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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.

Krishna Das

The presence of real love in the world inspires me.
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Inspirational Love Presence Reality
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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Disturb Happiness Holy Name Repeat
Just the slightest turn toward the inside is a very big thing.
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Big Emotion Feeling
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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Head Heart Open People Place Sing
On the Path, it’s impossible to know how you are doing because it’s the judger who is disappearing.
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Dissappear Impossible Judgement Path
It takes two to tango! I need everybody to sing with me.
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Myself Need Sing
You can’t manipulate a heart open. You can only allow it to open in the right circumstances.
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Circumstance Heart Manipulate Open Right
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.
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Different Practice Protection Reality Way
We are just here, right? We are just people doing our thing. And the most important aspect of anything we do is our motivation, why we do it.
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Aspect Important Motivational People
The heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.
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Deep Emotion Heart Issues
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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Different Live Ourselves See World
Bhakti yoga isn’t something you join, it’s love. It means falling in love.
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Religious Yoga Yourself
You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.
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Thinking Way Yourself
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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Believe Exploration Instant Mindset Ourselves Thinking
The ultimate act of power is surrender.
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Act Power Surrender Ultimate
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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Ego Known Prison Teacher Thinking

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