When our desires are fulfilled, and we still feel unhappy – this is the moment we begin the process of letting go.
KRISHNA DASIt’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.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
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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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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 Presence is our own presence. We are not getting anything from the outside. We already have all we need inside.
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You can’t think yourself out of a box that’s made of your thoughts.
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Bliss is easy, just take a drug. What is hard is feeling good about our real selves.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Just the slightest turn toward the inside is a very big thing.
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When you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel.
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