“Don't create a plastic image of what it is to be spiritual and try to become it. You won't be capable of it and that will frustrate you. Even if you could do it, if it's not really what you're like, you'll be miserable.” IfsTryingSpiritualLike YouCapableIntentionMiserablePlastic Author:Frederick Lenz
“I guess I'm a spiritual secularist, if that's not an oxymoron. My paths of secularism and spirituality are the same: I try to do the appropriate thing at each moment.” IfsTryingMomentsSpiritualSpiritualityPathIntentionAppropriateSecularismOxymoron Author:Paul Krassner
“No matter what I write or speak about, it always has some connection to how our spiritual understanding impacts the world we live in. Whether I'm writing or teaching about nutrition, pilates, green living or meditation, all topics simmer down to self thought and intention.” WorldWritingSelfMatterSpiritualSpeakUnderstandingMeditationTeachingConnectionsNo Matter WhatGreenImpactIntentionNutritionTopicsPilatesGreen Living Author:Marianne Williamson
“A spirituality that is only private and self-absorbed, one devoid of an authentic political and social consciousness, does little to halt the suicidal juggernaut of history. On the other hand, an activism that is not purified by profound spiritual and psychological self-awareness ... will only perpetuate the problem it is trying to solve, however righteous its intentions.” TryingLittlesDoeSelfProblemHandsSpiritualPoliticalSpiritualitySocialConsciousnessAwarenessSelf AwarenessIntentionProfoundSolveActivismPsychologicalRighteousSuicidalHaltSelf AbsorbedJuggernautSocial ConsciousnessProfound Spiritual Author:Andrew Harvey
“Fasting, as some people speculate, is not a bodily torture, martyrdom, or a cross, but it is a way to elevate the body to reach the level of cooperation with the soul. When we fast, our intention is not to torture the body but to shun its behaviour. Thus, one who fasts becomes a spiritual and not a physical person. Fasting is an ascetic soul which takes the body with it as its partner in asceticism.” PeopleWayPersonsSoulBodySpiritualLevelsCrossesIntentionPartnersTortureCooperationBehaviourFastingMartyrdomAsceticism Author:Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria
“Energy always flows either toward hope, community, love, generosity, mutual recognition, and spiritual aliveness or it flows toward despair, cynicism, fear that there is not enough, paranoia about the intentions of others, and a desire to control.” EnoughSpiritualDesireChoicesEnergyFearCommunityDespairFlowIntentionRecognitionGenerosityMutualCynicismFairnessParanoia Author:Michael Lerner
“I definitely have a spiritual outlook. I don't usually read self-help books, but I read a great book by a guy called Wayne Dyer, 'The Power of Intention,' which I loved. I'm not a religious guy, in fact I'm probably agnostic but I thought what this writer had to say was really powerful.” BookSelfFactsHelpingSpiritualGuyReligiousPowerfulSelf HelpIntentionAgnosticOutlookWayneGreat BookReally PowerfulSelf Help BooksPower Of IntentionHelp Book Author:Chris Pine