Quotes About Spiritual

Der Vorgriff auf das himmlische Jerusalem, wo Gott mit seinen Engeln thronte, sollte nichts Burgenhaftes mehr haben. In Burgen hauste nur der Teufel.

in the real world, religious life does not exist in a purely spiritual form. It is saturated with things.

God's idea of ministry training is a broken vessel. His idea of spiritual preparation is suffering, which includes rejection.

Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit. It is inimical to the dictates of sound policy. It is in violation of the traditions of America.

It is of course quite a different matter when a seeker, no longer satisfied with materialism or dogma and yearning for spiritual nourishment, asks an initiate for advice and enlightenment. In such an instance the initiate is duty bound to enlighten the seeker in accordance with his perceptive faculties. The magician should spare neither time nor effort to communicate his spiritual treasures to the seeker and lead him towards the light.

Jetzt kommt die Pointe aller Pointen, die mir der Herr im Schlaf verliehen hat.

Deep within each of us is a spark of the divine just waiting to be used to light up a dark space.

That's what eternity is made of: invisible, imperishable good stuff.

When people want to be rid of Heaven it is logical to start by creating an atmosphere in which spiritual things appear out of place; in order to be able to declare successfully that God is unreal they have to construct around man a false reality, a reality that is inevitably inhuman because only the inhuman can exclude God. What is involved is a falsification of the imagination and so its destruction.

Hinduism — a spiritual world That contains everything, and shimmers in all colors; It offers us Vedanta, the doctrine of the great Shankara: And also gods without number, In whose cult our heart has no interest. Islam wants first and foremost to be Unity, And life-wisdom. It also knows the wine Of the heart, that turns the soul inwards. Islam is revelation's last sanctuary. In whichever language one honors truth: God is reality — the world is appearance.

To him, Buddhism was not a spiritual practice or a religion. It was simply a practical approach to real life that neither denied the spiritual side of things nor held that spirituality was better or nobler than the material side of life. Whereas

Sisters in Okinawan families were once commonly referred to as sister gods (onari gami) for their protective and benevolent spiritual power over their brothers.39 In fact, many Okinawan men carried a lock of their sister's hair to protect them from harm during the terrible destruction

All things exist in three Realms, Gaotona. Physical, Cognitive, Spiritual. The Physical is what we feel, what is before us. The Cognitive is how an object is viewed and how it views itself. The Spiritual Realm contains an object's soul—its essence—as well as the ways it is connected to the things and people around it.

Venli attuned Anxiety, then Confidence, then Anxiety again.

When a group or community doesn't tolerate dissent and disagreement, it forgoes any experience of inextricable connection. There is no true belonging, only an unspoken treaty to hate the same people. This fuels our spiritual crisis of disconnection.

It was a long year. I lovingly refer to it on my blog as the 2007 Breakdown Spiritual Awakening. It felt like a textbook breakdown to me, but Diana called it a spiritual awakening. I think we were both right. In fact, I'm starting to question if you can have one without the other.

Self-compassion is an easy list to write, and a hard list to live. For me, it's all about sleep, healthy food, exercise, and connection. It's what I mentioned in the concussion story—the best predictor of living into my values is being in physical, spiritual, and emotional shape.

Our faith narratives must be protected, and we must remember that no person is ordained to judge our divinity or to write the story of our spiritual worthiness.

Laughter is a spiritual form of communing; without words we can say to one another, "I'm with you. I get it.

Participants described happiness as an emotion that's connected to circumstances, and they described joy as a spiritual way of engaging with the world that's connected to practicing gratitude.

we are wired for connection. It's in our biology. From the time we are born, we need connection to thrive emotionally, physically, spiritually, and intellectually

It felt like a textbook breakdown to me, but Diana called it a spiritual awakening. I think we were both right. In fact, I'm starting to question if you can have one without the other.

There is no true belonging, only an unspoken treaty to hate the same people. This fuels our spiritual crisis of disconnection.