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What we see in the world around us is just a reflection of what is inside of us.

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Sharon Gannon
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: July 4
Musician
Teacher
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Don't wait for a better world. Start now to create a world of harmony and peace. It is up to you, and it always has been. You may even find the solution at the end of your fork.
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Lions and other carnivorous animals do eat meat, but that doesn't mean we should. They would die if they didn't eat meat. Human beings, in contrast, choose to eat meat it isn't a physiological necessity.
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You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state.
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By working to alleviate the suffering of animals you are working at the cause level of human suffering.
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The fact is that eating meat and dairy is bad for your health, the health of the animals eaten, as well as the health of the planet.
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Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment or for any exploitative purpose.
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If we ourselves want to be free and happy then by enslaving and harming animals we will not be able to achieve our goal.
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Choosing to be kind rather than to be cruel benefits everyone.
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Don't try to do this by yourself: to become a good yogi you need a teacher. Find a teacher you can bow to, who can teach you how to be kind - how to serve others - because the key to enlightenment lies in that. Be humble, work hard, study and practice. Chant the Name of God, do japa and meditate, every day.
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Farm animals, like dairy cows - who by nature are vegans - are routinely force-fed fish to increase their weight and milk production.
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We are the only animals who steal and drink the milk from other species.
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Create the kind of world you want to live in by how you treat others now.
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In fact, studies show that vegans tend to get more iron than meat eaters. Vitamin C from fruits and vegetables increases iron absorption. Meanwhile, dairy products reduce iron absorption significantly.
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Om Schooled is the perfect manual for anyone who wants to start teaching yoga to kids. This is not just a theoretical book—it is a step-by-step manual. Sarah Herrington shares the wisdom she has gained from her day-to-day experiences, for many years, teaching all ages of children yoga in the New York School system.
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One's knowledge of karma should not be used to judge others. You should ask yourself: Do I like where I am going, or do I want to change my direction?
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Be confident in yourself, in your abilities, and in your goals. Then go for it.
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We must stop viewing ourselves as separate and disconnected from the rest of life, as if we are a special case and the laws of nature or karma do not apply to us.
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To be alive is to be breathing.
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Milk is for babies. Human beings are the only species that drinks milk into adulthood and besides that we prefer to drink the milk of another species (enslaved cows and goats), and we have come to consider it normal when, it is actually a pretty perverse form of sexual abuse!
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It may take sixteen pounds of grain to make one pound of beef, but it also takes one hundred pounds of fish to make that one-pound of beef!
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