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    On November 27, 2010 at  6:28 PM 
      Don Killuminati asked:   
  
  
    
Zhouyi, this is don Killuminati and my question to you, is: "Why am I so down and out and how can I get better? An enquiring mind would like to know. Thank you, don Killuminati.?
  
  
    and received a response of:
  
  
    
  
  
 
  
   
  
    36 Smothered Light
  
  
    
      
      The Statement of the first hexagram
    
    
      Smothered light. 
Gain is difficult: persist.
    
   
  
    The changing lines
    
        
    The first line:
    Smothered light in flight, hanging wings. 
The wise one travels and has no food 
for three days, but finds the destination: 
the host responds.  
     
   
 
    
  
  
 
  
   
  
    15 Humility
  
  
    The Statement of the second hexagram
  
  
   Humility imbues. 
The noble one gets completion.
  
   
 
     
    
        
    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
  
  
    Mountains in the middle 
of the earth: humility. 
The wise person
takes from the ample 
to add to the meager,
weighing and balancing 
fairly.