52. Kên / The Mountain
(Mountain above Mountain)
Description
Above this Mountain's summit another more majestic rises:
The Superior Person is mindful to keep his thoughts in the here and now.
Stilling the sensations of the Ego, he roams his courtyard without moving a muscle, unencumbered by the fears and desires of his fellows.
This is no mistake.
Analysis
There is a higher vantage point available to you, but it is obscured by the visible peak of personal ambition.
To climb to this higher plane, you must shake off the desires and fears of the conscious, visible world around you.
To make this journey you must quiet the Ego, empty your mind of past and future, and dwell totally in the moment at hand.
Thorough mindfulness of what is before you is the only tranquility.
Be. Here. Now.
Changing Lines
Line 1
Not even moving a toe.
No mistakes.
Hold to this course.
Line 2
Relaxing his legs.
He sees he cannot rescue the one he follows.
He resigns himself to sorrow.
Line 3
He seeks stillness through rigidity instead of relaxation.
He will paralyze his legs and overtax his heart.
Line 4
He keeps his trunk still through flexibility.
Faultless.
Line 5
Keeping his jaw relaxed, what words he speaks carry order and deliberation.
Conflict dissolves.
Line 6
His constant goal is an end to striving.
Good fortune.