#incarnation

The ocean pulsed outside our window. The sound of the waves crashing on the rocks below usually calmed me down, but the fear and chaos that were tangled in my mind made that an impossibility. ↗

— Chelsie Shakespeare

#death #life #love #reincarnation #soulmates

This life is but a brief tenure, one of many perspectives a spirit must experience in the quest for eternity. ↗

— Brian Rathbone

#inspirational #life #reincarnation #experience

...the incarnation is the complete refutation of every human system and institution that claims to control, possess, and distribute God. Whatever any church or religious leader may claim in regard to their particular access to God or control over your experience of God, the incarnation is the last word: God loves the world. God came into the world in the form of the people he created, the human race (including you and me), who bear his image. God's creation of humanity in his image gives hints of who he is, since we all are marked by his fingerprints. But as flawed humans, we give only a vague hint of God. Our broken reflection of God's image is easily drowned out by our broken humanity. then, two thousand years ago, God came in his fullness. He came to all of us in Jesus. The incarnation is not owned, trademarked, or controlled by any church. It belongs to every human being. The incarnation is not something that requires a distributor or middleman. It is a gracious gift to every person everywhere, religious or not. God gave himself to us in Jesus. ↗

— Michael Spencer

#internet-monk #jesus #spirituality #experience

He had a thousand-year-old stare. ↗

— Louise Erdrich

#men #old-soul #reincarnation #men

-"Great! Fucking! News! What would be the best thing that could ever happen?” -“If after I died, I was reincarnated as Meg White?” -“Okay, the second-best thing. ↗

— Robin Benway

#music #reincarnation #the-white-stripes #tws #music

My whole belief system is that our paths are drawn for us. I believe in reincarnation. I believe we're here to learn and grow. We choose how we come into this life based on what it is we have to learn. Some people have harder lessons than others. ↗

— Gillian Anderson

#belief #believe #choose #come #drawn

Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied later Christians. He went around doing good and being compassionate. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#around #being #christians #compassionate #deal

I don't really understand that process called reincarnation but if there is such a thing I'd like to come back as my daughter's dog. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#called #come #daughter #dog #i

Many cultures have independently developed a belief system in reincarnation that includes return of the unit of consciousness to another physical lifetime on Earth. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#belief #consciousness #cultures #developed #earth

There was a bright flash of brilliant white light, like the midday summer sun reflecting off of a freshly cleaned mirror. And then it was gone. ↗

— Raymond Rice

#reincarnation #spiritual #supernatural #suspense #love