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 DASThe heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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All we can know is our own subjective version of reality. That’s the way we go through our lives. Everybody.
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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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We are not separate. So if one being hurts, I also hurt.
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I chant to save my miserable ass. That’s what I do.
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I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
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The ultimate act of power is surrender.
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Bhakti yoga isn’t something you join, it’s love. It means falling in love.
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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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Can you imagine what it would be like to all of a sudden see another color that nobody else sees?
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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 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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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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Don’t give up on your dreams. You can become the person you know you really are.
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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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The 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.
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