Devotion is a disease. And you catch it from those people who have it.
KRISHNA DASWhen our desires are fulfilled, and we still feel unhappy – this is the moment we begin the process of letting go.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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Don’t wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.
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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 never really know what a guru is as long as you are imprisoned by your own thoughts and circular ego.
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The presence of real love in the world inspires me.
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Chanting is the main thing in my life.
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When you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel.
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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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You can’t think yourself out of a box that’s made of your thoughts.
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You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.
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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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Devotion is a way of being, it’s not something you do. It’s dedication to finding awareness and Love. Chanting is like asanas for the mind and the heart.
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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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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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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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