Spirituality Quotes - Page 68

Hire an angel. They need the work.

It is in doing things and not reading about them that results come about.

The vision is for the sacred-time. Though it delays, joyfully wait for it.

​"But you can thank God the Lord for His inconceivable goodness, which can be recognized daily and hourly throughout your entire existence, if only you honestly try! Your whole life shall therefore become a thanksgiving!

I don't believe in Religion. I believe in Connection, Relationship and Spirituality.

We were all born equal, but where we are in life now is of our own making.

What Joab did not and could not know was that it was ego, and the ego of a king is just like the ego of anyone else. It is a social infection, entering each person as a psychological virus that is passed on by their parents’ egos and other social stimuli. It is born of negativity—of not being good enough thoughts of not having enough, of fear, and worry of failure. Because of its insecure nature, the ego loves to dominate and control others. It’s control or be controlled.

When I see a garden in flower, then I believe in God for a second. But not the rest of the time

Let's nurture our spirits until they shine and then let's strip down to our naked souls and dance through life until we drop little bits of light behind us that glow like fireflies in the night.

Fill what is empty empty what is full

No crime is a means to an end. No crime can be rationalized.

The Soul is attached to the world, and her Love contains the passion, beauty, and awe that make life worth living.

The basic element that will distinguish those that are for godliness from those that are promoting ungodliness is if such individuals possess the spirit of godliness and not just a form of it.

Japanese people today think of money, just money: Where is our national spirit today? The Jieitai must be the soul of Japan. … The nation has no spiritual foundation. That is why you don’t agree with me. You will just be American mercenaries. There you are in your tiny world. You do nothing for Japan. … I salute the Emperor. Long live the emperor!

Listen to what you tell yourself about your life situation. If you find it's pessimistic or negative, ask yourself, "What's another way of thinking about this?" or "What do I want to create in my life?

Bricks on your back are easier to carry than pebbles on your soul.

We are already abundant, we have everything we need within us, to live a purposeful and fulfilling life.

During my PhD, I was depressed for eight-months, state of deep-worry. The stressful life leads to neglect of spirituality and wellness. I recovered by inspiration of great souls, friends and family. Ever since, I have sought spirituality of soul and well-being over all other things.

The gilded spiralOf longings within.Our very own cathedralThat points persistently to heaven.

We are not here to give you the answer. We are here to give you an opportunity to have an insight and realize that you had the answers within the whole time. You couldn't recognize the answer without having it inside of you to begin with.

Just 'get' the 'One' in All. Then live accordingly. That's all.

The desire for connection with the Divine and our formless inner self is at the foundation of all desire for human connection.

Positive thinking without any thought is wasted ...

In Demons of the Flesh, Zeena describes how Shiva and Shakti are actually ‘two sides of the same deity’. The goal of the initiate on the left-hand path is to become ‘this bisexual twin godhead’ and activate a state of perceptual sexual ecstasy within one's own consciousness. Zeena points out that a corresponding symbolism is found in the western hermeticism in the idea of ‘the inner androgyne.’--About Zeena Schreck by Malin Fitger 'Contemporary notions of Kundalini, its background and role within new Western religiosity,' University of Stockholm, 2004

Meditation is the art of silencing the mind so that you may hear the inklings of the Soul.

May you always find your intuitive voice and may the language of your intuition sing.

Mournier defined his own position as one of 'tragic optimism--' a Christian attitude of absolute engagement in the struggles of history, despite the fact that the Absolute cannot be contained in history.

Need is what tears people apart. When you want someone, you never really need them. But as soon as you start need someone, they no longer want you.

If religion is about the sacred as opposed to the profane, the spirit as opposed to matter, the Creator as opposed to the created, Confucianism plainly does not qualify. But perhaps what we are to learn from this tradition is not that Confucianism is not a religion but that not all religious people parse the sacred and the secular the way Christians do.

The land, that thou see now to have root, shall thou see wasted suddenly.

What wonder will I accomplish today? And how will it tie in to tomorrow and tomorrow, so that I may live as the hero I want to be? And today how will I seek and find the opportunity that scares me? An opportunity that has me harness some elements within that I may cross over the bridge into the other side of my existence; the one that’s begging to be unsettled, that greets the morning before the sun with a ferocious will to rise up, to inspire, to create laughter and tears from the uncovering of the magical self and the relief that I have given in to the excitingly scary, omega point pull to evolve.

Good gods are scarce because the majority of gods are created by evil men

A willing spirit, diligently perform the sacred duty.

You are human, so stop acting as if though you are a sheep and start thinking for yourself.

The finest clothes anyone can wear are a kind heart and a loving soul.

Like as thou canst do none of these things that I have spoken of, even so canst thou not find out my judgment, or in the end the love that I have promised unto my people.

Cosmic Ordering will never forsake you.

…those who are the most confident are often those who don't have any fun.

The soul itself is the center of all that we have come to call 'psychic.' The word itself translates literally to mean "of the soul." When we embrace our psychic potential, we embrace our soul's potential.

I am moonlighting for the Buddha.

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.

When the world shifts its focus on heart over mind, we will finally experience a beautiful global village for our children.

PTSD is a whole-body tragedy, an integral human event of enormous proportions with massive repercussions.

Benedict sets up a community, a family. And families, the honest among us will admit, are risky places to be if perfection is what you are expecting in life.

I trust, and I recognize the beneficence of the power which we all worship as supreme- Order, Fate, the Great Spirit, Nature, God. I recognize this power in the sun that makes all things grow and keeps life afoot. I make a friend of this indefinable force…this is my religion of optimism.

Only the descent into the hell of self-knowledge can pave the way to godliness.

If you read stories, you find the strength, faith and hope to survive everyday life.

For too many of us, it is only when adversity strikes that living for Christ becomes a priority: a sudden crisis such as a life-threatening illness, the death of a loved one, or the loss of a job or income reminds us that each day is precious, and only then do we begin to (re)evaluate our existence. But why is there no sense of urgency or accountability when God blesses us with an event that reveals the purpose of our soul?

Learn from the sun; it is warm to everyone, and is therefore never in short supply of those who adore it.

How can a man know how to live rightly on the face of earth? By daily reading and meditation on the Holy Scriptures and obedience to what is written.

If you stay on this path as long as I have, you’ll soon learn that the road to providence leads right through perdition. And along that road, the devil’s waiting to collect his pound of flesh.

Wisdom is the knowledge of the gospel truth.

When the mind is free, magic happens.

All of life is a ceremony where we get to know and explore our wholeness.

The world is full of broken people who think they are surrounded by whole people.

For success we need to focus with a converging thought process.

Keep negative people in your prayers, not in your life.

Reality is a projection of your thoughts or the things you habitually think about.

We go round and round trying to convince one another that our opinion makes more sense. And the only winner is time for making us look like fools by wasting it.

Spirituality gives strength of spirit.