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    On May 14, 2010 at 11:35 PM 
      Eliora asked:   
  
  
    
Every time I try to follow a vegan/vegetarian diet I fall off the wagon and am disgusted with myself.  What is the solution?
  
  
    and received a response of:
  
  
    
  
  
 
  
   
  
    36 Smothered Light
  
  
    
      
      The Statement of the first hexagram
    
    
      Smothered light. 
Gain is difficult: persist.
    
   
  
    The changing lines
    
      no changing lines
    
   
 
    
     
    
        
    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.