“All civil states, with their officers of justice, in their respective constitutions and administrations, are proved essentially civil, and therefore not judges, governors, or defenders of the spiritual, or Christian, state and worship.” StatesChristianSpiritualJusticeJudgingCivilizationWorshipConstitutionAdministrationOfficersGovernorsDefenders Book:On Religious Liberty: Selections from the Works of Roger Williams Source: On Religious Liberty: Selections from the Works of Roger Williams
“Meditation may require a lifetime to master, but it will have been a lifetime well spent. ... If you want to judge your progress, ask yourself these questions: Am I more loving? Is my judgment sounder? Do I have more energy? Can my mind remain calm under provocation? Am I free from the conditioning of anger, fear, and greed? Spiritual awareness reveals itself as eloquently in character development and selfless action as in mystical states.” IfsWantMindWellsMayHas BeensStatesCharacterActionSpiritualAsksEnergyMeditationProgressAwarenessJudgingMastersDevelopmentJudgmentLifetimeGreedCalmSelflessMysticalConditioningCharacter DevelopmentProvocationSpiritual AwarenessSounder Author:Eknath Easwaran
“We have to transpose ourselves into this impressionability of mind, into this sensitivity to tears and spiritual repentance, intothis susceptibility, before we can judge how colorful and intensive life was then.” MindSpiritualHistoryTearsJudgingRepentanceSensitivityColorfulSusceptibility Author:Johan Huizinga
“In the country field, we’re brought up in spiritual homes, we’re taught to “judge not lest you be judged,” and it’s always been a mystery to me how people jump all over things just to criticize, condemn and judge other people when that is so un-Christian – and they claim to be good Christians! We’re supposed to love one another. We’re supposed to accept and love one another. Whether we do or not, that’s a different story. But that’s what we’re supposed to do.” PeopleDifferentCountryStoriesHomeChristianSpiritualAcceptingMysteryFieldsTaughtJudgingAnd LoveClaimsBe GoodCriticizeJudgedLove One AnotherGood Christian Author:Dolly Parton