“We imagine that our theological/conceptual systems are the means by which we know God as God is. I truly believe that such postures and perspectives put us in danger of conceptual idolatry, worshiping our ideas of and frameworks for God.”
Source: Intuitive Leadership: Embracing a Paradigm of Narrative, Metaphor, and Chaos
“I would even submit that true gratitude and true humility before God are found in fully receiving and enjoying the gifts He has so generously given to us in Christ.
However one defines grace, this much is clear. Grace comes as a free gift from God. And what do you do with a gift?
You open it. You enjoy it. This is our gratitude. This is the best thing to do with grace!”
Source: Praying the Word of Grace: The Revival of a Grieving Father's Soul Through the Simple Practice of Scripture-Based Prayer
“Meditation is the art of enjoying your own aloneness, and love is the art of relating with others. These two qualities are the most important in life. Meditation is far more important than love, because love is only possible if meditation becomes possible.
A person who cannot enjoy his own aloneness cannot enjoy relating with others. That is the basic reason why the two persons
in a relationship are always in such a conflict. They basically meet out of need, because they cannot be alone. They feely empty and they are unable to be alone. They have only a negative experience of aloneness, so it is like an inner wound that hurts. And one needs some support and somebody to cling to. So both people in a relationship desire the other for support. But sooner or later this will create conflict and frustration,
because both are lonely and they want the other to fill their emptiness and loneliness.
It is only two meditator that can relate out of joy, because both are capable of being alone. There is no need for the other. Now they can relate, because they have
something to share. They do not relate out of need, but out of joy and abundance. The meditator can love himself in his own aloneness. which means that he can enjoy everything.
The ancient spiritual scriptures say that wherever a real meditator sits, the whole place becomes a sacred place.”
Source: Man is Part of the Whole: Silence, Love, Joy, Truth, Compassion, Freedom and Grace
“More than joy,
pain brings us light.
Joy makes us feel good,
pain makes us alive.”
Source: Yüz Şiirlerin Yüzüğü (Ring of 100 Poems, Bilingual Edition): 100 Turkish Poems with Translations
“Every one of our hearts is ‘holy ground’. Every single one of us belong to Jesus; we are the reward of His sufferings, the joy that was set before Him as He endured the agony of the cross.”
Source: Ekklesia Rising: Visitations from Jesus revealing the truth and power of who we really are
“If we find ourselves missing the art of living, we must suffer from a lack of fulfillment, joy, and meaning in life. By opening the closets of our minds, igniting the wicks of our curiosity, and unlocking the abandoned doors to our dormant passion, we revive an inspired and creative way of life. ("Waiting for Eureka")”
“As the air gives us life, remember you are also giving life to the air”
Source: Specks of Shadows, Flecks of Light
“The whole humanity can be divided into two categories: the fools and the wise. The first category the fools are those who live from ignorance, ego and unconsciousness. They live in a separation from life. The ego functions as a separation from life. They live in a separate world of their own, which
is a false world.
The second category the wise live out of their inner being. They have become aware, and have dropped all ignorance and unconsciousness. Then life becomes a joy. Then each moment in life is precious and
ecstatic. Then the whole existence starts overflowing with godliness.
Everybody is born a fool, but everybody has the capacity to wake up. But very few people use their capacity to wake up. The man of awareness are taking a decision and commitment to wake up.”
Source: Man is Part of the Whole: Silence, Love, Joy, Truth, Compassion, Freedom and Grace
“I would not exchange the sorrows of my heart for the joys of the multitude. And I would not have the tears that sadness makes to flow from my every part, turn to laughter. I would that my life remain a tear and a smile.
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A tear to unite me with those of broken heart; a smile to be a sign of my joy in existence.”
Source: A Tear and a Smile
“Joy is never guaranteed,' Tieran says, his voice gentle. 'But you can wed yourself to pain. I suppose, at least in that, there is no chance of surprise.”
Source: The Prisoner’s Throne