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Revenind la nonacţiune trebuie să conchidem că acest concept nu înseamnă neapărat
acţiune spontană sau lipsa intenţiei deliberate. După cum am văzut în exemplul cu
pescăruşii, nonacţiunea trebuie pusă în legătură cu gîndirea liberă - este consecinţa practicii
vidului (vidul mental)

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Să recapitulăm, wu-wei (nondoing) nu este simplă pasivitate - ca la Max Kaltenmark şi la
adepţii taoismului monahic - ci acţiune. O acţiune, īnsă, lipsită de factorul subiectiv, de
dorinţă - o acţiune care face ce trebuie făcut. Această metodă ("cale") este recomandată de Lao-tzu tuturor oamenilor politici

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A doua trăsătură, continuă, îl arată întîlnindu-şi ca din întîmplare stăpînul. Nu va fi eroare.
Întîlneşte-l pe o cale mai puţin obişnuită.

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Prima trăsătură, întreruptă, ne arată pe unul doritor să înainteze, şi în acelaşi timp ţinut sub control [respins].

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A patra trăsătură, continuă, îl arată cu aparenţa de a înainta, dar ca o marmotă. Oricît ar fi de ferm şi corect, poziţia este primejdioasă.

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Există şi alte căi, mai întortocheate de a atinge ţelul propus. Lucrurile sînt mai delicate.

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To conclude with, we must keep away from the virus and be aware that it is not able
to support itself and will most likely evolve and accumulate mutations, so that finally
it loses its malignant character.

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[b]One would like to press forward, but before going farther one sees from the example of others like oneself that this way is blocked. In such a case, if the effort to push forward is not in harmony with the time,[/b] a reasonable and resolute man will not expose himself to a personal rebuff, but will retreat with others of like mind

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Loyalty leads to firm ties because it means that each partner complements the other. In the weaker person loyalty consists in devotion, in the stronger it consists in trustworthiness. This relation of mutual reinforcement leads to a true wealth that is all the more apparent because it is not selfishly hoarded but is shared with friends. Pleasure shared is pleasure doubled.

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Success is at hand. The wind has driven up the rain. A fixed standpoint has been reach. This has come about through the cumulation of small effects produced by reverence for a superior character. But a success thus secured bit by bit calls for great caution. It would be a dangerous illusion for anyone to think he could presume upon it. The female principle, the weak element that has won the victory, should never persist in vaunting it—that would lead to danger. The dark power in the moon is strongest when the moon is almost full. When it is full and directly opposite the sun, its waning is inevitable. Under such circumstances one must be content with what has been achieved. To advance any further, before the appropriate time has come, would lead to misfortune.

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The rain comes, there is rest.
This is due to the lasting effect of character.
Perseverance brings the woman into danger.
The moon is nearly full.
If the superior man persists,
Misfortune comes.

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This hexagram means the force of the small—the power of the shadowy—that restrains, tames, impedes. A weak line in the fourth place, that of the minister, holds the five strong lines in check. In the Image it is the wind blowing across the sky. The wind restrains the clouds, the rising breath of the Creative, and makes them grow dense, but as yet is not strong enough to turn them to rain. The hexagram presents a configuration of circumstances in which a strong element is temporarily held in leash by a weak element. It is only through gentleness that this can have a successful outcome.

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One must not unresistingly let himself be swept along by unfavorable circumstances, nor permit his steadfastness to be shaken. He can avoid this by maintaining his inner light, while remaining outwardly yielding and tractable. With this attitude he can overcome even the greatest adversities.

In some situations indeed a man must hide his light, in order to make his will prevail inspite of difficulties in his immediate environment. Perseverance must dwell in inmost consciousness and should not be discernible from without. Only thus is a man able to maintain his will in the face of difficulties.

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