“The mystical kundalini is very different. It is a much more intense transformative energy which, when used, allows a person to make tremendous spiritual leaps in a short period of time.” PersonsDifferentSpiritualUsedEnergyBuddhismPeriodsIntenseLeapMystical Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you burn yourself out in two years of intense selfless giving, what good is that if you could have given 20 years? Set yourself up well. Get the things you want - God exists in the material and in the spiritual.” IfsWantGivingYearsWellsTwoSpiritualGivenMaterialsYogaKarmaIntenseTwo YearsSelflessGod ExistsKarma YogaSelfless Giving Author:Frederick Lenz
“Freedom of mind and mind itself have been most fully developed in regions where trade developed at the same time. In all ages, without exception, every intense production of art, ideas, and spiritual values has occurred in some locality where a remarkable degree of economic activity was also manifest.” MindHas BeensArtIdeasAgeSpiritualValuesEconomicActivityDegreesTradeProductionsIntenseRemarkableExceptionRegionsManifestSpiritual ValuesLocality Author:Paul Valery
“Drugs took me to places; they were like portals. It's kind of a cliché, but they were like portals to altered states of consciousness into ways of imagining the world, or seeing a world beyond this world, or seeing a world beyond this world that I might not have gotten to unless I discovered meditation and a very deep, intense spiritual path based on contemplation and meditation.” WorldWayKindStatesMightSpiritualConsciousnessPathMeditationSeeingThis WorldDrugIntenseContemplationAlteredSpiritual PathVery DeepPortalStates Of ConsciousnessAltered StatesAltered States Of Consciousness Author:Anne Lamott
“You could say that spirituality is bliss, and bliss is physical happiness, emotional happiness, mental happiness, and spiritual happiness. And it's intense. It's an intense happiness. It brings you together with everything.” TogetherSpiritualSpiritualityEmotionalIntenseBlissSpiritual Happiness Author:David Lynch
“In pursuing personal growth, there are issues where we can advance just so far by ourselves. At some point, our continued progress and improvement can only come about through relationships with others. Romantic love is an intense and intimate exposure to another person; if we can be who we want to be, even in that context, then our spiritual growth is exponentially expanded.” IfsWantPersonsSpiritualGrowthLove IsIssuesProgressPersonal GrowthImprovementIntenseIntimateSpiritual GrowthRomantic LoveExposureRelationships With Others Author:Marianne Williamson
“The pain caused by this wound which He inflicts on me and the sweetness which accompanies it are so intense that I cannot even begin to describe it. However. . . this pain and this sweetness are completely spiritual, although it is also true that they are shared by the body to a high degree.” BodyPainSpiritualDegreesWoundsIntenseSweetnessAccompany Author:Pio of Pietrelcina
“For most people, spiritual awakening is a gradual process. Rarely does it happen all at once. When it does, though, it is usually brought about by intense suffering.” PeopleDoeHappensSpiritualSufferingProcessAwakeningIntenseSpiritual Awakening Author:Eckhart Tolle
“Many Americans hunger for a different kind of society - one based on principles of caring, ethical and spiritual sensitivity, and communal solidarity. Their need for meaning is just as intense as their need for economic security.” NeedsKindDifferentSpiritualPrinciplesEconomyEconomicSecurityHungerCaringIntenseEthicalDifferent KindsSolidaritySensitivityEconomic Security Author:Michael Lerner
“This focus on money and power may do wonders in the marketplace, but it creates a tremendous crisis in our society. People who have spent all day learning how to sell themselves and to manipulate others are in no position to form lasting friendships or intimate relationships... Many Americans hunger for a different kind of society - one based on principles of caring, ethical and spiritual sensitivity, and communal solidarity. Their need for meaning is just as intense as their need for economic security.” PeopleNeedsKindMayDifferentSpiritualFormWonderPrinciplesEconomyFocusEconomicSecurityPositionCrisisSellsHungerCaringTyrannyIntenseIntimateOur SocietyLastingEthicalTyrantsDifferent KindsSolidaritySensitivityManipulateMarketplaceIntimate RelationshipsMoney And PowerLasting FriendshipEconomic Security Author:Michael Lerner