“So remember, God is dreaming this world. And if we are in tune with Him, we will live a divinely intoxicated life and nothing will disturb us. We will watch this cosmic picture as we watch the films in a movie house, without being hurt. God created us that we may dream as He does, enjoying this dream, and all its contrasting experiences, as an entertainment, without being affected by it, absorbed in His eternal joy.”
Source: Why God Permits Evil (Self-Realization Fellowship)
“Micro-wellness thrives in simplicity—breathe, stretch, savor life’s flavors for lasting joy.”
Source: Dr Prem's Guide - Wellness Tourism
“Let me ask you another question, if I may,” Jake says. “Have you ever been in love?”
“Yes. Sure, I have,” she answered defensively.
“No. I mean really in love. The kind of love that makes you abandon all reason and throw caution to the wind. The kind of love that makes you trade logic for passion?”
Source: A Compromising Position
“if you cannot find a reason to smile, then be unreasonable and smile.”
Source: Specks of Shadows, Flecks of Light
“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")”