Quotes About Spirituality

He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave.

When a dog dies, his soul is released to run until he is ready to be reborn

We are all connected -- I believed it then and believe it still now -- at least in an energetic sense. And who's to say this energy is not real? We can't see gravity, either, yet we don't deny it. We can't see magnetism, yet we don't question its forcefulness. So, why, then, when people -- spiritual people -- talk about a force of substance that binds us all, that unites us all -- when these people talk about souls -- why do we dismiss them as charlatans?

when a dog is finished living his lifetimes as a dog, his next incarnation will be as a man.

no entiendo por qué la gente insiste en enfrentar el concepto de evolución con el de creación. ¿Cómo no se dan cuenta de que espiritualidad y ciencia son una misma cosa? Los cuerpos evolucionan, las almas evolucionan, y el universo es un lugar fluido que une ambos fenómenos en un maravilloso paquete que se llama ser humano. ¿Qué tiene de malo esa idea?

We are all connected. The living to the non-living, as the non-living to the living. All things in all directions in all times. It is only in the physical dimension that we have limitations. (The membrane between us is thinner than you think.)

But there is a point at which he is the instrument and someone or something is playing him. Something larger. Something outside of all of us. Call it the Universal Mind, if you like. But when he feels it, he knows that the people listening feel it as well. They are all tapping into the same thing. They all understand.

Whether he came from monkeys or fish is unimportant. The important idea is that when the body became "human" enough, the first human soul slipped into it. I

True worship begins with a thankful attitude

WHEN WE ARE OPEN AND GIVING OF OUR LIGHT, WE CREATE AN ENDLESS REFLECTION THAT OUTLIVES OUR HUMAN EXISTENCE.

Take karma, make dharma.

For those who've progressed a little way down the path of spiritual growth, one of the most intense delights of life in God is that just when we think He has filled our cup to the brim, He gives us a bigger cup.

It is no easy matter to go to heaven by way of New Orleans.

It is no easy matter to go to heaven by way of New Orleans. —REVEREND J. CHANDLER GREGG

Long-term marital intimacy requires accepting this truth: to stop giving yourself to your spouse is to spiritually divorce them.

Any mature, spiritually sensitive view of marriage must be built on the foundation of mature love rather than romanticism. But this immediately casts us into a countercultural pursuit.

The mark of a spiritual man or woman is a listening heart, not a lecturing tongue.

if you remove the cross from Christianity, all that remains is some wise moral teaching not terribly different from any other religion.

When she gets into an argument, a humble person considers the fact that she may be wrong and that there may be something she has missed or is overlooking. She is more concerned with walking in light and truth than with being right. Aware of his spiritual poverty, a humble person prays and studies and confesses and asks people to hold him accountable, as he knows he is a work in progress.

Finding fulfillment in God is the most powerful antidote to any sin.

Good spiritual directors understand that people have different spiritual temperaments, that what feeds one doesn't feed all. Giving the same spiritual prescription to every struggling Christian is no less irresponsible than a doctor prescribing penicillin to every patient.

When God does not supply our motivation, we tend to major in the minors and minor in the majors.

With Christ in us and the Holy Spirit transforming us, we really have no excuse for continuing immaturity.

To become a servant is to become strong spiritually. It means we are free from the petty demands and grievances that ruin so many lives and turn so many hearts into bitter cauldrons of disappointment, self-absorption, and self-pity.