We instantly believe everything we think. Isn’t that insane? It’s good for us to explore the depravity of our minds, so we know we are just as crazy as everyone else!
KRISHNA DASBliss is easy, just take a drug. What is hard is feeling good about our real selves.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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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.
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I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
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On the Path, it’s impossible to know how you are doing because it’s the judger who is disappearing.
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This is what I do to keep my head screwed on semi-straight and keep my heart open. Whenever I sing, that’s why I sing. Whether it’s at the Grammys, whether it’s in the bathroom, whether it’s in front of 10,000 people or three people, by my guru’s grace, my head stays in that place.
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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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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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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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Let’s just chant and be good people, alright?
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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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I didn’t know what I was looking for, but I knew whatever it was that I was looking for was real.
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When you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel.
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The presence of real love in the world inspires me.
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The heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.
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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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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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