You can never really know what a guru is as long as you are imprisoned by your own thoughts and circular ego.
KRISHNA DASUnlimited 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.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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On the Path, it’s impossible to know how you are doing because it’s the judger who is disappearing.
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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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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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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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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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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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The Presence is our own presence. We are not getting anything from the outside. We already have all we need inside.
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Chanting 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.
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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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I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
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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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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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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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Bliss is easy, just take a drug. What is hard is feeling good about our real selves.
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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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