“Attempting to understand consciousness with your mind, is like trying to illuminate the sun with a candle.”
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Spiritual Quotes — page 104 of 1176
“When you see what is not real, this laughter comes”
“Lord, make me see thy glory in every place.”
“Disappointment often focuses on the failure of our own agenda rather than on God's long-term purposes for us, which may use stress and struggle as tools for strengthening our spiritual muscles.”
“I need the sea because it teaches me”
“That's the beauty of backbends. Emotionally we can never be disturbed, for the emotional centre becomes an extrovert. When you do Viparita Dandasana, your head looks backwards, but your conscious mind stretches everywhere. Study by observing how the mind gets regulated. You not only know the freedom in the spine, but also the freedom in the spirit.”
“You must do the asana with your soul. How can you do an asana with your soul? We can only do it with the organ of the body that is closest to the soul - the heart. So a virtuous asana is done from the heart and not from the head. Then you are not just doing it, but you are in it. Many people try to think their way into an asana, but you must instead feel your way into it through love and devotion”
“So long as we believe in our heart of hearts that our capacity is limited and we grow anxious and unhappy, we are lacking in faith. One who truly trusts in God has no right to be anxious about anything.”
“When we are willing to stay even a moment with uncomfortable energy, we gradually learn not to fear it.”
“If you want to experience eternal illumination, put the past and the future out of your mind and remain within the present moment.”
“Normal' is a dryer setting.”
“Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.”
“God is all there is - God includes everything, all possibility and all action, for Spirit is the invisible essence and substance of all form.”
“It isn't normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.”
“Theologians frequently assert that God has no body, no gender, no race and no age. Most people state that God is neither male nor female. Yet most people become flustered, upset or even angry when it is suggested that the God they know as Lord and Father might also be God the Mother, or Goddess.”
“A faith that does not result in activity of any kind is a dead faith; it is empty, worthless, insincere.”
“I had a moment of religious epiphanosity.”
“We must never forget that the dance is the cradle of Negro music.”
“If you want the perfect plan that God has for your life, you will have to go by way of Calvary to get it.”
“Two conflicting forces cannot exist in one human heart. When doubt reigns, faith cannot abide. Where hatred rules, love is crowded out. Where selfishness rules, there love cannot dwell. When worry is present, trust cannot crowd its way in.”