Quotes About Spiritual

Kärlek är en lyxvara. - Nej. Kärlek är ett naturelement. Ett naturelement. Som luften man andades och jorden man stod på (s. 326).

What was alchemy? It was metallurgy wrapped in mysticism. The pursuit of the spiritual by way of the material. The great and noble effort to master the elements in order to achieve purity, perfection, and divinity.

Elemental. Love is an element, Karou remembered from a long, long time ago, and she felt like she was floating.

This means that when the guru appears, he purposely shows us this mistaken, ordinary aspect in order to guide us and all other transmigratory beings to enlightenment. The conclusion is that without the guru guiding us in this ordinary aspect, we would be without a guide, totally lost in samsara. We would be like a baby left out in a hot desert with no food or water, surrounded by dangerous animals.

It's not the art, it's the heart. What [God] reads during our worship is the inner attitude. Worship is spiritual; it's organic; it's relational.

The bottom line is in Heaven.

In this country, there is an opportunity for the development of man's intellectual, cultural, and spiritual potentialities that has never existed before in the history of our species. I mean not simply an opportunity for greatness for a few, but an opportunity for greatness for the many.

Why are you here?" "'Here' as in your bedroom, or 'here' as in the great, spiritual question of our purpose here on this planet? If you're asking me whether this is all some cosmic coincidence or if there's a greater meta-ethical purpose to life, well, that's a puzzler for the ages. I mean, modern-day reductionism is clearly a fallacious argument, but-," -"I'm going back to bed." -"I'm here because Hodge reminded me it's your birthday.

What are you doing here anyway?" "'Here' as in your bedroom or 'here' as in the great spiritual question of our purpose here on this planet?" -Clary & Jace, pg.306-

The divine law of balance and equilibrium is doing its perfect work.

She was also close to the other side. Maybe even close enough to see things most people can't.

What is spiritual formation? The goal of spiritual formation is a maturing faith and a deepening relationship with Jesus Christ, through which we become more like Christ in the living of our everyday lives in the world.

We want our children to obey God because they do not want to cause grief to the one who loves them. As they become aware of their moral failures, we also want them to discover that their loving God forgives and wants to help children to do the right thing. The importance of the initial love relationship with God cannot be overemphasized; everything else in spiritual formation builds on it in the proper time.

To not be concerned about spiritual formation during childhood is to ignore the very foundations of the spiritual life.

Knowing the faith master story and how to interpret it is critical to the spiritual journey; it may be a life and death issue.

People who care about the spiritual formation of children must be concerned about the spiritual formation of the parents and their finding of a place in the faith community.

God is the only one who can go everyplace you go. See everything you do and hear anything you say.

Coincidences are spiritual puns.

The spiritual journey is about the gradual and sometimes sudden clearing away of the mistaken beliefs and misperceptions that have interfered with experiencing reality and with experiencing yourself as you truly are.

The spiritual heart has been guiding you all along, but it is often overshadowed by beliefs. When beliefs stop running your life and the heart takes over, your life will change because you will no longer be caught in your personal illusory reality. You will see all the beliefs and stories that created your illusory reality for what they are, and then you will know reality.

of the celestial bodies, or sent upon us mortals by God

Rather than a cognitive procedure of the intellect alone, Gnostic knowledge is experience, a lived experience of spiritual regeneration. It is a transforming knowledge, whose immediate effect is salvation.

Music is the harmonious voice of creation an echo of the invisible world.

I don't know if there's an illustration more clear as to what can really take place in a person's life spiritually than this animated character transforming from an animal to a prince