“There is no gay leader anywhere near the stature of Martin Luther King, because black activism drew on the profound spiritual tradition of the church, to which gay political rhetoric is childishly hostile.” SpiritualPoliticalBlackChurchLeaderKingsGayTraditionProfoundActivismRhetoricHostileLutherStaturePolitical RhetoricProfound Spiritual Author:Camille Paglia
“The fact is that there is a profound spiritual hunger in the western world which, for a variety of reasons, its church is no longer able to assuage. So a book which suggests that there is a spiritual significance to the Christian story but that this has been suppressed by the church undoubtedly appeals to those who are anxious to square this circle.” WorldHas BeensBookReasonFactsStoriesAbleChristianSpiritualReligionChurchMoralityProfoundWesternHungerCirclesVarietyAppealsSignificanceSquaresAnxiousWestern WorldSpiritual HungerProfound Spiritual Author:Melanie Phillips
“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
“The mess of the human condition is that fundamental trust has not yet been realized. The true value of profound spiritual experience lies in the discovery of that fundamental trust.” HumansSpiritualLyingValuesFreedomConditionsDiscoveryFundamentalsProfoundMessHuman ConditionSpiritual ExperienceTrue ValueProfound Spiritual Author:Andrew Cohen
“I think that grief is a profound spiritual, metaphysical, and - oddly - physical reckoning with death, which we don't understand well. It's both the process by which you relearn the world in the absence of someone who was a pillar in it, and the process in which you confront the reality of death.” ThinkingWorldWellsRealitySpiritualProcessGriefProfoundAbsenceMetaphysicalPillarsReckoningProfound SpiritualReality Of Death Author:Meghan O'Rourke