Can you imagine what it would be like to all of a sudden see another color that nobody else sees?
KRISHNA DASWe are not separate. So if one being hurts, I also hurt.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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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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Ultimately when I am with you all, what I see is my Guru. And what is he? He is love.
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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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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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It’s within your world that things will unfold and intuitive understandings will open up.
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Just the slightest turn toward the inside is a very big thing.
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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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I knew that if I did not start chanting with people, that I would never be able to clean out the dark corners of my own heart. I knew it with every cell in my body and mind.
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When you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel.
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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 of real love in the world inspires me.
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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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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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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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I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
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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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It takes two to tango! I need everybody to sing with me.
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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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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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Bliss is easy, just take a drug. What is hard is feeling good about our real selves.
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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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Unlimited 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.
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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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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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Don’t give up on your dreams. You can become the person you know you really are.
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Let’s just chant and be good people, alright?
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