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.
KRISHNA DASThe 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.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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Let’s just chant and be good people, alright?
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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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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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Can you imagine what it would be like to all of a sudden see another color that nobody else sees?
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One of your biggest lessons so far in life has been to learn to forgive myself over and over again and not to be so harsh with myself.
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When you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel.
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It’s within your world that things will unfold and intuitive understandings will open up.
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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 mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
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I chant to save my miserable ass. That’s what I do.
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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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To love somebody is to let them be who they are and do what they have to do.
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You can’t think yourself out of a box that’s made of your thoughts.
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Bhakti yoga isn’t something you join, it’s love. It means falling in love.
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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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