what awaits me in the east?

Chieh / Limitations
Waters difficult to keep within the Lake's banks:
I examine the nature of virtue and 
I make myself a standard that can be followed.

Self-discipline brings success;
but restraints too binding bring self-defeat.

Cultivating the proper disciplines
and the proper degree of discipline
are the concerns of this moment.

By limiting options,
I give more attention to priorities.

One who is all over the map
is no less lost than one without a map.

I avoid asceticism, however.

Deprivation is not wise discipline.
The key here is regulation, not restriction.

Roaming my own garden and courtyard,
I never stray out the gate.

Dangerously Deep
Water follows Water,
spilling over any cliff,
flowing past all obstacles,
no matter the depth or distance,
to the Sea.

I learn flexibility from my mistakes
pressing on, showing others
the Way.

I face a crucial trial along my Journey.

The danger of this challenge is very real.
If I maintain my integrity
I will overcome
sipping in every beaming ray.