“Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place.” Has BeensSpiritualityGoalReligiousCompassionKeysEasierEnlightenmentTestsDoctrineConformitySetting GoalsStressedReligious Life Author:Karen Armstrong
“The goal of feminist spirituality has never been the simple substitution of Yahweh-with-a-skirt. Rather, it seeks, in all its diversity, to revitalize relational, body-honoring, cosmologically grounded spiritual possibilities for women and all others.” BodySpiritualSpiritualityGoalSimplePossibilityDiversityFeministGroundedSkirtsSubstitutionYahweh Author:Charlene Spretnak
“In an evolutionary context, the goal of the spiritual life is not peace; it's perpetual development. Evolutionary enlightenment is about the ecstasy that compels us to create the future. And it's not a future that's going to unfold by itself while we go back to sleep. It's a future that we forge the hard way through direct, conscious, intentional engagement with the life-process itself.” WayHardSpiritualLife IsSpiritualityProcessGoalSleepDevelopmentEnlightenmentConsciousDirectEcstasyEngagementSpiritual LifePerpetualHard Way Author:Andrew Cohen
“As far as I'm concerned, the spiritual life is just like any other endeavor-you can succeed or fail. And when the goal is actual evolution beyond ego in an intersubjective context, success or failure is plain for all to see.” SpiritualLife IsSpiritualityGoalPracticeFailingEvolutionSucceedEgoConcernedEndeavorSpiritual LifeSuccess Or Failure Author:Andrew Cohen