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On January 10, 2011 at 5:16 PM
what about my life now what changes would be beneficial for me?
and received a response of:
12 Clogging
The Statement of the first hexagram
Clogging by wicked people.
Nothing to be gained,
even from a steadfast prince.
The great goes, the vile comes.
Nothing to be gained,
even from a steadfast prince.
The great goes, the vile comes.
The changing lines
The first line:
Pulling couch grass
uproots more with it by entwined roots.
Snatch it: fortune. Continue.
Pulling couch grass
uproots more with it by entwined roots.
Snatch it: fortune. Continue.
The second line:
Wrapped in flattery, the vile prosper.
Great people are clogged. Continue.
Wrapped in flattery, the vile prosper.
Great people are clogged. Continue.
The third line:
Wrapped in shame.
Wrapped in shame.
1 Heaven
The Statement of the second hexagram
Heaven: maker, pervasive,
bountiful, and pure.
bountiful, and pure.
The Image of the first hexagram
Heaven and earth
separate: clogging.
The noble one acts
with self-restraint
in the face
of punishing hardship,
and avoids glory or riches.
separate: clogging.
The noble one acts
with self-restraint
in the face
of punishing hardship,
and avoids glory or riches.
The Image of the second hexagram
Heaven moves with power:
the noble one never stops
strengthening himself.
the noble one never stops
strengthening himself.
