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When our desires are fulfilled, and we still feel unhappy – this is the moment we begin the process of letting go.

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
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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Chant Misery Myself Save
It’s within your world that things will unfold and intuitive understandings will open up.
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Intuition Open World Yourself
The heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.
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Deep Emotion Heart Issues
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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Love Thinking World
Devotion is a disease. And you catch it from those people who have it.
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Catch Devotion People
Just the slightest turn toward the inside is a very big thing.
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Big Emotion Feeling
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
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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Cleaning Grace Himself Surrender Walk
The ultimate act of power is surrender.
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Act Power Surrender Ultimate
Don’t wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.
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Teacher Wait Yourself
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
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
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
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

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