In order to teach a course in the history of Western religious thought, I had to do a great deal of research… — Jacob Needleman Christian Copy Share Image
The work of cultivating experiences called "peak experiences" or "mystic moments" or "breakthroughs" until they become more accessible is part of the… — Jacob Needleman Breakthrough Copy Share Image
“The struggle to exist, to not disappear in this moment, is the advancing root of the struggle to exist throughout the whole… — Jacob Needleman Adversity Copy Share Image
When thought races ahead of Being, a civilization is racing towards destruction. — Jacob Needleman Civilization Copy Share Image
At the present moment in our culture this yearning for meaning and consciousness, this yearning to give and serve something higher than… — Jacob Needleman Capable Copy Share Image
The only really interesting questions are the unanswerable ones. — Jacob Needleman Inspirational Copy Share Image
What is most necessary for people and what is given us in great abundance, are experiences, especially experiences of the forces within… — Jacob Needleman Abundance Copy Share Image
The differences between religions are only differences involving the pathways that lead toward the practice of directly experiencing higher levels of perception… — Jacob Needleman Buddhism Copy Share Image
Any serious man or woman in search of spiritual ideas will find a surprising challenge and an authentic source of inspiration and… — Jacob Needleman Challenges Copy Share Image
To be totally engaged with all my functions and all my faculties and all my capacities in life to me that would… — Jacob Needleman Capacity Copy Share Image
And, as soon as possible, be on the lookout for someone whose whole manner of speaking and being makes, as it were,… — Jacob Needleman Heart Copy Share Image
To search means, first, I need Being, Truth; second, I do not know where to find it; and third, an action takes… — Jacob Needleman Action Copy Share Image
The process of inner self-examination brings about a knowledge that is as rigorous and supported by evidence as anything science has to… — Jacob Needleman Emotional Copy Share Image
