Quotes about spirit
spiritual believe practice
I believe joy is a spiritual practice.
spiritual struggle thinking
On the flip side, I've also had to struggle with saying "yes." Before I did this research and before I had my own breakdown and spiritual awakening around this work, my motto was, "Don't do anything that you're already not great at doing." Which I think is the way the majority of adults in our culture live. Authenticity is also about the courage and the vulnerability to say, "Yeah, I'll try it. I feel pretty uncomfortable and I feel a little vulnerable, but I'll try it!"
spiritual philosophy men
Conservatism therefore looks upon the enhancement of man's spiritual nature as the primary concern of political philosophy. Liberals, on the other hand,— in the name of a concern for “human beings”— regard the satisfaction of economic wants as the dominant mission of society. Barry Goldwater
spiritual path behinds
By walking one makes the road, and upon glancing behind sees the path Antonio Machado
spirit chords certain
By adopting a certain physical posture, a resonant chord is struck in spirit. Bruce Lee
spiritual enemy bureaucracy
Bureaucracies are designed to perform public business. But as soon as a bureaucracy is established, it develops an autonomous spiritual life and comes to regard the public as its enemy. Brooks Atkinson
spiritual practice important
The most holy and important practice in the spiritual life is the presence of God - that is, every moment to take great pleasure that God is with you Brother Lawrence
spiritual giving joy
We should fix ourselves firmly in the presence of God by conversing all the time with Him...we should feed our soul with a lofty conception of God and from that derive great joy in being his. We should put life in our faith. We should give ourselves utterly to God in pure abandonment, in temporal and spiritual matters alike, and find contentment in the doing of His will,whether he takes us through sufferings or consolations.
spiritual giving soul
That we ought to give ourselves up to GOD, with regard both to things temporal and spiritual, and seek our satisfaction only in the fulfilling of His will, whether He lead us by suffering or by consolation, for all would be equal to a soul truly resigned
spiritual book practice
Having found in many books different methods of going to GOD, and divers practices of the spiritual life, I thought this would serve rather to puzzle me than facilitate what I sought after, which was nothing but how to become wholly GOD'S. This made me resolve to give the all for the all; so after having given myself wholly to GOD, that He might take away my sin, I renounced, for the love of Him, everything that was not He; and I began to live as if there was none but He and I in the world.
spiritual mean practice
The most holy and necessary practice in our spiritual life is the presence of God. That means finding constant pleasure in His divine company, speaking humbly and lovingly with him in all seasons, at every moment, without limiting the conversation in any way.
spiritual block religion
The world is a kind of spiritual kindergarten where millions of bewildered infants are trying to spell "God" with the wrong blocks. Edwin Arlington Robinson
spirit deceased walks
The spirit walks of every day deceased. Edward Young
spiritual fate soul
In all the areas within which the spiritual life of humanity is at work, the historical epoch wherein fate has placed us is an epoch of stupendous happenings. Edmund Husserl
spiritual powerful mean
You become most powerful in whatever you do if the action is performed for its own sake rather than as a means to protect, enhance, or conform to your role identity. Eckhart Tolle
spiritual dysfunction growth
If increased meta-knowledge is not counter-balanced by a corresponding growth in consciousness then the likelihood of psycho-spiritual dysfunction is great.
spiritual teaching source
Although all spiritual teachings originate from the same Source, once they become verbalized and written down they are obviously no more than a collection of words-and a word is nothing more than a signpost....
spiritual drama organization
When the ego dominates in organizations, even spiritual organizations, there is usually a big drama or upheaval of some kind, and self-destruction begins.
spiritual book writing
This is why very often you find educated people in the media who look at spiritual books but they are so identified with their thought process, they don't get it. They write reviews or articles and they miss the whole point. They can't see the essence. It's not their fault; it's not them personally. It's the human condition and its mind-identified state. And intelligence in itself doesn't help. You can have two or three Ph.D.s; it doesn't get you any closer to spiritual realization. In fact, you might be more distant.
spiritual ego want
The ego wants to want more than it wants to have.
spiritual states arise
Words that arise spontaneously out of the state of presence are charged with spiritual power: the power to awaken.
spiritual teacher teaching
If the only teacher you have is your suffering, you will need a substantial dose of it for the ego to dissolve. But if the power of spiritual teaching is already at work, then a minor event can dissolve the ego.
spiritual teacher teaching
Teaching a practice can also be a hindrance if it becomes one's identity. To be a spiritual teacher is a temporary function. I'm a spiritual teacher when somebody comes to me and some teaching happens, but the moment they leave I'm no longer a spiritual teacher. If I carry the identity of spiritual teacher, it will cause suffering.
spiritual impossible
Thought alone cannot recognize spiritual truths no matter how highly developed thought is. It's impossible.
spiritual lost human-condition
The human condition: lost in thought.
spiritual powerful real
That is the real spiritual awakening, when something emerges from within you that is deeper than who you thought you were. So, the person is still there, but one could almost say that something more powerful shines through the person.
spiritual gratitude dimensions
It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
spiritual animal forgiving
Our animal friends’ non-reactive and forgiving natures can teach us positive spiritual lessons on a daily basis.
spiritual action spiritual-power
As you become present and thereby total in what you do, your actions become charged with spiritual power.
spiritual simple practice
A simple but radical spiritual practice is to accept whatever arises in the Now, within and without.
spiritual choices humanity
A significant portion of the earth's population will soon recognize, if they haven't already done so, that humanity is now faced with a stark choice: Evolve or die.
spiritual enough neglect
Doing is never enough if you neglect Being.
spiritual attention levels
If you are in a state of intense presence you are free of thought, yet highly alert. If your conscious attention sinks below a certain level, thought rushes in, the mental noise returns, stillness is lost, you're back in time.