Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. — Henry Adams
The creative chaos and emotional transparency of the Empress is a counterpart to the rigid structure and logic of the Emperor. She understands nothing original will be built in the kingdom without the passion and disorder that often begins the process. She's not worried, because she knows something good will come out of it. Verse 7 from the Kuan Yin poem reads:
The river is raging and full of mud.
If you venture beyond, you will become uprooted.
Hold back instead of pushing ahead.
Stay where you are rather than seek unrealistic goals.
It is an inflexible and stubborn personality that wants to charge ahead rather than pause and be receptive. It reminds me of the Buddhist analogy about a river's strong current. Sometimes it is better to stand still rather than get pushed back in our attempt to move forward. When the force of the current lessens, we can continue to our progress.
