“The mistake we make is to turn upon our past with angry wholesale negation. … The way of wisdom is to treat it airily, lightly, wantonly, and in a spirit of poetry; and above all to use its symbols, which are its spiritual essence, giving them a new connotation, a fresh meaning.” WayGivingUsePastSpiritualSpiritTurnsMistakeEssenceTreatsAngrySymbolsOur PastNegationConnotationWholesale Author:John Cowper Powys
“There's no such thing as a mistake--we do it! There's no such thing as an accident--we do it!.” SpiritualMistakeAccidents Author:Lester Levenson
“All architecture, which does not express serenity, fails in its spiritual mission. Thus, it has been a mistake to abandon the shelter of walls for the inclemency of large areas of glass.” DoeHas BeensSpiritualMistakeFailingWallAreasGlassesMissionsArchitectureAbandonSerenityShelter Author:Luis Barragan
“The mercy of forgiveness is brought from the strength to accept any situation given and faced. Spiritual independence and humbleness toward life makes life like a flowing river of release. What happens will happen anyways, and everybody can make mistakes. The important thing is to learn how to make a better future from the mistake.” ImportantHappensSpiritualGivenMistakeSituationAcceptingRiversMercyIndependenceImportant ThingsReleaseMaking MistakesBetter FutureHumblenessFlowing River Author:Hiroko Sakai
“Bad karma is the spiritual debt one has accumulated for one's mistakes from all previous lives and this life. It includes killing, harming, taking advantage, cheating, stealing, and more. On Mother Earth, when you buy a house, you take out a mortgage from a bank. This mortgage is your debt to the bank. You pay every month for fifteen, twenty, or thirty years to clear your financial debt. In the spiritual realm, if you have bad karma, you may have to pay for many lifetimes to clear your spiritual debt.” IfsYearsMayEarthSpiritualMotherHousePayMistakeClearMonthsAdvantageTwentiesLifetimeKillingFinancialDebtKarmaStealingThis LifeRealmsThirtyCheatingFifteenMortgageThirty YearsMother EarthTaking AdvantageBad KarmaPrevious Life Author:Zhi Gang Sha
“People seek for the spiritual champagne, but they mistake what it is.” PeopleSpiritualMistakeChampagne Book:America of the Fifties Source: America of the Fifties
“We made a mistake. What we should have done when people crossed the line of faith and become Christians, we should have started telling people and teaching people that they have to take responsibility to become 'self feeders.' We should have gotten people, taught people, how to read their bible between service, how to do the spiritual practices much more aggressively on their own.” PeopleShouldMadeSelfDoneChristianSpiritualLinesMistakeResponsibilityPracticeTeachingTaughtShould HaveTaking ResponsibilityMade A MistakeSpiritual Practice Author:Bill Hybels