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What you eat should not just be good for you but it should contribute to your happiness it should make you a happier person.

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Sharon Gannon
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: July 4
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I've gotten it down to one hour. If dinner takes me longer than an hour to prepare, then it is too complicated. So it has to be simple.
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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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Live with the anticipation that something incredible might happen at any time.
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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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One of the definitions for mad is wild I'm certainly all for wild as opposed to domesticated.
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Everything we do should contribute to happiness.
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When we have a choice it is always best to choose kindness. Veganism is simply the kinder choice.
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Eating vegetables, fruits and grains rarely causes total destruction of the plant or tree on which the food grew after harvesting, seeds remain to be replanted the next season. But this certainly does not happen when an animal is slaughtered - death is final that animal will not reproduce again!
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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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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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Life begins with an inhale and ends with an exhale. ln between that inhale and that exhale is our life.
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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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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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We are the only animals who steal and drink the milk from other species.
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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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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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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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Today's fishing industry supplies land farms with fish as well. Over fifty percent of the fish caught is fed to livestock on factory farms and regular farms. It is an ingredient in the enriched feed meal fed to livestock.
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