Practice is not about how you feel while you are doing it. You are planting seeds.
KRISHNA DASPractice is not about how you feel while you are doing it. You are planting seeds.
KRISHNA DASYou can never really know what a guru is as long as you are imprisoned by your own thoughts and circular ego.
KRISHNA DASThe 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.
KRISHNA DASWe are not separate. So if one being hurts, I also hurt.
KRISHNA DASThe ultimate act of power is surrender.
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.
KRISHNA DASUnlimited 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.
KRISHNA DASChanting 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.
KRISHNA DASOne 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.
KRISHNA DASHanuman not only gives liberation, he also fulfills our beneficial desires.
KRISHNA DASCan you imagine what it would be like to all of a sudden see another color that nobody else sees?
KRISHNA DASI mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it.
KRISHNA DASOn the Path, it’s impossible to know how you are doing because it’s the judger who is disappearing.
KRISHNA DASIt takes two to tango! I need everybody to sing with me.
KRISHNA DASWe 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 DASI 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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