Hello everyone, I am from Canada. I asked about wether I should continue working on a technology startup that I have been working on since 2015. Its been rough 4 years so I am beginning to wonder if I should continue. I am not sure that I understand and would appreciate any insights the group may have. My reading below. should I continue working on EDA?Your reading resulted in the following hexagrams: changing to 47 45Hexagram 47, ConfinedKey QuestionsWhat if you could only rely on yourself?Who are you, when you are alone?Oracle'Confined, creating success.Constancy of a great person, good fortune.Not a mistake.There are words, not trusted.'The Chinese character for 'Confined' or 'oppressed' shows a tree completely encircled by walls: an image of entrapment and isolation. You are cut off, and cannot reach out to others. The great person finds good fortune in constancy to an inner ideal. This is the supreme test of character: whether you can hold to your purpose when there is no encouragement, no confirmation from outside, but only your own inner resources. The lack of outward signs of progress does not mean that you are wrong, or that the world is wrong. Rather than resenting the walls, concentrate on the life and growth within them.Do not place too much value on words: they will not provide you with a way out neither conversation, nor argument, nor your own reasoning and theorizing. Words alone are only circulating ideas; they lack the real, personal connection that would make them trustworthy.Image'Lake without water: Confined.A noble one carries out the mandate, fulfils her aspiration.'SequenceBeing Confined follows from Hexagram 46, Pushing Upward:'Pushing upward and not reaching an end is naturally Confining.'PairConfined forms a pair with Hexagram 48, the Well:'The Well is wholly connected; Confined means meeting together.'Changing LinesLine 2'Confined while drinking and feasting,Scarlet sashes come from all directions.Fruitful to use thank-offerings and oblations.Setting out to bring order: pitfall, no mistake.'Hexagram 45, GatheringKey QuestionsWhat is asked of you?What are you investing in?Oracle'Gathering, creating success.The king enters his temple.Fruitful to see great people, creating success.Constancy bears fruit.Using great sacrificial animals: good fortune.Fruitful to have a direction to go.'The old character for 'Gathering' shows people gathered like grass, or perhaps gathered to bring in the harvest: they have a shared identity, and invest together for a purpose, looking for what will bear fruit. Sometimes this is an external gathering, sometimes an internal one collecting yourself and integrating your many roles and strengths, getting yourself together. Many people, roles, energies and issues are concentrated in this single focal point.The king enters his temple to connect his people with the ancestral spirits. This is a time to strengthen shared roots, and understand mundane daily activities as part of a larger story and identity that gives them meaning.With this connection made, it is time to see great people. Originally this might have meant consulting with diviners, to ensure your offerings were made in harmony with the time and the spirits. Seeing great people (whether in the flesh or with your inner vision) gives you longer- term guidance to align your efforts with your purpose. Then a steady persistence will bear fruit. And you are making great efforts and an act of faith investing the best you have in this gathering. You need those good, deep roots, and clear-sighted guidance, and you need to know where you are going with it all.Image'Lake higher than the earth: Gathering.A noble one sets aside weapons and tools, and warns against the unexpected.'SequenceGathering follows from Hexagram 44, Coupling:'They meet one another, then they assemble, and so Gathering follows. Gathering means assembling.'PairGathering forms a pair with Hexagram 46, Pushing Upward:'Gathering means assembling, Pushing Upward means not coming back.'
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