'We're Witnessing A System Failure': Lady Gaga and Dalai Lama Speak at Indy Conference

Lady Gaga joined His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet to address the nation's mayors at The U.S. Conference of Mayors 84th Annual Meeting in Indianapolis on Sunday. During the onstage conversation, moderated by journalist Ann Curry, they spoke about the importance of compassion and ways to make the world a kinder place.

"The really fantastic thing about kindness is that it's free," Gaga said. "It's the best resource that we have because you can give and receive kindness and the well of it inside of you will never dry up. And it can’t hurt you or anyone else. It's the thing that brings us all together.

She continued: "I feel the most important the reason to focus on kindness with what we're experiencing in the world is to consider the United States as a human body, and the brain is the government. And all the organs south of the neck: this is the people. These different organs in our body, these are the different factions, the things that separate us as people.

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"What we're experiencing right now is that the mind of the United States and the body are not talking. There’s no connection. In science, what it tells us is that this connection between the brain and the rest of the body, when it erodes, you have system failure. Brain damage. This is what we're witnessing. Because the mind of the United States and the body of the United States are not connected we have disharmony. And kindness is the cheapest way to cure that, and it has a priceless aftermath."

Watch the conversation below (starts at 01:00:15)...