Quotes about spiritual
spiritual wisdom sweet
The power of a king lies in his mighty arms; that of a brahmana in his spiritual knowledge; and that of a woman in her beauty youth and sweet words. Chanakya
spiritual men wife
That man who is without religion and mercy should be rejected. A guru without spiritual knowledge should be rejected. The wife with an offensive face should be given up, and so should relatives who are without affection. Chanakya
spiritual art mean
Torture, as the art of discovering the truth, is barbaric nonsense; it is the application of a material means to a spiritual end. Charles Baudelaire
spiritual sorry book
But by accident, not by cunning calculation, books, because of their weight and texture, and because of their sweetly token resistance to manipulation, involve our hands and eyes, and then our minds and souls, in a spiritual adventure I would be very sorry for my grandchildren not to know about. Kurt Vonnegut
spiritual term inconsistency
For a Russian to be chivalrous with an American is a spiritual impossibility, a conradiction in terms. Kurt Vonnegut
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. Eckhart Tolle
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.... Eckhart Tolle
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. Eckhart Tolle
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. Eckhart Tolle
spiritual ego want
The ego wants to want more than it wants to have. Eckhart Tolle
spiritual states arise
Words that arise spontaneously out of the state of presence are charged with spiritual power: the power to awaken. Eckhart Tolle
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. Eckhart Tolle
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. Eckhart Tolle
spiritual impossible
Thought alone cannot recognize spiritual truths no matter how highly developed thought is. It's impossible. Eckhart Tolle
spiritual lost human-condition
The human condition: lost in thought. Eckhart Tolle
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. Eckhart Tolle
spiritual gratitude dimensions
It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up. Eckhart Tolle
spiritual animal forgiving
Our animal friends’ non-reactive and forgiving natures can teach us positive spiritual lessons on a daily basis. Eckhart Tolle
spiritual action spiritual-power
As you become present and thereby total in what you do, your actions become charged with spiritual power. Eckhart Tolle
spiritual simple practice
A simple but radical spiritual practice is to accept whatever arises in the Now, within and without. Eckhart Tolle
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. Eckhart Tolle
spiritual enough neglect
Doing is never enough if you neglect Being. Eckhart Tolle
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. Eckhart Tolle
spiritual knowing mind
Knowing yourself is to be rooted in Being, instead of lost in your mind. Eckhart Tolle
spiritual play joy
And then there is the universal role of adult. When you play that role, you take yourself and life very seriously. Spontaneity, lightheartedness, and joy are not part of that role. Eckhart Tolle
spiritual successful mad
Don't let a mad world tell you that success is anything other than a successful present moment. Eckhart Tolle
spiritual conscious
Become conscious of being conscious. Eckhart Tolle
spiritual keys new-earth
Nonresistance is the key to the greatest power in the universe. Eckhart Tolle
spiritual best-love love-is
To love is to recognize yourself in another. Eckhart Tolle
spiritual mind glimpse
Once you have had a glimpse of awareness or Presence, you know it firsthand. It is no longer just a concept in your mind. Eckhart Tolle
spiritual purpose world
Awareness is the power that is concealed within the present moment. … The ultimate purpose of human existence, which is to say, your purpose, is to bring that power into this world. Eckhart Tolle
spiritual long miracle
When you don't cover up the world with words and labels, a sense of the miraculous returns to your life that was lost a long time ago when humanity, instead of using thought, became possessed by thought. Eckhart Tolle