“The one seeking to demonstrate the power of spiritual realization in everyday affairs should believe in Divine guidance... and that everything in life is controlled by love, harmony, and peace.” ShouldBelieveSpiritualLife IsBeliefDivineHarmonyEverydayAffairSeekingRealizationGuidanceControlledDivine Guidance Book:The Science of Mind Collection Source: The Science of Mind Collection
“If we would accept heaven's life, we need by all means to live in the world and to participate in its duties and affairs. In this way, we accept a spiritual life by means of our moral and civic life; and there is no other way a spiritual life can be formed within us, no other way our spirits can be prepared for heaven. This is because living an inner life and not an outer life at the same time is like living in a house that has no foundation, that gradually either settles or develops gaping cracks or totters until it collapses.” IfsWorldWayNeedsMeanSpiritualSpiritHouseHeavenAcceptingMoralDutyFoundationPreparedAffairSettlingCracksSpiritual LifeCollapseBe PreparedCivicsInner Life Book:Heaven and hell Source: Heaven and hell
“My daily affairs are quite ordinary; but I'm in total harmony with them. I don't hold on to anything, don't reject anything; nowhere an obstacle or conflict. Who cares about wealth and honor? Even the poorest thing shines. My miraculous power and spiritual activity: drawing water and carrying wood.” CareSpiritualWaterWealthHonorActivityConflictOrdinaryHarmonyShiningAffairObstaclesWoodsDrawingRejectsWho CaresMiraculousPoorest Author:Layman Pang
“The clerical system of church management is exceedingly popular, but the whole thought is foreign to Scripture. In a church all the members are active. He [God] appointed some to take oversight of the work so that it might be carried on efficiently. It was never His thought that the majority of the believers should devote themselves exclusively to secular affairs and leave church matters to a group of spiritual specialists.” ShouldMatterWholeMightSpiritualChurchGroupsMembersManagementMajorityAffairActiveBelieverScriptureSecularSpecialistsOversight Author:Watchman Nee
“What is any religion? A little ritual, a little superstition, and some magic. It's not a strictly spiritual affair; it has psychological roles to fulfill. You might not want it to be a religion based on your own experience but that's like wanting to clean up your dreams” WantLittlesDreamMightSpiritualRolesMagicCleanAffairPsychologicalYour DreamsRitualSuperstitions Author:Gary Snyder
“There is a spiritual godliness that drifts naturally through the affairs of man, but it is visible only if actions are undertaken and performed with that godliness in mind.” IfsMenMindActionSpiritualAffairVisibleGodliness Author:Stuart Wilde
“Education is character development, harmonious completion of human personality. But what the state accomplishes in this field is dull drill, extinction of natural feeling, narrowing of the spiritual field of vision, destruction of all the deeper elements of character in man. The state can train subjects...but it can never develop free men who take their affairs into their own hands; for independent thought is the greatest danger that it has to fear.” MenHumansStatesCharacterFeelingsHandsSpiritualNaturalVisionSubjectsDangerFieldsPersonalityDevelopmentElementsDestructionIndependentTrainAffairDeeperAccomplishDullExtinctionHarmoniousFree ManCompletionDrillsCharacter DevelopmentIndependent ThoughtHuman PersonalityNatural Feelings Author:Rudolf Rocker