Quotes About Spirituality

Don't be discouraged. One day God will make you perfect—in goodness, compassion, and love. — Mark Littleton —

But then, the Holy Spirit came to me, and I was reminded of something Saint Augustine said: 'Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

I am not supposed to see this God. No person is supposed to see this. How can You let this happen?

In fact, if you look at the last four syllables of the word individuality, you will see that they spell duality. That's not just a semantic accident.

There is a way of living in the world that is not here, although it seems to be. You do not change appearance, though you smile more frequently. Your forehead is serene; your eyes are quiet.

You save the world by concentrating on your own forgiveness lessons.

People are always looking for God to answer their prayers. If they knew more about how to pray then they'd know how the answer is given. His answers don't come in the form of physical answers, they come to your mind in the form of guidance — an inspired idea

Heaven, on the other hand, is a perfect, indescribable ecstasy that never ceases.

there isn't really any such thing as a subject and an object, there is only oneness.

Do not believe the Judeo-Christian lie!

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Spring-water in the green creek is clear Moonlight on Cold Mountain is white Silent knowledge—the spirit is enlightened of itself Contemplate the void: this world exceeds stillness.

In the Western Hemisphere we have only the tiniest number of buildings that can be called temples or shrines. The temples of our hemisphere will be some of the planet's remaining wilderness areas.

Empty eye sockets of buildings just built Soulless, they still wait the ceremony that will make them too, new, Big city Gods

First, he claims many people feel a need for personal growth in a Christian way of life.

David G. Benner has defined spiritual direction as a prayer process in which a person seeking help in cultivating a deeper personal relationship with God meets another for prayer and conversation that is focused on increasing awareness of God in the midst of life experiences and facilitating surrender to God's will (2002:94).

Believing that spirituality is vital for growth and essential for dealing with life's problems, many individuals are pursuing a journey of spiritual growth.

Most humans subscribe to the policy of 'an eye for an eye, a life for a life'. Many of your religions are famous for this formula, which is well known throughout the UNIVERSE for its stupidity. Your christ and your buddah had a different vision, but nobody paid any attention to them, not even the christians and buddhists.

It is not human nature to dominate, but to create. Yes, humankind falters every now and then, but you know how to learn from your past mistakes. You've done it before, and you can do it again. I believe that ultimately, you will create a civilization that preserves and protects even as it grows. Do you understand? The spirits will always have a place in this world, as long as you -- and humans like you -- create a place for us. - Lady Tienhai, Guardian Spirit/Queen

Only the solitary may see the gods," the giant told me. "For the rest, every god is the Unknown God.

In the final reckoning there is only love, only that divinity. That we are capable only of being what we are remains our unforgivable sin.

The Pancreator is infinitely far from us, the angel said. And thus infinitely far from me, through I fly so much higher than you. I guess at his desires--no one can do otherwise.

Inside the silken tent, we knelt before a simple altar heaped with flowers. Ava prayed. I, knowing no prayers, spoke without sound to someone who seemed at times within me and at times, as the angel had said, infinitely remote.

all the things people have said were The Secret after they had talked to mystagogues on far worlds or studied the popul vuh of the magicians, or fasted in the trunks of holy trees.