You can’t think yourself out of a box that’s made of your thoughts.
KRISHNA DASDevotion 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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Devotion is a disease. And you catch it from those people who have it.
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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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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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Until you are fully enlightened, you can never know what another person’s reality is like for them.
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Bhakti yoga isn’t something you join, it’s love. It means falling in love.
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Hanuman not only gives liberation, he also fulfills our beneficial desires.
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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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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 wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.
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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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As we do practice something unexpected starts to happen-we get happy!
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When you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel.
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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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Don’t give up on your dreams. You can become the person you know you really are.
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I chant to save my heart. Every time I sit down, that’s what I’m doing.
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