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.
KRISHNA DASCompassion is a college education. It’s a doctorate.
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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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The heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ultimately when I am with you all, what I see is my Guru. And what is he? He is love.
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If I had been born in Germany with family of Nazis and if I had been raised with those beliefs, there was very little chance that I wouldn’t be exactly like all those guards and all those people who tortured everybody.
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It takes two to tango! I need everybody to sing with me.
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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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It’s within your world that things will unfold and intuitive understandings will open up.
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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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