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    On November  7, 2010 at  7:51 PM 
      Don Killuminati asked:   
  
  
    
Zhouyi, this is Don Killuminati and my question to you, is: "Since, it is a deep, absolute, abiding, intrinsic, inner truth; that I love money and women nearly more than life itself. Do you, Zhouyi, consider this to be good or bad? An enquiring mind would like to know. Thank you.
Sincerly, Don K.?
  
  
    and received a response of:
  
  
    
  
  
 
  
   
  
    17 Following
  
  
    
      
      The Statement of the first hexagram
    
    
      Following
what is great, smooth, 
gainful, and pure. 
No fault.
    
   
  
    The changing lines
    
        
    The first line:
    The standards of excellence are altered. 
Pure fortune. Go out of the gate 
to meet others and there will be merit.  
     
   
 
    
  
  
 
  
   
  
    45 Collecting
  
  
    The Statement of the second hexagram
  
  
   The king draws near to the temple:
gain by seeing a great person. 
Make an offering with purity, 
using great sacrificial beasts. Fortune. 
Gain by having a place to go.
  
   
 
     
    
        
    The Image of the first hexagram
  
  
    Thunder over the middle 
of the lake: following. 
The noble one at sunset 
goes into a house to rest.  
      
      
      
      
     
    
        
    The Image of the second hexagram
  
  
    Lake above the earth. 
Collecting. The noble one 
collects the tools of war 
to guard against 
unforeseen danger.