#ritual

It is widely unknown, but nonetheless true that Catholicism fervently promotes the 'spiritual disciplines' whereas Protestantism has largely neglected them altogether. Does 'volunteerism' facilitate the formation of Christ's character in us or rather does it reveal our level of Christ-like maturity through the work of the Holy Spirit in us? Jesus modeled son-ship and gave all of His time, shared his talents,and invested all of His treasure while affirming others as He proclaimed through demonstrations the Kingdom of God.'Christ-likeness cannot be self-efforted' (Woods, 2007)." ~R. Alan Woods [2013] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#spiritual-development #catholicism

Don't get me wrong, I like NASCAR and shopping at Nordstrom's, but discipleship is intrinsic as a lifestyle." ~R. Alan Woods [2013] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#lifestyle #r-alan-woods #spirituality #r-alan-woods

You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#fundamentalism #god #humor #idolatry #spirituality

If all the world were Christian, it might not matter if all the world were educated. But a cultural life will exist outside the Church whether it exists inside or not. Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#engagement #philosophy #spiritual-warfare #education

he wanted to do, to be, to feel- and could not; he wanted sense, he wanted purpose- in Freud's words, 'Work and Love'. ↗

— Oliver Sacks

#love

namaste - it means, roughly translated, "I honor the Deity within you." that is precisely what we do when we open our hearts to another; we honor the fact that he or she, like us, is a child or the same loving Father, worthy of all respect and careful attention. ↗

— Virginia H. Pearce

#love

...she is careful who she sleeps with, because only those willing totreat her witht he same reverence are worthy of her attention. ...you are the Goddess, and "all acts of love and pleasure" are your rituals ↗

— Dianne Sylvan

#healing #spiritual #love

You have not got birth here neither you will get death....only thing you will get here is experience. ↗

— Kapil kumar Bhaskar

#experience #life #spirituality #death

This spirit or intelligence-energy in spirituality transmigrates to restart its journey, into yet another cycle of what we call life and death." www.booksonspirituality.com ↗

— Gian Kumar

#death

[...] death follows us around for a reason. It's because death is our best adviser. There is nothing more powerful than a person who is prepared to live right now, in this instant, fully accepting that this may be their last moment on earth. ↗

— A.C. Ping

#inspirational-life #spirituality #death