09 Chapter Nine

09.22 – When worry accelerates the imagination, let faith become the brake

09.30 – We may fall down, but we don’t have to fall away

09.21 – Seek not higher material happiness; seek higher than material happiness

09.14 – The more we expect meditation to be a break from hard work, the more meditation becomes hard work

09.28 – Liberation is not just about what we are released from but also about what we are released to

09.14 – Let determination enthrone, not dethrone, devotion

09.12 – Seeing the infinite through finite filters makes finite illusions infinite

09.04-05 – The Gita is not self-contradictory, but self-revelatory

09.13 – Krishna is not only the anchor to which we connect, but also the anchor by which we connect

09.32 – Spiritual growth depends on disposition, not position

09.33 – Our heart may not have a place for Krishna, but Krishna has a place for our heart

09.30 – Might we be sentencing to the jail those who need the hospital?

09.30 – What defines us as devotees is not how we fall, but how we rise

09.31 – When the Absolute Truth doesn’t speak the absolute truth

09.02 – Let reason be our minister, not our master

09.10 – Accidents are no accidents

09.31 – Transcend the labor pains of devotion through loving anticipation

09.10 – The incomprehensible comprehensibility and the comprehensible incomprehensibility of the universe

09.33 – The world is in a mess – as usual

09.27 – Let Krishna permeate, pervade and possess our heart

09.26 – Devotion is Krishna’s appetizer

09.02 – Bhakti is not just cultural or historical but also universal and eternal

09.14 – See spiritual advancement in overall dedication not ritual specialization

09.13 – How the small soul becomes great…

09.32 – Bhakti enfranchises everyone – even those disenfranchised by conventional religiosity

09.33 – The loose ends never end

09.10: Why attraction to the supernatural is natural…

09.33: Seek not a problem-free life, but a purpose-filled life

09.13: Fasting is an opportunity to sacrifice not just the evil, but also the good for Krishna

09.14: Focus on not fasting from food but feasting on Krishna

09.02: Conformation brings confirmation

09.33: The discovery of the democracy of misery

09.14: A Prize Beyond the Palliative of Peace

09.02: Bhakti makes the spiritual journey a joyful journey

09.11: Avoid a void

09.10: Fantastic? Yes. Fantasy? No.

09.13-14: Transforming our heart into a garden blossoming with the flowers of love

09.18: Krishna is a coach, not a critic

09.30-31: Krishna’s love is unconditional yet conditional

09.14: Love is in the SOUND

09.29: Krishna is impartially partial

09.30-31: Love not just ideal people, but also real people

09.22: Reforming Our Priorities

09.22: If we can worry, we can meditate

09.10: Why give up when we can grow up?