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The only real protection will come from doing a spiritual practice over a prolonged period of time. Because it retrains us to see the world and ourselves in a different way.

Krishna Das

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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Channel Grace Heart Mindset Moments Present Thinking Touch
It’s inexplicable why somebody can lose a leg and it doesn’t effect them at all emotionally; and another person can lose a foot and be destroyed for the rest of their lives.
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Destroy Live Lose Person
Can you imagine what it would be like to all of a sudden see another color that nobody else sees?
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Color Imagination See
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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Disturb Happiness Holy Name Repeat
Devotion is a disease. And you catch it from those people who have it.
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Catch Devotion People
Ultimately when I am with you all, what I see is my Guru. And what is he? He is love.
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Love See Teacher Yourself
The heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.
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Deep Emotion Heart Issues
Bliss is easy, just take a drug. What is hard is feeling good about our real selves.
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Bliss Drugs Easy Feeling Hard Reality
I just try to keep my heart open. By this, I mean to try not to let my own programmed reaction to things keep me closed down for too long.
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Close Heart Myself Open Program Reaction Try
Grace removes obstacles that we don’t even know are there. Grace is what arranges our lives so we are forced to look within.
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Force Grace Live Obstacle Ourselves Remove
The presence of real love in the world inspires me.
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Inspirational Love Presence Reality
I chant to save my miserable ass. That’s what I do.
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Chant Misery Myself Save
Until you are fully enlightened, you can never know what another person’s reality is like for them.
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Known Light Reality Yourself
Don’t wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.
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Teacher Wait Yourself
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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Body Compassion Experience Hurt Oneself Reality Separate
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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Dedication Devotion Finding Heart Mindset Way

The only real protection will come from doing a spiritual practice over a prolonged period of time. Because it retrains us to see the world and ourselves in a different way.

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