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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.

Krishna Das

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
It takes two to tango! I need everybody to sing with me.
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Myself Need Sing
To love somebody is to let them be who they are and do what they have to do.
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Freedom Love
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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Harsh Learning Lesson Myself
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
I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
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Horrible Missing Myself
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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Force Grace Live Obstacle Ourselves Remove
Devotion is a disease. And you catch it from those people who have it.
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Catch Devotion People
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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Live Ourselves Subject Way
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
You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.
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Thinking Way Yourself
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
The ultimate act of power is surrender.
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Act Power Surrender Ultimate
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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Close Heart Myself Open Program Reaction Try
It’s within your world that things will unfold and intuitive understandings will open up.
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Intuition Open World Yourself
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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Head Heart Open People Place Sing

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