I chant to save my heart. Every time I sit down, that’s what I’m doing.
KRISHNA DASOn the Path, it’s impossible to know how you are doing because it’s the judger who is disappearing.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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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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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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You can’t think yourself out of a box that’s made of your thoughts.
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It takes two to tango! I need everybody to sing with me.
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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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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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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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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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Can you imagine what it would be like to all of a sudden see another color that nobody else sees?
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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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Let’s just chant and be good people, alright?
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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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Devotion is a disease. And you catch it from those people who have it.
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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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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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