#spiritual

No non-poetic account of reality can be complete. ↗

— John Myhill

#god-s-whisper-creation-s-thunder #john-d-barrow #john-myhill #metaphysics #mysticism

Lately I have come to believe that the principle difference between Heaven and Hell is the company you keep there.... ↗

— Lois McMaster Bujold

#spiritual-wisdom #science

• “Don't try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist; use it to be a better whatever-you-already-are.” --Dalai Lama http://amzn.to/dMBLWW ↗

— Sukhraj Dhillon

#religion

If you have a good idea, use it so that you will not only accomplish something, but so that you can make room for new ones to flow into you. ↗

— Deng Ming-Dao

#flow #ideas #spirituality #taoism #harmony

Jesus calls us to his rest, and meekness is His method. The meek man cares not at all who is greater than he, for he has long ago decided that the esteem of the world is not worth the effort. ↗

— A.W. Tozer

#discipleship #spiritual-growth #effort

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth. The named is the mother of ten thousand things. Ever desireless, one can see the mystery. Ever desiring, one can see the manifestations. These two spring from the same source but differ in name; this appears as darkness. Darkness within darkness. The gate to all mystery. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#manifestation

There is nothing so whole as a broken heart. ↗

— Menachem Mendel

#spiritual #psychology

Teachers can be a living example to their students. Not that teachers should look for students to idealize them. One who is worth idealizing does not care whether others idealize them or not. Everyone needs to see that you not only teach human values but you live them. It is unavoidable sometimes you will be idealized -- it is better for children to have a role model, or goal, because then the worshipful quality in them can dawn. ↗

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

#human-values #spiritual #student #teacher #worship

We wait for God to bless us while God waits for us to accept the blessing. ↗

— Betsy Otter Thompson

#self-help #spiritual #self-growth

Interpreters package and then sell, rent, or impose upon us artificially flavored illusions of truth, salvation, enlightenment, and happiness that are built upon their goals. That twisted information and those errant goals and are often very different from those of the original teachers that these interpreters are borrowing moral authority from. Following our own inner guidance would yield better results than following the village idiot. Neither Buddha nor Jesus was waiting for a Buddha or a Jesus to come solve their personal problems or those of humanity. The key to whatever we need is within us. The job of uncovering it is ours to do. ↗

— Doug Rose

#spiritual-growth #self-growth