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Because of our unenlightenment, we do not know that what we do to others we ultimately do to ourselves.

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Sharon Gannon
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: July 4
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Create the kind of world you want to live in by how you treat others now.
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Cows that are fed organic food are still kept as slaves on farms, regardless of whether it is a large corporate factory farm or a small family farm. Besides, every dairy cow, no matter what she has been fed, has her babies stolen from her shortly after birth and she will inevitably end up in the slaughterhouse.
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We create the world we live in. If we want to change what we don't like in the world, we must start by changing what we don't like about ourselves.
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You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state.
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To find out how much protein you need, take your weight and divide it by three. Rest assured, a whole foods, varied plant-based diet will give you all the protein you need.
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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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Through the practice of yoga, you come to feel confident and develop a feeling of wholeness and completeness you are not likely to feel deprived or 'less than.' People steal because they feel deprived. They try to make up for their deficits by depriving others.
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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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Fishing is not a benign activity it is hunting in the water.
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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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What we see in the world around us is just a reflection of what is inside of us.
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Whatever you want to have happen to you make it happen for others now and eventually but inevitably you will reap the seeds you have sown.
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The practices of Yoga will help you maintain equanimity in all situations by teaching you to become transparent, able to allow both joy and sorrow to flow through you without destroying your peace of mind.
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I don't miss another opportunity to try to do my best to finish the things I have left undone. I could say: It's my unresolved karma that wakes me up in the morning.
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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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To be political actually means to care about your community.
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I'm totally into veganism and animal rights, but I'm not into being an angry and judgmental activist.
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Choosing to be kind rather than to be cruel benefits everyone.
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