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.
KRISHNA DASChanting 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.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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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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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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You can’t manipulate a heart open. You can only allow it to open in the right circumstances.
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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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When you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel.
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Practice is not about how you feel while you are doing it. You are planting seeds.
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I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
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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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When we start to talk about gurus, we’re talking about beings who actually know what this is all about. They know who we were, where we came from, and where we’re going. They are not imprisoned in a selfish or self-centered view of the universe.
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We are not separate. So if one being hurts, I also hurt.
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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 our desires are fulfilled, and we still feel unhappy – this is the moment we begin the process of letting go.
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You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.
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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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Compassion is a college education. It’s a doctorate.
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