Three things to never leave home without: your keys, birdseed for the birds, and your mala beads to chant through difficulties.

What could be more physical than what you eat, where you live, and who you live with? These are all very physical issues.

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

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.

What we do to others will come back to us. You can't expect to be happy by causing unhappiness to others.

If you were a fish, and you were to touch a doorknob, you would be able to feel the presence of every person who had touched that doorknob during the course of a day.

Human overconsumption is a greater problem than human population growth, and meat eating is a big part of that problem.