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Choosing to be kind rather than to be cruel benefits everyone.

Sharon Gannon

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Sharon Gannon
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: July 4
Musician
Teacher
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Choosing
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If we weren't so dirt-conscious, we would obtain adequate vitamin B12 from soil, air, water, and bacteria, but we meticulously wash and peel our vegetables now - and with good reason, as we can't be sure our soil is not contaminated with pesticides and herbicides.
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Be confident in yourself, in your abilities, and in your goals. Then go for it.
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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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Worry is a prayer for something you don't want.
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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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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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What we do to others will come back to 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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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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If you want to know if someone is a spiritual being ask yourself, Is he or she breathing? If the answer is yes, then you know that you are in the presence of a spiritual being.
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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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