“The heavenly bodies are nothing but a continuous song for several voices (perceived by the intellect, not by the ear); a music which... sets landmarks in the immeasurable flow of time. It is therefore, no longer surprising that man, in imitation of his creator, has at last discovered the art of figured song, which was unknown to the ancients. Man wanted to reproduce the continuity of cosmic time... to obtain a sample test of the delight of the Divine Creator in His works, and to partake of his joy by making music in the imitation of God.”
Spiritual feeling
Spiritual Quotes — page 39 of 1176
“The guardian angels of life sometimes fly so high as to be beyond our sight, but they are always looking down upon us.”
“Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself.”
“Christ says, 'Give me all. I don't want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work: I want you....Hand over the whole natural self, all the desires which you think innocent as well as the ones you think wicked- the whole outfit. I will give you a new self instead. In fact, I will give you myself: my own will shall become yours.”
“The perfect church service would be one we were almost unaware of. Our attention would have been on God.”
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”
“Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.”
“The secret of happiness is renunciation.”
“Faith. Trust. and Pixie Dust.”
“Our human knowledge is a candle burnt On a dim altar to a sun-vast Truth.”
“Watch nature, because it is your greatest teacher. It moves and flows and moves on again. There is an incredible beauty out there in the mountains, in the forests, to teach you it's silence, it's beauty, it's humility. Stay aligned to that.”
“If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I'm neurotic as hell.”
“Everything is ecstasy inside. We just don't know it because of our thinking-minds. But in our true blissful essence of mind [it] is known that everything is alright forever and forever and forever.”
“(The real brahmin is the one who:) ... has crossed beyond duality ...knows no this shore, other shore, or both ...(is) settled in mind ... without inflowing thoughts ...is without attachment ...endures undisturbed criticism, ill-treatment and bonds, (and is) strong in patience ...(is) without anger, devout, upright, free from craving, disciplined and in his last body ...has experienced the end of his suffering here in this life, who has set down the burden, freed!”
“Prayer is the most powerful resource we have in this life; yet, many only turn to it as a last resort. When unbelievers pray for repentance of sin and ask for God’s forgiveness, prayer is the spiritual dynamite that obliterates the darkness and despair of a sin-soaked soul.”
“Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.”
“When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.”
“When I was younger, I didn't even know how to walk. I was so self-conscious.”
“Jehovah created the earth and therefore it is his by right of creation.”
“Be the same person privately, publically and personally.”