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On March 26, 2010 at 2:34 PM  madmur1 asked:

how to shift focus joyfully?

and received a response of:
old yang
yin
old yang
yang
yin
old yin
 

56 Traveler

The Statement of the first hexagram

Traveler. Slight progress.
Be steadfast in travel: fortune.

The changing lines

The first line:
A traveler, low and weak-voiced:
thus he summons calamity.
The fourth line:
A traveler in a dwelling place
gets his wealth and ax.
My heart is unhappy.
The sixth line:
A bird sets fire to its nest. A traveler
first laughs, afterward howls and weeps.
Loses an ox in barter. Misfortune.
yin
yin
yin
yang
yin
yang
 

36 Smothered Light

The Statement of the second hexagram

Smothered light.

Gain is difficult: persist.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

Fire on the mountain:
traveler. The noble one is
clear-minded and cautious
in meting out punishment
and yet does not delay trial.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

Brilliance
in the earth's core:
smothered light.
The noble one
governs the multitude
by obscurity-
but with enlightenment.