“Religion is the record of spiritual events. Through the repetition of past occurrences religion can give us a close approximation of the event itself, but it is not the same thing as a spiritual experience.” — Ashavan Copy Share Image
“The essence of all spirituality and religion is to gaze into the endless unknown and unknowable with the capacity for awe rather than terror, for a willingness to feel connected rather than separate from the immense all.” — Ashavan Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the one unanswerable question in life is why so many of us choose to live in a fantasy world of our own creation… — Ashavan Copy Share Image
“Denial is the inevitable consequence of those who are presented with disastrous scenarios without being offered an avenue for success. That is why we… — Ashavan Copy Share Image
“Do not let your intellect steer you away from what your eyes have seen. Neither should you let it deny what your higher powers… — Ashavan Copy Share Image
“Religion is the record of spiritual events. Through the repetition of past occurrences religion can give us a close approximation of the event itself,… — Ashavan Copy Share Image
“The problem with a philosophy or a belief is that you soon start changing the facts to fit it.” — Ashavan Copy Share Image
“The essence of all spirituality and religion is to gaze into the endless unknown and unknowable with the capacity for awe rather than terror,… — Ashavan Copy Share Image
“The greatest courage is to love, to reach beyond the self openly, to expand the very idea of self until it is too large… — Ashavan Copy Share Image
“The intellect is a boat which can take us to the very shores of understanding, but once there we must leave it behind in… — Ashavan Copy Share Image
