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.
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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There is love in this world, and it lives within us as who we really are, not who we think we are.
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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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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!
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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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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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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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Until you are fully enlightened, you can never know what another person’s reality is like for them.
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It takes two to tango! I need everybody to sing with me.
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You can never really know what a guru is as long as you are imprisoned by your own thoughts and circular ego.
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To love somebody is to let them be who they are and do what they have to do.
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The heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.
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You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.
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You can’t think yourself out of a box that’s made of your thoughts.
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There is an eighth color that we don’t have the sense apparatus to see or experience.
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