Quotes of: Spiritual-world Keyword

The compassionate person does not require other people to be stupid, in order to be intelligent. Their intelligence is for everyone, so as to have a world in which there is less ignorance. (118)

Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity

Exploration is a quite legitimate purpose for a journey. You have the opportunity to learn the territories of the Upper and Lower Worlds and their assets, which you can employ as needed in the future.

Ema's Odyssey: Shamanism for Healing and Spiritual Knowledge

Suffering can thus be seen in large part as a kind of resistance or reactivity to the pain of the present moment. (p. 74)

The Engaged Spiritual Life: A Buddhist Approach to Transforming Ourselves and the World

What you powerfully hold In your thought-world Will make you either A street beggar Or a great king.

My Life's Soul-Journey: Daily Meditations for Ever-Increasing Spiritual Fulfillment

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

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

The secular world is more spiritual than it thinks, just as the ecclesiastical world is more materialist than it cares to acknowledge.

Lionel Blue

It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in this world, that all self-inflicted suffering which cannot be turned to good account for others, is a loss - a loss, if you may so express it, to the spiritual world.

Arthur Helps

Joy is based on the spiritual knowledge that, while the world in which we live is shrouded in darkness, God has overcome the world.

Henri J.M. Nouwen

Krishna children were taught that in the spiritual world there were no parents, only souls and hence this justified their being kept out of view from others, cloistered in separate buildings and sheltered from the evil material world.

Mary Garden

Gratitude becomes spiritual, a spiritual virtue and a spiritual emotion, when we are moved in our response by a God-centered view of the three: gift, recipient, and giver. – p. 56

Practice These Principles: Living the Spiritual Disciplines and Virtues in 12-Step Recovery to Achieve Spiritual Growth, Character Development, and Emotional Sobriety

Aren't you, like me, hoping that some person, thing, or event will come along to give you that final feeling of inner well-being you desire? Don't you often hope: 'May this book, idea, course, trip, job, country or relationship fulfill my deepest des...

Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World

I began to see that creating a healthy family, in which members develop the ability for mutual respect and caring, is a prerequisite for a more peaceful world. For, it is the family that creates the social fabric of our culture, as Mahatma Gandhi so ...

Sanctuaries of Childhood: Nurturing a Child's Spiritual Life

We have a world that is searching for answers, that is searching for a way back to spirituality.

Moira Kelly

Final authority in the spiritual world does not tend to come from any kind of agenda success but from some kind of suffering. Insecurity and impermanence are the best spiritual teachers.

Adam's Return: The Five Promises of Male Initiation

Rest is the ultimate humiliation because in order to rest, we must admit we are not necessary, that the world can get along without us, that God's work does not depend on us.

Messy Spirituality: God's Annoying Love for Imperfect People

For the human experience, life in the natural world seems to require the application of meaning, in order to evoke purpose.

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

I am fond of reminding my yoga students of the saying “It takes one to know one” when they become lost I condemnation and judgment of others. The world that we perceive is a reflection of our own states of mind and reveals our own level of consci...

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

The natural world is the only reality, thus the only valid base for spirituality there is.

On the Wild Edge: In Search of a Natural Life

Two thousand years ago, we lived in a world of Gods and Goddesses. Today, we live in a world solely of Gods. Women in most cultures have been stripped of their spiritual power.

Dan Brown

On the religious Right and religious people in general have the feeling that the world is not just material, the world is not just there for us to do what we want with. That our bodies, things have an immaterial essence, a spiritual essence that God ...

Jonathan Haidt