“The one whose kashays, (inner anger, pride, deceit, greed) are gone is worthy of worship. The absence of inner intent of kashays… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
If we're interested in spiritual things, we gradually realize that what we really need is to understand this nature that seems to… — Guy Finley Copy Share Image
“We’ (the Gnani Purush, the enlightened one) do not have the time to prove that ‘ours’ is correct; nor do ‘we’ have… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
When the eye is unobstructed, the result is sight. When the ear is unobstructed, the result is hearing. When the mind is… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
Flaky devotionalism, bowing and scraping and sucking up to the teacher is very phony. It is counterproductive to enlightenment and spiritual development.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Therefore, what you do as a spiritual practitioner in this life shapes that. To seek and find this beautiful, continuing existence, where… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ in the world whatsoever. It is just the impurity of the vision. It… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
A thousand candles can be lighted from the flame of one candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When all mental activity around who you think you are or what you need for happiness is stopped, there is a crack… — Gangaji Copy Share Image
Spiritual lust--'I must have it at once'--causes me to demand an answer from God, instead of seeking God himself who gives the… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“Modern spiritual consciousness is predicated upon the fact that God is gone, and spiritual experience, for many of us, amounts mostly to… — Christian Wiman Copy Share Image
In one way or another, this is the oldest story in America: the struggle to determine whether “we, the people” is a… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
“We see what we need to see,but we must remain open to new ideas and new ways of doing things.Progression of the… — Sheri Meshal Copy Share Image
“Complete understanding’ is considered ‘Absolute Vision’ (keval darshan) and when it manifests in one’s conduct, it is considered ‘Absolute Knowledge' (keval gnan).… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I sometimes like to think of God as a great symphony and the various spiritual paths as instruments in an orchestra. The… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
We start... imitation of Christ with Holy Baptism, which symbolizes the Lord's Burial and Resurrection. Virtuous living and conduct in accord with… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
“You yourself are in the form of ego. As long as there is ignorance of the Self, you are in the egoism… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The spiritual life is a gift. It is a gift of the Holy Spirit, who lifts us up into the kingdom of… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I do not believe the greatest threat to our future is from bombs or guided missiles. I don't think our civilization will… — Laurence McKinley Gould Copy Share Image
“We are often at odds with our wise and loving Lord because the change he is working on is not the change… — Timothy Lane Copy Share Image
Finding voice is a socially responsible political act. We don't just do it for ourselves. And helping someone to find voice demands… — Mary Rose O'Reilley Copy Share Image
“As long as parmanus (subatomic particles) match, there is oneness, and then it turns into revenge (vengeance). Wherever there is infatuation, there… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Chandu’ is man (nar) and You, the Self are God (Narayan). So man and god (nar-narayan) are a pair. People go to… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
... in a history of spiritual rupture, a social compact built on fantasy and collective secrets, poetry becomes more necessary than ever:… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
What to one man is the virtue which he has sunk below the possibility of aspiring to, is to another the backsliding… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
God's message extends beyond borders. Anyone in the world can learn to forgive those who have injured them, however great or small… — Immaculee Ilibagiza Copy Share Image
California is an unbelievable state. One day I might be in a spiritual place like Joshua Tree, then before I know it,… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
Although our package of skin and bones looks very convincing, it is a mask, an illusion, disguising our true self, which has… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Excite the soul, and the weather and the town and your condition in the world all disappear; the world itself loses its… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Of the two, only one can be the doer. If God is the doer; then there is nothing for us to do.… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The Good of man is the active exercise of his soul's faculties in conformity with excellence or virtue, or if there be… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Anything you do to prevent inauspicious contemplation (durdhyan, to hurt others by mind,body,speech,etc.) is dharmadhyan (auspicious contemplation, to not hurt anyone, to… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Even if one incurs a loss, he should expose this fact to the other person. This way the intent the other person… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
There is something so rewarding about dancing. It's almost spiritual - you let loose, you feel free, you get endorphins from the… — Julianne Hough Copy Share Image
Religious people love to hide behind religion. They love the rules of religion more than they love Jesus. With practice, Condemners let… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When comfort is withdrawn, do not be cast down, but humbly and patiently await the visitation of God. He is able and… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
The quicker you are in attaching verbal or mental labels to things, people, or situations, the more shallow and lifeless your reality… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Man can no longer live for himself alone. We must realize that all life is valuable and that we are united to… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Seeing' as you travel is somewhat of a spiritual exercise: a process not of seeking interesting surroundings, but of being continually interested… — Rolf Potts Copy Share Image
God's truth is literal truth. The illumined mind has more operative cells. In reclaiming the mystical, we take back our whole selves.… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image