I chant to save my heart. Every time I sit down, that’s what I’m doing.
KRISHNA DASGrace removes obstacles that we don’t even know are there. Grace is what arranges our lives so we are forced to look within.
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The ultimate act of power is surrender.
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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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Don’t give up on your dreams. You can become the person you know you really are.
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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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Bhakti yoga isn’t something you join, it’s love. It means falling in love.
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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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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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Chanting is a way of getting in touch with yourself. It’s an opening of the heart and letting go of the mind and thoughts. It deepens the channel of grace, and it’s a way of being present in the moment.
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Grace removes obstacles that we don’t even know are there. Grace is what arranges our lives so we are forced to look within.
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Just the slightest turn toward the inside is a very big thing.
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The heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.
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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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Until you are fully enlightened, you can never know what another person’s reality is like for them.
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We are not separate. So if one being hurts, I also hurt.
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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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