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Don’t wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.

Krishna Das

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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Body Heart Known Mindset Myself Start
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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Channel Grace Heart Mindset Moments Present Thinking Touch
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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Different Practice Protection Reality Way
It takes two to tango! I need everybody to sing with me.
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Myself Need Sing
As we do practice something unexpected starts to happen-we get happy!
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Expectation Happiness Practice Start
I chant to save my miserable ass. That’s what I do.
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Chant Misery Myself Save
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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Dedication Devotion Finding Heart Mindset Way
Compassion is a college education. It’s a doctorate.
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Compassionate Education
You can’t manipulate a heart open. You can only allow it to open in the right circumstances.
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Circumstance Heart Manipulate Open Right
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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Imprison Selfish Start Talk Universe View
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
On the Path, it’s impossible to know how you are doing because it’s the judger who is disappearing.
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Dissappear Impossible Judgement Path
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 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
Just the slightest turn toward the inside is a very big thing.
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Big Emotion Feeling
The ultimate act of power is surrender.
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Act Power Surrender Ultimate

Don’t wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.

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