Prior to September 11, we thought the world beyond our shores was one world of risk and the world in our continent was another world of risk.
I was born in the Second World War during the Nazi invasion of my country.
After World War II, the winds of nationalism and anti-colonialism blew through the developing world.
In the Second World War, I was a little girl. I was evacuated in my country.
In a proper Islamic University, fard 'ain knowledge which represents the permanent intellectual and spiritual needs of the human soul--should form the core curriculum, and should be made obligatory to all students. Fard kifayah knowledge--reflecting ...
It is of no use mincing the matter; Dr John Marsh, after being regarded by his friends at home as hopelessly unimpressible—in short, an absolute woman-hater—had found his fate on a desolate isle of the Southern seas, he had fallen—nay, let us b...
The gold of the new world has ruined the old one.
Everyone lives in two worlds,” Maggie said, speaking in an absentminded sort of way while she studied her letters. “There’s the real world, with all its annoying facts and rules. In the real world, there are things that are true and things that...
True contemplation is not a psychological trick but a theological grace. It can come to us ONLY as a gift, and not as a result of our own clever use of spiritual techniques.
When you mature in your relationship with God you realize how suffering and patience are like eating your spiritual vegetables.
God plants our spiritual giftings deep, so it will take years to claim them, but that gives Him time to refine His message in our hearts.
No spiritual master who ever walked the earth has anything on you. You're the complete package, the real deal. You just don't remember it yet.
People often reject and criticize what they believe Jesus would have no part in, but in reality most times Jesus is a part of the scandalous, the dirty and the dangerous.
Shaman is a spiritual shuttle between three realms of existence: Heaven, Mankind and Earth. He pierces through inter-dimensional veils in order to heal the parts and unite the whole.
Frequently we do not leave the past behind. We clasp on to it. We dissect it, and let fears for the future, tempered by the past, unconsciously prevent us from taking up the task eternal.
It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate.
Whether you practice a traditional religion or a universal version of spirituality, it is necessary to keep an open mind for learning and growing.
When we appear to be “more a loser than a victor” on the Path it is easy to lose sight of the fact that we are growing spiritually.
We are all spiritual beings and our calling is to LOVE our neighbor, STAND against injustice and to show COMPASSION to ALL!
The only good thing in me is Christ. Without being spiritual in my life... I am and have nothing!
Everyone, no matter what their cultural background, has a right to discover the sacred in nature; to heal and be redeemed spiritually by nature; and to revere the ancestors. We are all haunted and saved by our memories.
