You can’t manipulate a heart open. You can only allow it to open in the right circumstances.
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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Can you imagine what it would be like to all of a sudden see another color that nobody else sees?
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Let’s just chant and be good people, alright?
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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.
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The repetition of the holy names reveals a presence hidden within the heart. Something begins to happen that’s very disturbing – we get happy.
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Chanting just hits you and you want to be a part of it. That’s the point of this whole thing. That’s what cuts through all the ‘stuff’. You get lit up. You don’t have to know what it means.
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Ultimately when I am with you all, what I see is my Guru. And what is he? He is love.
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When our desires are fulfilled, and we still feel unhappy – this is the moment we begin the process of letting go.
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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 knew that if I did not start chanting with people, that I would never be able to clean out the dark corners of my own heart. I knew it with every cell in my body and mind.
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I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
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The presence of real love in the world inspires me.
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The heart is like a mirror. When we dust it off, we are able to see ourselves. The dust is all our stuff – guilt, anger – this stuff is reflected back to us. Practice removes the dust from the mirror of our hearts.
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It’s within your world that things will unfold and intuitive understandings will open up.
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All we can know is our own subjective version of reality. That’s the way we go through our lives. Everybody.
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