Foyin Meets Su Dongpo
Neutral
The poem
Original: 清闲无事静处坐 / 飢时吃饭困时卧 / 放下身心不用忙 / 必定不遭殃与祸
The story
Su Dongpo, pleased with his own attainment, wrote a poem saying that the eight worldly winds could not move him, and sent it across the river to the monk Foyin. Foyin scrawled two rude words on it and sent it back. Dongpo crossed the river in a fury, and Foyin laughed: eight winds cannot move you, yet one word blew you across the river.
What it means
The image is holding to the ordinary: wait, and it turns out well. Eat when hungry, sleep when tired, sit quietly with nothing to do, and set body and mind down instead of hurrying, and nothing bad can find you. The lot is about insufficient ripeness. The moment has not matured, so forcing it merely troubles you, and your own preparation is not deep enough, so displaying it early only invites the puncture Dongpo received. Waiting is favourable and discipline is safe; keep life steady and the opening arrives unlooked for.
By area of life
Wealth
Wait rather than reach; this is not a harvest season. Live quietly and take the return later, and let transactions run slow.
Love
The time has not come, so simply wait. Do not press a pursuit; if the person is yours they will arrive, and there is no hurry to marry.
Work
Work has no clear direction yet and applications should wait. Business ticks over with neither large gains nor large losses.
Health
A long illness does not shift, and chronic conditions are treated by treating the mind. Live easily, travel a little, and the body benefits.
Travel
There is no light on this road yet, and going out only adds fatigue. Stay where you are until the moment turns.
Advice
Do not serve it before it is cooked; eat when hungry, sleep when tired, and let life settle first.