Judaism and Christianity. Due to the mistake of lacking alertness. In following upon the decline of mindfulness, Will steal even the merits I have firmly gathered. I shall then descend to the lower realms. Destruction threatens when a man seeks to preserve his worldly estate.
Confusion develops when a man has put everything in order.
Therefore the superior man does not forget danger in his security, nor ruin when he is well established, nor confusion when his affairs are in order. In this way he gains personal safety and is able to protect the empire. When Lot and his family were fleeing Sodom and Gomorrah, they were instructed not to look back at the destruction which was consuming the cities. I Ching, Great Commentary 1.8.7, pp. Micah 7.5-7, p. 953.