It’s within your world that things will unfold and intuitive understandings will open up.
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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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All we can know is our own subjective version of reality. That’s the way we go through our lives. Everybody.
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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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We are not separate. So if one being hurts, I also hurt.
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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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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 cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.
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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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On the Path, it’s impossible to know how you are doing because it’s the judger who is disappearing.
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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 you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel.
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Chanting is the main thing in my life.
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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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The ultimate act of power is surrender.
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I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
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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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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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Devotion is a disease. And you catch it from those people who have it.
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Practice is not about how you feel while you are doing it. You are planting seeds.
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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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