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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
Writer
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Fishing is taking a huge toll on the planet's ecosystem. We are emptying the oceans, seas, lakes, and rivers as we fish them dry.
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One of the definitions for mad is wild I'm certainly all for wild as opposed to domesticated.
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We are the only animals who steal and drink the milk from other species.
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To be an environmentalist is to care about the environment and care about life on planet Earth.
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Worry is a prayer for something you don't want.
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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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See the other person's potential for kindness and bolster your own expression of kindness. If you see them in a negative way, the power of your perception will only help to keep them that way as you polarize yourself from them, assuming a superior role, seeing yourself as the good guy and them as the bad guy.
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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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If you practice Yoga for small, selfish reasons, you will remain the same, bound by your beliefs about what you can and cannot do. Let go and offer your effort to limitless potential. Dedicate yourself to the happiness of all beings.
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It is true that every being is enjoying life or suffering as a direct result of his or her own past actions. The animals in the factory farms may have been meat-eating human beings in a previous birth we don't know, and it is not our place to judge.
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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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To be alive is to be breathing.
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Live with the anticipation that something incredible might happen at any time.
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To live and breathe with an exclusive focus on one's small self, disconnected from the whole, is the definition of egotism.
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To cultivate compassion, try to remember that others are doing the best they can, just like you, and that when someone does something abusive, they are getting something that they feel is positive from the experience.
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Everything we do should contribute to happiness.
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To be political actually means to care about your community.
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Remember that everyone you see and every situation you find yourself in has come from inside of you you have created your reality by how you have treated others in your past.
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Enlightenment is the realization of the oneness of being, where otherness disappears.
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