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    On June  4, 2010 at  9:56 PM 
  
  
    
how should i go forward in my life with the blend of intellectual and spiritual and silence?
  
  
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    5 Waiting
  
  
    
      
      The Statement of the first hexagram
    
    
      Waiting. Stay confident: 
there is light everywhere. 
Pure fortune. 
Advance across the great river.
    
   
  
    The changing lines
    
        
    The fourth line:
    Waiting in a bloody cave. 
Get out!  
     
   
 
    
  
  
 
  
   
  
    43 Decisiveness
  
  
    The Statement of the second hexagram
  
  
   Decisiveness. Proclaim in the royal court. 
Trust in the commands. Be stern. 
There will be severity. 
Announce to your own city. 
There is no gain in going to war. 
Gain by having a place to go.
  
   
 
     
    
        
    The Image of the first hexagram
  
  
    Clouds rising to heaven: 
waiting. The noble one 
drinks, eats, 
and feasts with joy.  
      
      
      
      
     
    
        
    The Image of the second hexagram
  
  
    Lake rising to heaven: 
decisiveness. The noble one 
bestows wealth 
to those below 
and shuns dwelling 
on his own virtues.