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On May 17, 2010 at 1:12 PM
lonestranger asked:
What am I to do in this life?
and received a response of:
62 Small Crossing
The Statement of the first hexagram
Small crossing. Continue for gainful purity.
Small matters can be done,
but not large matters.
Flying birds leave their sound:
it is unsuitable to go high-
the suitable is below.
Great fortune.
Small matters can be done,
but not large matters.
Flying birds leave their sound:
it is unsuitable to go high-
the suitable is below.
Great fortune.
The changing lines
The fourth line:
No fault. Do not cross to meet them.
Going is dangerous. Absolutely refrain.
Do not act: be everlasting and firm.
No fault. Do not cross to meet them.
Going is dangerous. Absolutely refrain.
Do not act: be everlasting and firm.
The sixth line:
Not meeting is excessive.
Flying birds separate: misfortune.
This is called calamity and blundering.
Not meeting is excessive.
Flying birds separate: misfortune.
This is called calamity and blundering.
52 Stilling
The Statement of the second hexagram
One stills one's back
and does not move one's body.
There is movement in one's courtyard,
but one does not see one's people.
No fault.
and does not move one's body.
There is movement in one's courtyard,
but one does not see one's people.
No fault.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder above the
mountain: small crossing.
The noble one acts with
more than enough
reverence, destroys
excessive grief, and uses
more than enough
economy.
mountain: small crossing.
The noble one acts with
more than enough
reverence, destroys
excessive grief, and uses
more than enough
economy.
The Image of the second hexagram
Doubled mountains:
stillness.
The noble one
does not consider matters
beyond his position.
stillness.
The noble one
does not consider matters
beyond his position.
