We all inhabit our lives, in different ways to some degree. We see ourselves a certain way, and based on how we see ourselves, that’s how we see the world.
KRISHNA DASIt’s within your world that things will unfold and intuitive understandings will open up.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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Just the slightest turn toward the inside is a very big thing.
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Bhakti yoga isn’t something you join, it’s love. It means falling in love.
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Unlimited inner strength can only be awakened when it is in the service of Love. When we align ourselves with that love and act in service of that love, anything is possible.
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When we start to talk about gurus, we’re talking about beings who actually know what this is all about. They know who we were, where we came from, and where we’re going. They are not imprisoned in a selfish or self-centered view of the universe.
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Don’t give up on your dreams. You can become the person you know you really are.
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Until you are fully enlightened, you can never know what another person’s reality is like for them.
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Real compassion is not emotional. Real compassion is based on the experience that all beings, which might appear separate, are actually a part of my own body, and I am a part of the body of the universe. We are not separate. So if one being hurts, I also hurt.
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When you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel.
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Can you imagine what it would be like to all of a sudden see another color that nobody else sees?
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Chanting is a way of getting in touch with yourself. It’s an opening of the heart and letting go of the mind and thoughts. It deepens the channel of grace, and it’s a way of being present in the moment.
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I chant to save my heart. Every time I sit down, that’s what I’m doing.
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Devotion is a way of being, it’s not something you do. It’s dedication to finding awareness and Love. Chanting is like asanas for the mind and the heart.
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Compassion is a college education. It’s a doctorate.
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Surrender happens by Grace. All we’re doing is cleaning up the room so when Surrender walks in, He can sit down.
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Love is what we are; we don’t get it from somebody, we can’t give it to anybody, we can’t fall in it or fall out of it. Love is our true Being.
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