FROM THE I CHING

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Thunder and rain set in:

The image of DELIVERANCE.

Thus the superior man pardons mistakes

And forgives misdeeds.

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A thunderstorm has the effect of clearing

the air; the superior man produces a similar

effect when dealing with mistakes and sins of men

that induce a condition of tension.

Through clarity he brings deliverance.

However, when failings come to light,

he does not dwell on them;

he simply passes over mistakes,

the unintentional transgressions,

just as thunder dies away.

He forgives misdeeds,

the intentional transgressions,

just as water washes everything clean.

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The I Ching or Book of Changes

From Hexagram 40 "Hsieh/Deliverance"

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