"This process of change since my stroke has……" — Bede Griffiths
"This process of change since my stroke has been very gradual. It is going on all the time... It is partly a physical transformation. The body itself is undergoing great changes. My problem before was that I was living largely from the head; and then after the stroke I got down into the heart."
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Bede Griffiths
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20 Quotes by Bede Griffiths
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Above all we have to go beyond words and images and concepts. No imaginative vision or conceptual framework is adequate…
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This is criterion by which the Church is to be judged, not by the forms of its doctrine or ritual,…
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...the need to overawe people and demand obedience from them is powerful and seductive. It is a part of that…
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The main theme of the Bible is the restoration of humanity and, through humanity, of the whole of creation to…
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This was the very purpose of creation that each unique, individual being should participate in its own way in the…
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In his (Christ's) surrender on the cross all the pain and agony of mankind was concentrated at a single point,…
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I am rediscovering the whole sexual dimension of life at the age of 86, really. And that also means discovering…
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God has graced every tradition with insight into the divine mystery, from the most primitive to the most sophisticated-each has…
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The one thing which you have to abandon unconditionally is your self.
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Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The…
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You must be ready to give up everything, not only material attachments but also human attachments - father, mother, wife,…
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I had made myself the center of my own existence and had my back turned to God.
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