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On July 8, 2023 at 7:28 PM
why my mind is in stress?
and received a response of:
5 Waiting
The Statement of the first hexagram
Waiting. Stay confident:
there is light everywhere.
Pure fortune.
Advance across the great river.
there is light everywhere.
Pure fortune.
Advance across the great river.
The changing lines
The first line:
Waiting in the countryside.
Gain by being steadfast.
Be without fault.
Waiting in the countryside.
Gain by being steadfast.
Be without fault.
The second line:
Waiting in the sand.
The small will talk.
At last, good fortune.
Waiting in the sand.
The small will talk.
At last, good fortune.
The fourth line:
Waiting in a bloody cave.
Get out!
Waiting in a bloody cave.
Get out!
The sixth line:
Entering into a cave and
finding uninvited strangers.
Three people come. Honor them
and in the end there will be good fortune.
Entering into a cave and
finding uninvited strangers.
Three people come. Honor them
and in the end there will be good fortune.
33 Withdrawal
The Statement of the second hexagram
Withdrawal. Continue.
Small gains in persisting.
Small gains in persisting.
The Image of the first hexagram
Clouds rising to heaven:
waiting. The noble one
drinks, eats,
and feasts with joy.
waiting. The noble one
drinks, eats,
and feasts with joy.
The Image of the second hexagram
A mountain under heaven:
withdrawal.
The noble one keeps
distant from vile people,
not with hatred,
but with dignity.
withdrawal.
The noble one keeps
distant from vile people,
not with hatred,
but with dignity.
