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On October 1, 2010 at 12:37 AM
In order to resolve the blockage, what should my object of contemplative insight be?
and received a response of:
33 Withdrawal
The Statement of the first hexagram
Withdrawal. Continue.
Small gains in persisting.
Small gains in persisting.
The changing lines
The first line:
Withdrawing at the tail of evil.
No use to have a place to go.
Withdrawing at the tail of evil.
No use to have a place to go.
The third line:
Disease and evil come with withdrawal.
Control servants and maids for fortune.
Disease and evil come with withdrawal.
Control servants and maids for fortune.
The fourth line:
A fitting withdrawal.
For the wise one, fortune.
For the inferior one, evil.
A fitting withdrawal.
For the wise one, fortune.
For the inferior one, evil.
The fifth line:
An excellent withdrawal.
Pure fortune.
An excellent withdrawal.
Pure fortune.
The sixth line:
Wealth withdrawn.
Nothing but gain.
Wealth withdrawn.
Nothing but gain.
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
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.
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.
