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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!

Krishna Das

Real 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.
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Body Compassion Experience Hurt Oneself Reality Separate
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
Compassion is a college education. It’s a doctorate.
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Compassionate Education
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
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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Chant Known Point Yourself
I chant to save my miserable ass. That’s what I do.
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Chant Misery Myself Save
When you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel.
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Fall In Love Feeling 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 heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.
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Deep Emotion Heart Issues
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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Ego Known Prison Teacher Thinking
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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Known Reality Spirituality
Don’t give up on your dreams. You can become the person you know you really are.
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Dreams Give Up Known Person
To love somebody is to let them be who they are and do what they have to do.
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Freedom Love
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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Limitation Love Possible Service Strength
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
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

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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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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