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On November 29, 2010 at 10:54 PM  Don Killuminati asked:

Zhouyi, what is the essence of living well? An inquiring mind would like to know. Thank you.?

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

47 Distress

The Statement of the first hexagram

Distress. Continue.
For a pure and great person: fortune.
No fault. What is said is not trusted.

The changing lines

The third line:
Distressed by rock, seized in thistles.
Entering into his palace, not seeing his wife.
Misfortune.
yin
yang
yang
yang
yang
yin
 

28 Great Excess

The Statement of the second hexagram

The ridgepole sags.

Gain by having a place to go.

Continue.
 
 

The Image of the first hexagram

A lake without water:
distress. The noble one
devotes her life
to fulfill her will.
 
 

The Image of the second hexagram

The lake overwhelms
the trees: great excess.
The noble one stands alone
without fear,
and can withdraw
from the world
without sorrow.