As we do practice something unexpected starts to happen-we get happy!
KRISHNA DASReal compassion is not emotional. Real compassion is based on the experience that all beings, which might appear separate, are actually a part of my own body, and I am a part of the body of the universe. We are not separate. So if one being hurts, I also hurt.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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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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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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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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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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I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
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Bhakti yoga isn’t something you join, it’s love. It means falling in love.
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The ultimate act of power is surrender.
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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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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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It takes two to tango! I need everybody to sing with me.
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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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There is love in this world, and it lives within us as who we really are, not who we think we are.
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It’s inexplicable why somebody can lose a leg and it doesn’t effect them at all emotionally; and another person can lose a foot and be destroyed for the rest of their lives.
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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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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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