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We are not separate. So if one being hurts, I also hurt.

Krishna Das

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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Harsh Learning Lesson Myself
Can you imagine what it would be like to all of a sudden see another color that nobody else sees?
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Color Imagination See
Surrender happens by Grace. All we’re doing is cleaning up the room so when Surrender walks in, He can sit down.
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Cleaning Grace Himself Surrender Walk
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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Belief Born Family Myself People Torture
You can never really know what a guru is as long as you are imprisoned by your own thoughts and circular ego.
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Ego Known Prison Teacher Thinking
We are not separate. So if one being hurts, I also hurt.
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Human Hurt Myself Separate
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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Chant Known Point Yourself
You can’t think yourself out of a box that’s made of your thoughts.
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Box Thinking Yourself
Until you are fully enlightened, you can never know what another person’s reality is like for them.
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Known Light Reality Yourself
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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Need Presence Requirement
To love somebody is to let them be who they are and do what they have to do.
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Freedom Love
The heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.
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Deep Emotion Heart Issues
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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Disturb Happiness Holy Name Repeat
The presence of real love in the world inspires me.
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Inspirational Love Presence Reality
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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Force Grace Live Obstacle Ourselves Remove
The ultimate act of power is surrender.
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Act Power Surrender Ultimate

We are not separate. So if one being hurts, I also hurt.

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