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‘There is truth and confidence as a bond.
Rich in your neighbours.’
‘Fluttering, fluttering.
Not rich in your neighbours.
Not on guard against truth and confidence.’
‘Not rich in your neighbours:
Fruitful to use this to invade and conquer.
Nothing that does not bear fruit.’
‘Shock twists and turns,
Watching in fear and terror,
Setting out to bring order: pitfall.
The shock does not reach your self,
It reaches your neighbour –
No mistake.
There are words of marital alliance.’
‘The neighbour in the East slaughters oxen.
Not like the Western neighbour’s summer offering,
Truly accepting their blessing.’
‘Enriching the home.
Great good fortune.’
‘There is truth and confidence as a bond.
Rich in your neighbours.’
‘Fluttering, fluttering.
Not rich in your neighbours.
Not on guard against truth and confidence.’
‘There is no level ground without a slope,
No going out without a return.
Constancy in hardship is not a mistake.
Do not sorrow about its truth (fu).
In eating and drinking there is blessing.’
‘Not rich in your neighbours:
Fruitful to use this to invade and conquer.
Nothing that does not bear fruit.’
‘It was interstate propriety, if not unwritten law, to offer emergency relief to neighboring states in times of crisis. This refers to a neighboring state refusing to do so, probably looking for political advantage in the neighbor’s misfortune.’
‘In the centre of the earth there is a mountain. Integrity.
A noble one reduces what is too much and increases what is diminished,
Weighing things up to even out their distribution.’
“The phrase “Wu Bu Li”, nothing not worthwhile, nothing not advantageous, nothing not favorable, nothing (can)not be turned to advantage, occurs a lot in the Yi. Essentially it says that there is rarely a situation which cannot be turned around or improved. Of course it takes an opportunistic approach to things – it’s enlightened self-interest which does this best. Sometimes one must presume that one knows what’s best. And sometimes it’s just like aikido, finding the center of things and turning the momentum around. When the Yi uses this phrase it seldom implies that things are going to turn around all on their own. One needs to own the moment.”
Yes, or more simply, what is immediately around you, that you do not have to travel far to find.'Rich in your neighbours' might simply mean to be at one with the abundance that is there for us all in the Universe.
Yes - we are immediately surrounded by all we need all the time. We have contact with all our 'neighbours', we just have to develop our immediacy to be able to reorganise our barriers and make effective contact with them in each moment.Yes, or more simply, what is immediately around you, that you do not have to travel far to find.
It made a big difference to me when I registered that it could just as well be 'neighbours', plural, as 'neighbour'.
Good point! It's always important to explore 'neighbours' in literal, lateral and other diverse ways and certainly at different levels of consciousness and meaning.I had "neighbor" once where it meant the other cat in the house. Very helpful reading, was at my wits' end, was delighted I managed to put that together.
Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
Phone/ Voicemail:
+44 (0)20 3287 3053 (UK)
+1 (561) 459-4758 (US).