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On May 19, 2019 at 7:31 PM
steveday asked:
I'm thinking of these difficult resonances with people since returning. Lots of ghosts in my heart. Ali. Gord. Lyndi. A dozen bitter lovers. I am feeling hidden and unwanted and bitter and conflicted and defensive and trepidatious. and wanting to hold myself. What is a good course of action? What is the lay of this land?
and received a response of:
47 Distress
The Statement of the first hexagram
Distress. Continue.
For a pure and great person: fortune.
No fault. What is said is not trusted.
For a pure and great person: fortune.
No fault. What is said is not trusted.
The changing lines
The third line:
Distressed by rock, seized in thistles.
Entering into his palace, not seeing his wife.
Misfortune.
Distressed by rock, seized in thistles.
Entering into his palace, not seeing his wife.
Misfortune.
The fifth line:
Hacking off noses, hacking off feet. Distressed
by vermillion sashes.
Then, slowly, there is talk.
Gain by making offerings and sacrifices.
Hacking off noses, hacking off feet. Distressed
by vermillion sashes.
Then, slowly, there is talk.
Gain by making offerings and sacrifices.
32 Constancy
The Statement of the second hexagram
Constancy is to continue
without fault.
Gain through purity.
Gain by having a place to go.
without fault.
Gain through purity.
Gain by having a place to go.
The Image of the first hexagram
A lake without water:
distress. The noble one
devotes her life
to fulfill her will.
distress. The noble one
devotes her life
to fulfill her will.
The Image of the second hexagram
Thunder and wind:
constancy.
The noble one stands
without changing direction.
constancy.
The noble one stands
without changing direction.
