Halloween
Meditation
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Meditation
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33 Retreat
THE IMAGE
Mountain under heaven:
the image of RETREAT.
Thus the superior man
keeps the inferior man
at a distance,
not angrily
but with reserve.
“The mountain rises up under heaven, but owing to its nature it finally comes to a stop. Heaven on the other hand retreats upward before it into the distance and remains out of reach. This symbolizes the behavior of the superior man toward a climbing inferior; he retreats into his own thoughts as the inferior man comes forward. He does not hate him, for hatred is a form of subjective involvement by which we are bound to the hated object. The superior man shows strength (heaven) in that he brings the inferior man to a standstill (mountain) by his dignified reserve.” —Richard Wilhelm