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 DASWhen you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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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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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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Devotion is a disease. And you catch it from those people who have it.
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If I had been born in Germany with family of Nazis and if I had been raised with those beliefs, there was very little chance that I wouldn’t be exactly like all those guards and all those people who tortured everybody.
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The heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.
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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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Even if somebody tells us something, the hit, the light goes on inside of us, not out there. We learn and understand everything within ourselves.
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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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You can’t manipulate a heart open. You can only allow it to open in the right circumstances.
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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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I knew that if I did not start chanting with people, that I would never be able to clean out the dark corners of my own heart. I knew it with every cell in my body and mind.
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It takes two to tango! I need everybody to sing with me.
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When our desires are fulfilled, and we still feel unhappy – this is the moment we begin the process of letting go.
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As we do practice something unexpected starts to happen-we get happy!
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When you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel.
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Don’t wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.
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I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
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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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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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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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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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You can’t think yourself out of a box that’s made of your thoughts.
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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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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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Ultimately when I am with you all, what I see is my Guru. And what is he? He is love.
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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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