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I chant to save my miserable ass. That’s what I do.

Krishna Das

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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Believe Exploration Instant Mindset Ourselves Thinking
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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Learning Light Ourselves Understand
As we do practice something unexpected starts to happen-we get happy!
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Expectation Happiness Practice Start
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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Aspect Important Motivational People
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
You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.
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Thinking Way Yourself
The ultimate act of power is surrender.
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Act Power Surrender Ultimate
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
We are not separate. So if one being hurts, I also hurt.
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Human Hurt Myself Separate
I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
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Horrible Missing Myself
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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Angry Guilty Heart Mirror Ourselves
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
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
Let’s just chant and be good people, alright?
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Chant Goodness People
Devotion is a disease. And you catch it from those people who have it.
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Catch Devotion People
Compassion is a college education. It’s a doctorate.
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Compassionate Education

I chant to save my miserable ass. That’s what I do.

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