Quotes About Purification

Work is only an instrument in the hand of God for the purification of Christians from all self-centeredness and self-seeking. The work of the world can be done only where a person forgets himself, where he loses himself in a cause...

The mystic attempts to overcome dogma, insisting that God, Christ and heaven are not 'up there' but are to be found in the heart by desire, by love, by the will; that is, by a path of inner purification.

The experiences of your past life which are stored within come up to the surface to be rejected. By rejecting all these by and by the inside will have to be cleansed.

Jesus did not die just to save us from the penalty of sin, nor even just to make us holy in our standing before God. He died to purify for Himself a people eager to obey Him, a people eager to be transformed into His likeness.

Abba Lot went to see Abba Joseph and said to him, "Abba, as far as I can, I say my [daily prayers], I fast a little, I pray and meditate. I live in peace as far as I can. I purify my thoughts. What else can I do?" Then the old man stood up, stretched his arms towards heaven. His fingers became like ten lamps of fire and he said to him, "If you want, you can be all flame."18

La tua spedizione ha un fine personale e privato, anzi è il carattere di questo fine a richiedere che tu lo realizzi da solo, personalmente. Il rischio, la minaccia, la fatica, la lotta con la disperazione devono gravare solo ed esclusivamente su di te. Perché fanno parte della penitenza e del riscatto della colpa che stai perseguendo. Una sorta di battesimo del fuoco direi. Passerai attraverso il fuoco, che brucia ma al tempo stesso purifica.

Risikos, Bedrohung, Mühe, der Kampf mit dem Zweifel müssen auf dir lasten und ausschließlich auf dir. Denn sie sind ja ein Teil der Buße, der Erlösung von Schuld, die du erlangen willst. So eine Art Feuertaufe.

Il bisogno di espiazione, di un battesimo del fuoco purificatore, il senso di colpa non sono cose di cui possa arrogarti l'esclusiva. La vita si distingue dal mondo bancario perché conosce debiti che si pagano indebitandosi col prossimo.

With soap, baptism is a good thing.

There is still too much stuff in you that God needs to work out Ã¢â'¬Â¦ You will not be free by October.

The spiritual journey is one of continuous learning and purification. When you know this, you become humble.

The spiritual world needs two revolutions: One is to separate God from religion and the other is to separate religion from God! This purification process will make God less human and more universal.

Storms don't come to teach us painful lessons, rather they were meant to wash us clean.

If you would understand the true secrets of Alchemy, you must study the works of the Masters with patience and assiduity. Every word is often an enigma; and to him who reads in haste, the whole will seem absurd. Even when they seem to teach that the Great Work is the purification of the Soul, and so deal only with morals, they most conceal their meaning, and deceive all but the Initiates.

It is the inactivity of self-will and ego-centred cleverness that makes possible the activity within the emptied and purified soul of the eternal Suchness. And when eternity is known in the heights within, it is also known in the fullness of experience, outside in the world.

Treating water to reuse or recycle water does not necessarily mean it's going to be drinkable.

As you sit in this light from week to week, you will transform and grow and develop. It washes away the samskaras, the past-life tendencies. It washes away the karmic tendencies from this life.

When our minds are purified through karma (selfless action) and made single-pointed through up-asana (worship), we cannot remain satisfied with the small achievements in worldly life.

What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.

Our bodies have a mechanism to get rid of things that are toxic. Tears are how we purge toxins from the soul.

La guerra sembrava qualcosa di sacro ed eroico, proprio come ci avevano insegnato a scuola. Qualcosa che dava un senso alle nostre vite e ci rendeva puri. Cos'avevamo fatto per aver bisogno di una purificazione simile?

I shall wash blood with blood to get rid of the defilement—

The cure for everything is salt water—sweat, tears, or the sea.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 JOHN 1:9