about other people you will have no peace. Disperse your old identity and the sorrows it implies. You will encounter someone or something that can change the course of your life. It will bring you honor and reward. Stay humble. Be open and provide what is needed.

初九, 虞吉, 有它不燕.

Being prepared brings good fortune. If there are secret designs, it is disquieting. ##### Comments The force of inner truth depends chiefly on inner stability and preparedness. From this state of mind springs the correct attitude toward the outer world. But if a man should try to cultivate secret relationships of a special sort, it would deprive him of his inner independence. The more reliance he places on the support of others, the more uneasy and anxious he will become as to whether these secret ties are really tenable. In this way inner peace and the force of inner truth are lost.