Spiritual Quotes - Page 275

Love may be the ultimate solution to all man's difficulties, problems and travails.

True understanding is possible only when we are fully conscious of our thought, not as an operative observer on this thought, but completely and without the intervention of a choice.

A man who is really earnest must begin with himself, he must be passively aware of all his thoughts, feelings and actions.

Real freedom is not something to be acquired, it is the outcome of intelligence.

To understand what is right meditation there must be an awareness of the operation of one's own consciousness, and then there is complete attention.

Achieve order within yourself...an inward tranquility which knows no disturbance at any moment...in the daily life of the home and the office.

Pause and remember - The spiritual path is not always going to be smooth and easy. There are going to be difficult situations, hardships, losses and lessons. Don't lose faith along the way. You are exactly where you need to be.

To believe is to know you believe, and to know you believe is not to believe.

I am not a religious person, but I am spiritual. But I don't believe in things like guilt.

I have many friends who do not believe in luck; they believe in blessings. Likewise, I do not believe in coincidences; I believe in miracles.

You each have the same energy and it sings within you. You need not be shy of it, it is your own. You need not look to gurus, or Gods, or Seths. It dwells within your own being.

From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments of sadness or fear. That's what I believe, and it was very, very strong in the forest.

Remove the heavy clothing of your self-definition. You are not woman, you are not American, you are not son, you are not spiritual seeker, executive, teacher, unemployed, you are not wounded, you are not highly respected, you are not productive, you are not blah-blah-blah-blah.

Tea is also a sort of spiritual refreshment, an elixir of clarity and wakeful tranquility.

Our Lord's miracles were all essential parts of His one consistent life. They were wrought as evidences not only of His power, but of His mercy. They were throughout moral in their character, and spiritual in the ends contemplated by them. They were in fact embodiments of His whole character; exemplars of His whole teaching, emblems of His whole mission.

I acknowledge with great gratitude the peace and contentment we can find for ourselves in the spiritual cocoons of our homes, our sacrament meetings, and our holy temples.

We spend most of our time and energy in a kind of horizontal thinking. We move along the surface of things....but, there are times when we must stop. We sit still. We lose ourselves in a pile of leaves or in its memory. We listen, and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper.

Ultimately, we have to ask ourselves an essential spiritual and ethical question: Are we the kind of people who take everything for ourselves and leave nothing for others, or do the angels of our better nature still live? I believe the angels are still alive.

I think there is a spiritual scent in us which feels mischief coming, as they say birds scent storms.

If you can break the illusion that you are separate and begin to experience the oneness of the existence, that is yoga.

If you want to create a beautiful world, people in positions of responsibility and power should know a certain sense of joyfulness and peacefulness.

Meditation is an opportunity to move into a dimension where there is no such thing as stress within you.

Being spiritual is a far more intelligent way to exist. It means being in tune with the intelligence of the Creator.

Whether it is suffering or joy, going through experiences in life is not so much of a karma. Depriving yourself of any experience is the big karma.

Once you touch a dimension which is boundless, the idea of time and space disappears. What is here is there; what is there is here.