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On October 17, 2013 at 6:19 PM
bodhizijazo asked:
It's a silly desire, but I really would enjoy some kind of pick-me-up to calm my nerves. Is that okay, or no?
and received a response of:
13 Kindred
The Statement of the first hexagram
The kindred in the wilderness.
Continue.
Advance across the great river.
Gain by a wise one's purity.
The changing lines
The second line:
The kindred in the ancestral temple.
Remorse.
1 Heaven
The Statement of the second hexagram
Heaven: maker, pervasive,
bountiful, and pure.
The Image of the first hexagram
Fire rises into heaven:
kindred. The noble one
groups and sorts
all that must be done.
The Image of the second hexagram
Heaven moves with power:
the noble one never stops
strengthening himself.