“Then the soul, freed from vice, purged by studies of true philosophy, versed in spiritual life, and practised in matters of the intellect, devoted to the contemplation of her own substance, as if awakened from deepest sleep, opens those eyes which all possess but few use, and sees in herself a ray of that light which is the true image of the angelic beauty communicated to her, and of which she then communicates a faint shadow to the body.” IfsSoulMatterPhilosophyUseBodyLightEyeSpiritualSleepStudyShadowVicesCommunicateIntellectSubstanceContemplationRaysSpiritual LifeDevotedAwakenedAngelic Book:The Book of the Courtier Source: The Book of the Courtier
“Let's take back the rainbow for God. Let the homosexual community find a different religious symbol to commandeer... What I want is for the Christian community to wake up, wipe the sleep from their eyes, and realize that they are in a spiritual battle that isn't going away and has no demilitarized zones. The rainbow is a symbol, but it's meaning points to the very character of God. So Christians, use this God-given symbol for His glory. Using it won't make you a homosexual.” WantDifferentCharacterUseEyeChristianSpiritualGivenRealizingCommunityReligiousSleepBattleGloryWake UpSymbolsZoneGoing AwayRainbowHomosexualWipeChristian CommunityCharacter Of God Author:Ken Hutcherson
“Humanity has been sleeping-and still sleeps-lulled within the narrowly confining joys of its little closed loves. In the depths of the human multitude there slumbers an immense spiritual power which will manifest itself only when we have learnt how to break through the dividing walls of our egoism and raise ourselves up to an entirely new perspective, so that habitually and in a practical fashion we fix our gaze on the universal realities.” HumansLittlesHas BeensStillsRealitySpiritualJoyHumanitySleepBreakFashionPerspectiveWallUniversalRaisesDepthPracticalsManifestImmenseMultitudesEgoismBreak ThroughDividingSlumberSpiritual PowerNew Perspective Author:Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“Meditation will change your life for the better, enhance your physical health, improve your sleep, and help you achieve your goals, both material and spiritual.” HelpingSpiritualGoalSleepMeditationAchieveMaterialsChanging Your LifePhysical HealthAchieving Your Goals Author:Deepak Chopra
“We do not weary of eating and sleeping every day, for hunger and sleepiness recur. Without that we should weary of them. So, without the hunger for spiritual things, we weary of them. Hunger after righteousness--the eighth beatitude.” ShouldSpiritualReligionFaithSleepEatingHungerRighteousnessWearySleepiness Book:Pensées Source: Pensées
“Forgetting offences is a sign of sincere repentance. If you keep the memory of them, you may believe you have repented but you are like someone running in his sleep. Let no one consider it a minor defect, this darkness that often clouds the eyes even of spiritual people.” PeopleIfsBelieveMayEyeRunningSpiritualMemoriesSleepForgetDarknessForgivenessCloudsRepentanceSincereMinorsDefectsOffence Author:John Climacus
“In an evolutionary context, the goal of the spiritual life is not peace; it's perpetual development. Evolutionary enlightenment is about the ecstasy that compels us to create the future. And it's not a future that's going to unfold by itself while we go back to sleep. It's a future that we forge the hard way through direct, conscious, intentional engagement with the life-process itself.” WayHardSpiritualLife IsSpiritualityProcessGoalSleepDevelopmentEnlightenmentConsciousDirectEcstasyEngagementSpiritual LifePerpetualHard Way Author:Andrew Cohen
“My idea of storytelling is - I wouldn't say it's religious but I would say it's spiritual. You know, the chemist Friedrich August Kekule worked for twenty years trying to figure out the structure of the benzene ring, and he couldn't do it. And then one night he was sleeping and he had a vision of a snake swallowing its tail. So he told his students about it and they said, 'Not bad, you go to sleep and you wake up with that.' And he said, 'Visions come to prepared spirits.' The way Billy Wilder put it was 'The muse has to know where to find you.'” KnowsWayTryingYearsSaidIdeasSpiritualSpiritNightReligiousSleepVisionFiguresStudentsWake UpTwentiesStructurePreparedRingsStorytellingTailsMuseThey SaidSnakesOne NightGoing To SleepAugustChemistSwallowingWilderBenzene Author:David Milch
“In a special sense... the three great natural states of waking, dreaming, and deep sleep contain an entire spectrum of spiritual enlightenment.” StatesDreamSpiritualThreeNaturalSleepSpecialEnlightenmentWakingSpectrumDeep SleepSpiritual Enlightenment Author:Ken Wilber
“I have faith that God will care for me, and God does provide my needs. I don't in any way feel insecure because I don't know where I will sleep at night, where or when I will eat next. When you have spiritual security, you have no more feeling of need for material security.” KnowsWayNeedsFeelsDoeFeelingsCareSpiritualNightNextSleepSecurityMaterialsGods WillHave FaithInsecure Book:Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words