“until you have, once at least, faced everything you know - the whole universe - with utter giving in, and let all that is 'not you' flow over and engulf you, there can be no lasting sense of security. Only by being prepared to accept annihilation can one escape from that spiritual 'abiding alone' which is in fact the truly death-like state.” KnowsGivingStatesWholeFactsSpiritualUniverseAcceptingSecurityAcceptanceFlowPreparedLastingAbidingAnnihilationGiving In Author:Marion Milner
“A man becomes spiritual insofar as he lives a spiritual life. He begins to see God in all things, to see His power and might in every manifestation. Always and everywhere he sees himself abiding in God and dependent on God for all things. But insofar as a man lives a bodily life, so much he does he do bodily things; He doesn't see God in anything, even in the the most wondrous manifestations of His Divine power. In all things he sees body, material, everywhere and always - "God is not before his eyes." (Ps. 35:2)” MenInspirationalDoeBodyMightEyeChristianSpiritualReligiousDivineMaterialsAll ThingsManifestationHis EyesDependentOrthodoxSpiritual LifeAbidingWondrousDivine Power Author:John of Kronstadt
“Man, as a spiritual being, cannot be maintained in strength, uprightness, and peace except if he periodically withdraw himself from the outer world of perishable things and reach inwardly towards the abiding and imperishable realities.” IfsMenWorldRealitySpiritualSpiritualityAbidingOuter WorldsSpiritual BeingsUprightness Book:Mind is the Master: The Complete James Allen Treasury Source: Mind is the Master: The Complete James Allen Treasury