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    On July 21, 2024 at 11:41 PM 
  
  
    
How to gain back my independence?
  
  
    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 sixth line:
    Adhering and binding 
to make following hold fast. 
The king makes offering 
on West Mountain.  
     
   
 
    
  
  
 
  
   
  
    25 Innocence
  
  
    The Statement of the second hexagram
  
  
   Innocence: from the first, all must be 
pervasive, gainful, and pure. 
Those without such truth suffer calamity 
and do not gain no matter where they 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
  
  
    Thunder moves 
under heaven: all the world 
is innocent. The ancient 
kings paid close attention 
to the time
in nourishing 
the myriad things.