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.
KRISHNA DASWhen our desires are fulfilled, and we still feel unhappy – this is the moment we begin the process of letting go.
More Krishna Das Quotes
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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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Until you are fully enlightened, you can never know what another person’s reality is like for them.
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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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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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Hanuman not only gives liberation, he also fulfills our beneficial desires.
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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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We are not separate. So if one being hurts, I also hurt.
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You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.
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Just the slightest turn toward the inside is a very big thing.
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There is an eighth color that we don’t have the sense apparatus to see or experience.
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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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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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I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
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The ultimate act of power is surrender.
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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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