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On June 16, 2020 at 4:51 PM
why am I thinking about r all the time?
and received a response of:
12 Clogging
The Statement of the first hexagram
Clogging by wicked people.
Nothing to be gained,
even from a steadfast prince.
The great goes, the vile comes.
Nothing to be gained,
even from a steadfast prince.
The great goes, the vile comes.
The changing lines
The first line:
Pulling couch grass
uproots more with it by entwined roots.
Snatch it: fortune. Continue.
Pulling couch grass
uproots more with it by entwined roots.
Snatch it: fortune. Continue.
The fourth line:
Commands without fault,
fields divided: blessings.
Commands without fault,
fields divided: blessings.
The fifth line:
Clogging ceases. Great people prosper.
It could be lost! It could be lost!
Tie it to the roots of a mulberry tree.
Clogging ceases. Great people prosper.
It could be lost! It could be lost!
Tie it to the roots of a mulberry tree.
The sixth line:
Clogging overturned.
First there was clogging.
Later all will be glad.
Clogging overturned.
First there was clogging.
Later all will be glad.
24 Returning
The Statement of the second hexagram
Returning. Continue.
In coming and going,
there is neither sickness nor distress.
Companions come without fault.
Returning is its Tao.
In seven days, returning comes.
Gain by having a place to go.
In coming and going,
there is neither sickness nor distress.
Companions come without fault.
Returning is its Tao.
In seven days, returning comes.
Gain by having a place to go.
The Image of the first hexagram
Heaven and earth
separate: clogging.
The noble one acts
with self-restraint
in the face
of punishing hardship,
and avoids glory or riches.
separate: clogging.
The noble one acts
with self-restraint
in the face
of punishing hardship,
and avoids glory or riches.
The Image of the second hexagram
Thunder in the center of
the earth: returning.
The ancient kings
closed the borders
during the solstices.
Traveling merchants
did not journey. Sovereigns
did not tour the provinces.
the earth: returning.
The ancient kings
closed the borders
during the solstices.
Traveling merchants
did not journey. Sovereigns
did not tour the provinces.
