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On August 18, 2023 at 9:21 AM
I will go to bed with faith and continue to stay focused. I will hope that she will come to me. If not her, then another?
and received a response of:
36 Smothered Light
The Statement of the first hexagram
Smothered light.
Gain is difficult: persist.
Gain is difficult: persist.
The changing lines
The second line:
Smothered light: injury in the left thigh.
Exert horselike strength to rescue.
Fortunate.
Smothered light: injury in the left thigh.
Exert horselike strength to rescue.
Fortunate.
The fourth line:
Enter at the left front, capturing
the heart of smothered light.
Going in and out of gates and halls.
Enter at the left front, capturing
the heart of smothered light.
Going in and out of gates and halls.
The sixth line:
Not a bright night.
First rise into the sky,
then plunge into the earth.
Not a bright night.
First rise into the sky,
then plunge into the earth.
14 Great Holdings
The Statement of the second hexagram
Great hold_ings:
supreme
every_where.
supreme
every_where.
The Image of the first hexagram
Brilliance
in the earth's core:
smothered light.
The noble one
governs the multitude
by obscurity-
but with enlightenment.
in the earth's core:
smothered light.
The noble one
governs the multitude
by obscurity-
but with enlightenment.
The Image of the second hexagram
Fire in heaven:
great holdings.
The noble one
curbs evil and fosters good,
and is favored
with heaven's blessings
and commands.
great holdings.
The noble one
curbs evil and fosters good,
and is favored
with heaven's blessings
and commands.
