Favorite Spiritual Quotes

[TheChemicals]

We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye

Shamans of Ancient Mexico.

[TheChemicals]

Wandering re-establishes the original harmony
which once existed between man and the universe.
Anatole France

[Unmanagable]

“The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can't be organized or regulated. It isn't true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to your own truth.” ~Ram Dass

[MentalNomad]

"You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger"-Buddha

[mctavish23]

"Get Out of The Ghetto and Get Mo."

- Reverand Ike (Warner Robins, GA.)

[Flory]

'Don't nobody go in the bathroom for about 35....45 minutes'-Friday

[stillsmallvoice]

Hi!

I love the Book of Ecclesiastes. It is my favorite book of the Tanakh (what we Hebrews call what our Christian cousins call the "Old Testament"). It is moody & brooding & has layers and layers of meaning. If I figure out 10% of it in this lifetime, I'll have done very well for myself. My favorite verses are:

"Better is a handful of quietness, than both the hands full of labour and striving after wind." (4:6)

"Be not hasty in your spirit to be angry; for anger rests in the bosom of fools." (7:9)

Then there's

this

& all of Chapter 12.

L'chaim!

ssv

[Unmanagable]

"The individual who boldly and courageously asserts the will to love in the midst of a world of fear and hate, will create for himself and for those who love him, a magic realm of serenity and peace." ~'Abdu’l-Bahá

[Unmanagable]

“Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.” ~Dietrich Bonhoeffer

[Unmanagable]

"The beauty that emerges from woundedness
is a beauty infused with feeling;
a beauty different from the beauty of landscape
and the cold perfect form.

This is a beauty that has suffered its way
through the ache of desolation until the words
or music emerged to equal the hunger
and desperation at its heart.

It must also be said that not all woundedness succeeds
in finding its way through to beauty of form.

Most woundedness remains hidden,
lost inside forgotten silence.

Indeed, in every life
there is some wound that continues to weep secretly,
even after years of attempted healing.

Where woundedness can be refined into beauty
a wonderful transfiguration takes place."

~John O'Donohue

[Unmanagable]

"Find that place which is effortlessly at rest within itself. Be there, be one with that.

Throw everything away, forget about it all! You are learning too much, remembering too much, trying too hard.

Relax a little bit, give life a chance to flow its own way, unassisted by your mind and effort. Stop directing the river’s flow!"

~ Anthony Paul
Moo-Young (Mooji)

[Unmanagable]

"Our egos and shadow consciousness are masters at distracting us from our own inner work because they keep us focused on what others should and should not be doing.

They keep us in judgment, condemnation, opinions and criticism. They keep us in a state of intellectualizing our spirituality instead of LIVING our spirituality.

Keeping ourselves grounded in the present moment, fully anchored in the flow of our inner feelings, will help us "feel" what is going on within US that needs to be addressed.

Mind chatter, blame, projecting our issues onto others is a sure fire indicator that we have fallen off the inner path of salvation & soul transcendence and onto the outer path of illusion, discord, and pain." ~ Sabrina ("How to Raise Your Vibration")

[Unmanagable]

"Doubt says that, "I myself would like to know, and unless I know for myself, it is not knowledge. Only my experience is going to be decisive." Doubt is not disbelief. In fact disbelief and belief are exactly the same.

It is easier to say yes, it is easier to say no, because there is nothing you have to do. But to doubt needs guts. To doubt needs courage to remain in the state of not-knowing, and go on questioning everything til the moment you yourself arrive at the reality. When you come to the reality there is no negativity, no positivity. You simply know -- it is your experience."

~Osho

[Unmanagable]

"You cannot find your soul with your mind,
you must use your heart.

You must know what you are feeling.

If you don't know what you are feeling,
you will create unconsciously."

~Gary Zukav

[anonymouslyadd]

I beg you, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.

~Rainer Maria Rilke, 1903; in Letters to a Young Poet