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so, in response to understanding given by Foxx and others, I asked the I Ching:
what food might help with constipation?
Any help with understanding this response would be much appreciated. At the moment on Laxido, a stool softener, the quality of poo is rather diarrhea-ish. But I fear when I stop taking Laxido, I won't, again, be able to go at all!
and here is the response:
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Hexagram 36, Brightness Hidden
Key Questions
When no one is looking, who are you?
How do you safeguard that light?
Oracle
'Brightness hidden.
Constancy in hardship bears fruit.'
In the last days of the Shang dynasty as it fell into corruption, Prince Ji was one of the very few virtuous men remaining at court. Remonstrating with the ruler would invite brutal retributions; to flee would be a shameful desertion.
The story goes that once, the king and his entourage were so drunk they literally didn't know what day it was. Messengers were sent to ask Ji. Rather than reveal himself as the only one who knew, he feigned drunkenness and madness. In this way he was able to survive through the last days of Shang without compromising his principles by cooperating with the regime.
'Brightness Hidden' also means 'Brightness Wounded'. Since others do not share your standards or insight, it would be dangerous to let the light of your character shine out freely. Perhaps you have been injured; perhaps you fear injury. Yet you cannot, or will not, leave the situation in search of a stronger position. Instead, you stay true to the light and keep it burning in these hard times by hiding it away.
Image
'Brightness enters the earth's centre: Brightness Hidden.
A noble one, overseeing the crowds, uses darkness and light.'
Sequence
Brightness Hidden follows from Hexagram 35, Advancing.
'Advancing necessarily has occasion for injury, and so Brightness Hidden follows; Brightness Hidden means injury.'
Changing Lines
Line 1
'Brightness hidden, flying away,
His wings hanging down.
The noble one is on the move,
For three days, eats nothing,
Has a direction to go.
Those in authority have something to say.'
Line 6
'Not bright, dark.
At first rises up to heaven,
Later enters into the earth.'
Hexagram 52, Stilling
Key Questions
What if there were nothing you had to do now?
What if there were nowhere else you had to be?
Where is your inner point of balance?
Oracle
'Stilling your back,
Not grasping your self.
Moving in your rooms,
Not seeing your people.
Not a mistake.'
To still yourself is to come to rest in your own right place. It's not the opposite of motion, but of being pushed into motion by outside influences. Whether you move or stop is determined inwardly, by your sense of the nature of the time.
Attaining this kind of stillness means firmly, even stubbornly, resisting the forces that would disrupt your equilibrium. Hold yourself still, as if in meditation. Don't seek to 'grasp your self ' by hunting down your every thought; you can no more make them stop by force of will than you can make your back still by holding it with your hands. Instead of twisting and spinning in circles trying to grasp your self, keep still.
In the same way, you can move freely in your rooms (or the chambers of your mind, which can be just as crowded) and simply not see the other people there, because you hold yourself still and do not resonate with them. Even if you feel as if you 'ought' to be constantly sensitive to their presence and needs, in a time of Stilling it is no mistake to exclude all these things, and be quiet within yourself.
Image
'Joined mountains: Stilling.
A noble one reflects, and does not come forth from his situation.'
Sequence
Stilling follows from Hexagram 51, Shock:
'Things cannot end with stirring up; stop them. And so Stilling follows, which means stopping.'
what food might help with constipation?
Any help with understanding this response would be much appreciated. At the moment on Laxido, a stool softener, the quality of poo is rather diarrhea-ish. But I fear when I stop taking Laxido, I won't, again, be able to go at all!
and here is the response:
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Key Questions
When no one is looking, who are you?
How do you safeguard that light?
Oracle
'Brightness hidden.
Constancy in hardship bears fruit.'
In the last days of the Shang dynasty as it fell into corruption, Prince Ji was one of the very few virtuous men remaining at court. Remonstrating with the ruler would invite brutal retributions; to flee would be a shameful desertion.
The story goes that once, the king and his entourage were so drunk they literally didn't know what day it was. Messengers were sent to ask Ji. Rather than reveal himself as the only one who knew, he feigned drunkenness and madness. In this way he was able to survive through the last days of Shang without compromising his principles by cooperating with the regime.
'Brightness Hidden' also means 'Brightness Wounded'. Since others do not share your standards or insight, it would be dangerous to let the light of your character shine out freely. Perhaps you have been injured; perhaps you fear injury. Yet you cannot, or will not, leave the situation in search of a stronger position. Instead, you stay true to the light and keep it burning in these hard times by hiding it away.
Image
'Brightness enters the earth's centre: Brightness Hidden.
A noble one, overseeing the crowds, uses darkness and light.'
Sequence
Brightness Hidden follows from Hexagram 35, Advancing.
'Advancing necessarily has occasion for injury, and so Brightness Hidden follows; Brightness Hidden means injury.'
Changing Lines
Line 1
'Brightness hidden, flying away,
His wings hanging down.
The noble one is on the move,
For three days, eats nothing,
Has a direction to go.
Those in authority have something to say.'
Line 6
'Not bright, dark.
At first rises up to heaven,
Later enters into the earth.'
Hexagram 52, Stilling
Key Questions
What if there were nothing you had to do now?
What if there were nowhere else you had to be?
Where is your inner point of balance?
Oracle
'Stilling your back,
Not grasping your self.
Moving in your rooms,
Not seeing your people.
Not a mistake.'
To still yourself is to come to rest in your own right place. It's not the opposite of motion, but of being pushed into motion by outside influences. Whether you move or stop is determined inwardly, by your sense of the nature of the time.
Attaining this kind of stillness means firmly, even stubbornly, resisting the forces that would disrupt your equilibrium. Hold yourself still, as if in meditation. Don't seek to 'grasp your self ' by hunting down your every thought; you can no more make them stop by force of will than you can make your back still by holding it with your hands. Instead of twisting and spinning in circles trying to grasp your self, keep still.
In the same way, you can move freely in your rooms (or the chambers of your mind, which can be just as crowded) and simply not see the other people there, because you hold yourself still and do not resonate with them. Even if you feel as if you 'ought' to be constantly sensitive to their presence and needs, in a time of Stilling it is no mistake to exclude all these things, and be quiet within yourself.
Image
'Joined mountains: Stilling.
A noble one reflects, and does not come forth from his situation.'
Sequence
Stilling follows from Hexagram 51, Shock:
'Things cannot end with stirring up; stop them. And so Stilling follows, which means stopping.'