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On February 22, 2019 at 5:34 PM
steveday asked:
I feel out of place with my peers. I want to ingratiate myself with them and i am envious of them, but i also think they are vapid and shallow and too happy.
And I also know that I am sad. And I am doubling down on that.
If I follow this path...?
and received a response of:
21 Biting
The Statement of the first hexagram
Biting. Penetrate.
Gain by prosecuting.
The changing lines
The first line:
Feet in fetters, toes cut off:
no fault.
The fifth line:
Biting dried meat, winning yellow gold.
Be upright in harsh times
and be without fault.
12 Clogging
The Statement of the second hexagram
Clogging by wicked people.
Nothing to be gained,
even from a steadfast prince.
The great goes, the vile comes.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder and lightning:
biting. The ancient kings
defined penalties and
declared the laws.
The Image of the second hexagram
Heaven and earth
separate: clogging.
The noble one acts
with self-restraint
in the face
of punishing hardship,
and avoids glory or riches.