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I didn't know what I was looking for, but I knew whatever it was that I was looking for was real.

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This is what I do to keep my head screwed on semi-straight and keep my heart open. Whenever I sing, that's why I sing. Whether it's at the Grammys, whether it's in the bathroom, whether it's in front of 10,000 people or three people, by my guru's grace, my head stays in that place.
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Compassion is a college education. It's a doctorate.
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Let's just chant and be good people, alright?
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As we do practice something unexpected starts to happen-we get happy!
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If you stub your toe, you don't need to dialog yourself to be good to your foot, do you? When you see things that clearly, there's no dialogue or emotional manipulation that you need to do to extend compassion to that being, because that being is a part of you, and if that being hurts, you hurt.
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When you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel.
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