Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Chants of a Lifetime - Krishna Das


Chants of a Lifetime - Searching for a Heart of Gold

Not only do I love listening to Krishna Das chant kirtan, but I really love this book, which comes with a CD!

The stories and honesty he shares makes this book so very real and very relatable.  In many ways I found this book heart breaking, but only because the heart must first be broken open to experience that true and pure love that has no beginning and no end.

The book is divided into two parts. The Journey to India in Part I and Bringing it All Back Home in Part II. Like most personal journeys it is often the time after a journey that the most change occurs.

The story of how Krishna Das found his guru is fascinating and how it transformed the path of his life is so very interesting, inspirational and heart opening. 

KD (Krishna Das) shares many stories of his years in India with Neem Karoli Baba and the life lessons from that time, but to me it is the hard time after the journey where he experienced the most personal blessings from this time.

In one chapter called Door of Faith, Krishna Das describes how Maharah-ji would often look at them and hold up one finger. So, someone at one point asked, "what does it mean?"
Krishna Das writes. " He looked as us intensely and held up his "pointer" finger in front of us.  Then he held up all five fingers, one by one, shook them around and held up that one finger again. 
He said, "Many names, many forms...sab ek, all One."

This was Maharah-ji's  bottom line...All One, one being one world, one family. Something I read and re-read again and again in so many of the great texts and something BKS Iyengar also would propound.

I have just finished this book and could easily pick up and reread.
If you have a chance to read it let me know your experience. :)

As I finishing writing this book review listening to Krishna Das on the CD that came with the book my heart feels very open.  I will sit now and listen and breath.

Check out more about Krishna Das at:  http://www.krishnadas.com/
This book was published by Hay House Inc.  Check out more of their wonderful titles at www.hayhouse.com


Namaste.
Pamela Nelson
Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor





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