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By choosing to be kind instead of cruel, we can break the karmic chain of reacting to violence with more violence, contributing to a more peaceful future for everyone.
Sharon Gannon
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Sharon Gannon
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: July 4
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The enemy of the spirit is the selfish ego, which thinks that happiness can be gained through causing unhappiness and disharmony to others. In many ancient languages, the word for enemy means one who falls out of rhythm one who is not working in harmony with the larger group.
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Create the kind of world you want to live in by how you treat others now.
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Eating a vegetarian diet can contribute more to saving ourselves and the planet than any other single effort.
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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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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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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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By working to alleviate the suffering of animals you are working at the cause level of human suffering.
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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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I'm totally into veganism and animal rights, but I'm not into being an angry and judgmental activist.
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Fishing is not a benign activity it is hunting in the water.
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To be political actually means to care about your community.
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Is it really that much better to make friends with animals before you kill them than to treat them as nameless, faceless objects before you kill them? From a yogic point of view, one must weigh the karmic consequences of perceiving others as mere objects to be used and the consequences of profiting from the suffering of others.
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