Quotes of: Spiritual-things Keyword

The seer does not see, by choice, what the blind can see by default... from within.

From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph Over Death and Conscious Encounters with "The Divine Presence"

External beauty is certainly cool to admire, but when worshipped - it eclipses internal shine.

From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph Over Death and Conscious Encounters with "The Divine Presence"

Molecules dissolve and pass away, but consciousness survives the death of the matter on which it rides.

The Way of the Wizard: Twenty Spiritual Lessons for Creating the Life You Want

Your mind is the knife that cuts the continuum of space and time into neat slices of linear experience.

The Way of the Wizard: Twenty Spiritual Lessons for Creating the Life You Want

Don't you realize," Merlin said to his pupil, "that the history of the universe has brought us here to this second?

The Way of the Wizard: Twenty Spiritual Lessons for Creating the Life You Want

I do not think you should get rid of your sin until you have learned what it has to teach you.

Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

Much of the work of midlife is to tell the difference between those who are dealing with their issues through you and those who are really dealing with you.

Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

Reading is at the threshold of the spiritual life; it can introduce us to it. It does not constitute it ... There are certain cases of spiritual depression in which reading can become a sort of curative discipline ... reintroducing a lazy mind into t...

Marcel Proust

That's why we live in a world that is so messed up, because most of us go along, simply because going along is connected to our paychecks.

Occupy Spirituality: A Radical Vision for a New Generation

The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust - not only for all the gifts that I receive from God, but gratitude for all the suffering. Because in that purifying experience, suffering has often bee...

Brennan Manning

In my own spiritual journey, I became a swami on the Hindu path of Bhakti. In the Hindu tradition, a swami is a monk who forgoes regular family life for the purpose of making the whole world his family and channels his full energy into spiritual prac...

Radhanath Swami

Enlightened leadership is spiritual if we understand spirituality not as some kind of religious dogma or ideology but as the domain of awareness where we experience values like truth, goodness, beauty, love and compassion, and also intuition, creativ...

Deepak Chopra

Without transformation, you can assume you're at a high moral, spiritual level just because you call yourself Lutheran or Methodist or Catholic. I think my great disappointment as a priest has been to see how little actual spiritual curiosity there i...

Richard Rohr

Human existence is partnered with spiritual laws; it’s the foundation of the human experience We all ultimately want a pain free existence, unfortunately circumstances of unrest bring to light the spiritual laws designed to play themselves out in t...

Brian Edward Arsenault

ABOUT: KAHLIL GIBRAN "His power came from some great reservoir of spiritual life else it could not have been so universal and so potent, but the majesty and beauty of the language with which he clothed it were all his own." -- Claude Bragdon

Life

Adversity is a natural part of being human. It is the height of arrogance to prescribe a moral code or health regime or spiritual practice as an amulet to keep things from falling apart. Things do fall apart. It is in their nature to do so. When we t...

Elizabeth Lesser

You wake up one morning and all your spiritual feelings are gone. You pray, but nothing happens. You rebuke the devil, but it doesn't change anything. You go through spiritual exercises...you have your friends pray for you...you confess every sin you...

Finding Friendship with God

As you grow in true spiritual power and understanding you will actually find that many outer rules and regulations will become unnecessary; but this will be because you have really risen above them; never, never, because you have fallen below them. T...

The Sermon on the Mount: The Key to Success in Life

The aspirant would do well to avoid those ‘spiritual teachers’ who delight in pointing out the evils of the world. These are immature egos attempting to discard their own negativities by projecting them onto others. The true yogi is one who is li...

The Yoga of Spiritual Devotion A Modern Translation of the Narada Bhakti Sutras

Humor is a part of spirituality.

Zooey Deschanel

What is the real origin of my own anger? Is it the ego defending its territory, or is it something that has its source in the desire for the well-being of all? (73)

Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity