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On January 8, 2011 at 6:19 PM
what effect has my ignoring him had?
and received a response of:
36 Smothered Light
The Statement of the first hexagram
Smothered light.
Gain is difficult: persist.
The changing lines
The second line:
Smothered light: injury in the left thigh.
Exert horselike strength to rescue.
Fortunate.
The third line:
Smothered light on a southern expedition.
Their great chief is captured.
One cannot be hasty to establish rule.
19 Arrival
The Statement of the second hexagram
The arrival of the maker: everywhere,
giving and pure.
When the eighth moon comes,
there will be misfortune.
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.
The Image of the second hexagram
Earth by the lake: arrival.
The noble one
is inexhaustible
in teaching,
and boundlessly protects
the people.