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On January 16, 2011 at 7:07 PM 

why is it i found him more attractive like that?

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

36 Smothered Light

The Statement of the first hexagram

Smothered light.

Gain is difficult: persist.

The changing lines

The fourth line:
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.
yang
yin
yang
yang
yin
yang
 

30 Brilliance

The Statement of the second hexagram

Brilliance. Gainful purity.
Continue.
Tame the bull: fortune.
 
 

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

Brightness doubled:
brilliance. The great person
spreads his brilliance
to illuminate
all four directions.