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Enlightenment is the realization of the oneness of being, where otherness disappears.
Sharon Gannon
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Sharon Gannon
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: July 4
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In fact, drinking milk and eating dairy products can rob your body of calcium and contribute to osteoporosis. If you eat dark green leafy vegetables like kale, collards, and mustard greens, you can get enough calcium from a vegan diet.
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Farm animals, like dairy cows - who by nature are vegans - are routinely force-fed fish to increase their weight and milk production.
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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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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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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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The most important thing to remember in life is to be kind.
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One's knowledge of karma should not be used to judge others. You should ask yourself: Do I like where I am going, or do I want to change my direction?
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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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Om Schooled is the perfect manual for anyone who wants to start teaching yoga to kids. This is not just a theoretical bookâit is a step-by-step manual. Sarah Herrington shares the wisdom she has gained from her day-to-day experiences, for many years, teaching all ages of children yoga in the New York School system.
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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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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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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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It is true that veganism is a serious issue, but there should be fun involved. Why do anything if it doesn't bring some joy at the end of the day?
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Human overconsumption is a greater problem than human population growth, and meat eating is a big part of that problem.
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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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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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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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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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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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To be alive is to be breathing.
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