Chapter 12

12.11 – Krishna accommodates even those who can’t accommodate him

12.09 – Strive more for the gift of presence than the presence of gifts

12.09 – Anticipate spontaneous devotion, but cultivate conscientious devotion

12.07 – Rise from defiance through reliance to transcendence

12.13 – Let’s love Krishna too much to be fanatical

12.13 – Love that is too big to allow room for hatred in the heart

12.07 – Are we holding on to a straw instead of a lifeline?

12.10 – If we can’t offer our heart to Krishna, then we can offer what’s in our heart to Krishna

12.19 – Belonging that leads to blissful being

12.18-19 – Bad times test our faith – and so do good times

12.09 – Aspire not for feelings but for relationship

12.10 – Krishna wants our presence more than our presents

12.20 – Devotion is the switch that activates our dormant virtues

12.12 – Renunciation is not deprivation but emancipation

12.13 – Be grateful for everything we can live without

12.13 – Are we praying for others or preying on others?

12.04 – The enlightened vision and the benevolent disposition

12.09 – Map changes – and change maps

12.07 – Go beyond the beyond

12.08-12 – Navigating our way between the ideal and the real

12.19 – Do we have our own inner sanctuary?

12.08-10 – Locating ourselves on the Gita’s ladder of love

12.07 – What are the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves?

12.15 – Gita wisdom is explicitly descriptive and implicitly prescriptive

12.06 – When we do what we can do, Krishna helps us to do what we can’t do

12.19: An inner drive that is beyond cheers and jeers.

12.19: What is the Home of Our Thoughts?

12.09: Are we mistaking the goal to be the fuel?

12.16: Adept to adopt and adapt

12.13: Loving as much as our heart longs