It’s within your world that things will unfold and intuitive understandings will open up.
KRISHNA DASOne 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.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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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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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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Love is what we are; we don’t get it from somebody, we can’t give it to anybody, we can’t fall in it or fall out of it. Love is our true Being.
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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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Can you imagine what it would be like to all of a sudden see another color that nobody else sees?
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You can’t think yourself out of a box that’s made of your thoughts.
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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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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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As we do practice something unexpected starts to happen-we get happy!
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Ultimately when I am with you all, what I see is my Guru. And what is he? He is love.
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The presence of real love in the world inspires me.
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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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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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