Ultimately when I am with you all, what I see is my Guru. And what is he? He is love. Krishna Das More Quotes by Krishna Das More Quotes From Krishna Das When our desires are fulfilled, and we still feel unhappy - this is the moment we begin the process of letting go. Krishna Das unhappyletting-godesire Bliss is easy, just take a drug. What is hard is feeling good about our real selves. Krishna Das feel-goodrealself Can you imagine what it would be like to all of a sudden see another color that nobody else sees? Krishna Das imaginecolorwould-be Hanuman not only gives liberation, he also fulfills our beneficial desires. Krishna Das liberationdesiregiving It's within your world that things will unfold and intuitive understandings will open up. Krishna Das intuitiveunderstandingworld 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. Krishna Das heartlongmean When you fall in love, nobody has to tell you. You know what you feel. Krishna Das falling-in-lovefeelsfall Just the slightest turn toward the inside is a very big thing. Krishna Das big-thingsturnsbigs You can’t think yourself out of a box that’s made of your thoughts. Krishna Das boxesmadethinking Chanting is the main thing in my life. Krishna Das chanting The Presence is our own presence. We are not getting anything from the outside. We already have all we need inside. Krishna Das needs I chant to save my miserable ass. That's what I do. Krishna Das assmiserable 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. Krishna Das realpracticespiritual I chant to save my heart. Every time I sit down, that's what I'm doing. Krishna Das my-heartheart One 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 Das harshforgivinglessons Compassion is a college education. It's a doctorate. Krishna Das college-educationcompassioncollege We are not separate. So if one being hurts, I also hurt. Krishna Das being-hurtifshurt 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. Krishna Das graceheartpeople I mope around less. It is horrible. I miss it. Krishna Das horriblemissing 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. Krishna Das emotionalrealhurt
