Occupation: Vocalist Birth: May 31, 1947
We are just here, right? We are just people doing our thing. And the most important aspect of anything we do is our motivation, why we do it..
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 ourse….
The ultimate act of power is surrender..
All we can know is our own subjective version of reality. That's the way we go through our lives. Everybody..
Practice is not about how you feel while you are doing it. You are planting seeds..
Letting go does not mean pushing away or negating thoughts or feelings that come to us - but instead being with the feeling. We start to feel that we….
Whenever I'm really stuck, when I really need to go 'in there,' I sing the Chalisa and that connects me to Maharajji, to Hanuman, to that powerful pr….
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..
Chanting is the main thing in my life..
I didn't know what I was looking for, but I knew whatever it was that I was looking for was real..
Bliss is easy, just take a drug. What is hard is feeling good about our real selves..
Ultimately when I am with you all, what I see is my Guru. And what is he? He is love..
You can never really know what a guru is as long as you are imprisoned by your own thoughts and circular ego..
Devotion is a way of being, it's not something you do. It's dedication to finding awareness and Love. Chanting is like asanas for the mind and the he….
Grace surrounds us and holds us like the sky holds everything in it … and as soon as I find a way to let go of my story, I keep seeing over and over ….
If we know anything about a path at all, it's only because of the Great ones that have gone before us. Out of their love and kindness, they have left….
Don't wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru..
As we do practice something unexpected starts to happen-we get happy!.
Surrender happens by Grace. All we're doing is cleaning up the room so when Surrender walks in, He can sit down..
I chant to save my heart. Every time I sit down, that's what I'm doing..
When we start talking about gurus, first of all we're starting to talk about something that can't be talked about, in the sense that you can never re….