52. Abiding · 艮 九三

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In practice

The stillness you need now can't be forced. It has to come from a calm heart and unhurried breathing.

The poetry

Still the waist; the flesh along the spine is torn. Danger: the heart is smothered.

九三:艮其限,列其夤,厲薰心。

象曰:艮其限,危薰心也。

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23 The Fall
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