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    On March 30, 2010 at 10:55 AM 
  
  
    
how do i achieve wellness and harmony?
  
  
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    11 Prospering
  
  
    
      
      The Statement of the first hexagram
    
    
      Prospering: the vile goes, 
the great comes. 
Fortune. Continue.
    
   
  
    The changing lines
    
        
    The second line:
    Encompass the wasteland by crossing the river 
without a boat, but do not advance so far 
that you abandon comrades to perish. 
Win honor by a middle course.  
     
   
 
    
  
  
 
  
   
  
    36 Smothered Light
  
  
    The Statement of the second hexagram
  
  
   Smothered light. 
Gain is difficult: persist.
  
   
 
     
    
        
    The Image of the first hexagram
  
  
    Heaven and earth combine: 
prospering. 
The empress uses wealth 
to fulfill the way 
of heaven and earth. 
She supports the order 
of heaven and earth for 
people on all sides.  
      
      
      
      
     
    
        
    The Image of the second hexagram
  
  
    Brilliance 
in the earth's core: 
smothered light. 
The noble one
governs the multitude 
by obscurity-
but with enlightenment.