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.
KRISHNA DASLove 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.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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On the Path, it’s impossible to know how you are doing because it’s the judger who is disappearing.
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The heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.
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Don’t wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.
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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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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.
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Hanuman not only gives liberation, he also fulfills our beneficial desires.
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I didn’t know what I was looking for, but I knew whatever it was that I was looking for was real.
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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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Let’s just chant and be good people, alright?
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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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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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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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Bliss is easy, just take a drug. What is hard is feeling good about our real selves.
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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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As we do practice something unexpected starts to happen-we get happy!
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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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We are just here, right? We are just people doing our thing. And the most important aspect of anything we do is our motivation, why we do it.
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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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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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Ultimately when I am with you all, what I see is my Guru. And what is he? He is love.
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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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Compassion is a college education. It’s a doctorate.
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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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You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.
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Chanting is the main thing in my life.
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It takes two to tango! I need everybody to sing with me.
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