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"We need silence to be alone with God, to speak to him, to listen to him, to ponder his words deep in our hearts. We need to be alone with God in silence to be renewed and transformed. Silence gives us a new outlook on life. In it we are filled with the energy of God himself that makes us do all things with joy."
"Much praying is not done because we do not plan to pray. We do not drift into spiritual life; we do not drift into disciplined prayer. We will not grow in prayer unless we plan to pray. That means we must self-consciousl y set aside time to do nothing but pray."
"I think in many ways narrow minded-attitudes lead to extreme thinking."
"If we want spiritual development, the practice of patience is essential."
"The greater the force of your compassion, the greeater your resilience in confronting hardships."
"Love and Compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this, we do not need to believe in any religion."
"True change is within; leave the outside as it is."
"Up to now my involvement in the Tibetan freedom struggle has been part of my spiritual practice, because the issues of the survival of the Buddha Teaching and the freedom of Tibet are very much related. In this particular struggle, there is no problem with many monks and nuns, including myself, joining."
"Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man at every level, physical, mental, and spiritual. It is a practical method for making one's life purposeful, useful and noble."
"Nothing has happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in the Now."
"Are you polluting the world or cleaning up the mess? You are responsible for your inner space; nobody else is, just as you are responsible for the planet. As within, so without: If humans clear inner pollution, then they will also cease to create outer pollution."
"When the ego dominates in organizations, even spiritual organizations, there is usually a big drama or upheaval of some kind, and self-destruction begins."
"Become conscious of being conscious."
"I have seen cases where people seemed to become totally free of ego, and at some point in their lives the ego came back. It has happened, for example, to some spiritual teachers. At some point in their lives, they began to identify again with form."
"Awareness is the power that is concealed within the present moment. … The ultimate purpose of human existence, which is to say, your purpose, is to bring that power into this world."
"Can you look without the voice in your head commenting, drawing conclusions, comparing, or trying to figure something out?"
"Our animal friends’ non-reactive and forgiving natures can teach us positive spiritual lessons on a daily basis."
"You must have failed deeply on some level or experienced some deep loss or pain to be drawn to the spiritual dimension. Or perhaps your very success became empty and meaningless and so turned out to be a failure."
"Once you have had a glimpse of awareness or Presence, you know it firsthand. It is no longer just a concept in your mind."
"How’ is always more important that ‘what.’ See if you can give much more attention to the doing than to the result that you want to achieve through it."
