Quotes About Spirituality

Knowledge is better than practice; meditation is better than knowledge; and best of all is surrender, which soon brings peace.

Hasidism is considered Ultra-Orthodox, but when it began in the 1730s in the shtetls of Eastern Europe, it was seen as liberal and even revolutionary because of its emphasis of the heart over the Head. This movement was inspired by the Baal Shem Tov (1698-1760), a man beloved not so much for his book learning as for his heartfelt spirituality, his down-to-earth stories, and his unshakable conviction that God is near to all of us, and not just the intelligent and the learned.

Religions cannot be reduced to "belief systems" any more than they can be reduced to "ritual systems." Belief is a part of most religions, but only a part, and in most cases not the most important part.

Spirituality, in short, is religion stripped down to its experiential dimension. More than do-it-yourself religion, spirituality is do-without-religion, a form of faith that denies its connections to the institutions, stories, and doctrines that gave it birth - religion without memory.

Faith has no use for the sword, because those who ride with the sword to defend their faith ride with the devil by their side.

People are drawn to religion because for them there is only one thing worse than an ambiguous life, and that is an unambiguous death.

We are not required to defeat evil, but only to stand against it. That is enough - the outcome remains with God.

Belief is the sense organ of faith, as your eyes are the sense organ of sight. With sight you see the world, with faith you see God. Belief has the power to shape reality.

It has ever been thus. The way is hard and narrow, it is true. But it is a path beaten smooth by the countless others who have gone before us. And good news! We do not have to walk it alone. God Himself is with us and has blessed us with friends for the journey.

See here, if we can establish an affinity with the eternal, ever-living Creator, then is it not likely that this affinity, this relationship, if you like, will endure beyond the death of the material body?

Unlike the tedious priests of Mithras and Minerva—so careful, so exact, so smug in the enactment of their obscure rituals—old Potitus saw no need to weary heaven with ceaseless ceremony or meaningless repetition. "God knows the cry of our hearts," he would say, "before it ever reaches our lips. So speak it out and have done with it. Then get about your business." My

Every religious figure in history achieved enlightenment between the ages of twenty-five and thirtyfive. That seems to be when human consciousness comes fully into its own and acquires a finer spiritual perception. Perhaps it simply takes that long to develop. In any case, it's a well-documented phenomenon. Look it up sometime.

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You tap in to this oneness and become part of the universe as a whole.

The cosmic believer needs the energy of the universe to survive spiritually.

The basis of Cosmic Ordering is the belief that the universe is not dead matter, but pure energy which responds to our vibrations and to our frequencies.

The more grateful we are, the more we practice this in our everyday lives, the more connected we become to the universe around us.

Gratitude is a form of worship in its own right, as it implies the acceptance of a power greater than yourself.

For your mind, emotions and physical body to be working together in total harmony, the chakras need to be spinning at the correct frequency.

Anger is the fire of the soul, love is the language of the heart ...

Knowing that the brain is predisposed to religion and spirituality, then might it be that God is a creation of the brain?

The universe is full of magical things to be manifested with Cosmic Ordering.

Silver surfers ... nah, that's old hat. Retire a gold surfer with Cosmic Ordering.

There's the impossible and then there's Cosmic Ordering.