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Once you're more aware of people's needs, you can create action plans for others to follow. That way, you're responsible for your own well-being, too.
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Some Western biographies are apologist, and do not portray the negative side at all.
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Globalism began as a vision of a world with free trade, shared prosperity, and open borders. These are good, even noble things to aim for.
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To think is to practice brain chemistry.
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Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.
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We can actually accelerate the process through meditation, through the ability to find stillness through loving actions, through compassion and sharing, through understanding the nature of the creative process in the universe and having a sense of connection to it. So, that's conscious evolution.
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In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit.
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Laughter is Humanity's mechanism to escape suffering.
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The world in general has meaning, deep meaning at times. This cannot be dismissed as a delusion, an artifact of chemicals.
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There are very few good examples of effective, nurturing leadership that unlocks people's potential or even enthusiasm.
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Passivity is the same as defending injustice.
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You can free yourself from aging by reinterpreting your body and by grasping the link between belief and biology.
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We need to build websites with celebrity speakers who talk about the ideals of fairness, sharing, democratic cooperation, and altruism in public life.
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Religions take donations and don't pay taxes.
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My father was a doctor, an army cardiologist.
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What happens is consciousness operates in mysterious ways. One of those ways is that the old paradigm suddenly starts to die.
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Karma, memory, and desire are just the software of the soul. It's conditioning that the soul undergoes in order to create experience. And it's a cycle. In most people, the cycle is a conditioned response. They do the same things over and over again.
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Every spiritual tradition has this idea of death and resurrection. It's not unique to Christianity.
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If you and I are having a single thought of violence or hatred against anyone in the world at this moment, we are contributing to the wounding of the world.
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It takes a little bit of mindfulness and a little bit of attention to others to be a good listener, which helps cultivate emotional nurturing and engagement.
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I dislike the word 'self-help.' Self-awareness, yes, but not self-help.
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Once the fabric of a just society is undone, it takes generations to weave it back together.
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I have all the time in the world. I am in touch with the timeless. I am surrounded by infinity. When I think like that, it doesn't mean I'm going to miss my train, it just means that I'm not thinking about it right now because I'm speaking to you.
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In India, you're taught that there are certain qualities that make you a divine human being.