“Whenever you wash dishes, cook, or clean, if you make no sound, this is smartness itself. A person who enters a house and makes a lot of noise is revealing a lack of spirituality; even cats and dogs do not make unnecessary sounds, and man as he naturally is does not make any either.” IfsMenPersonsDoeSpiritualityHouseSoundDogCatCleanNoiseCooksDishesUnnecessaryRevealingCat And DogSmartness Author:Michio Kushi
“"Spirituality" in business sounds lofty. How practical is it? The answer is "very." There's a fundamental way in which Spirit and consciousness contribute to worldly success-and it has long been ignored.” WayLongSpiritSpiritualitySoundAnswersBusinessConsciousnessFundamentalsPracticalsIgnoredWorldlyLofty Book:Megatrends Two Thousand and Ten Source: Megatrends Two Thousand and Ten
“Interspirituality is the world music of religion; borrowing, fusing, blending and bouncing rhythms and riffs off one another not to create a homogenized spirituality, but to birth a radical new sound embedded in the ancient and timeless silence. This doesn't impact or deepen my life-it is my life.” WorldSpiritualitySoundSilenceBirthImpactAncientRhythmRadicalTimelessEmbeddedBorrowingWorld Music Author:Rami M. Shapiro
“If God does exist, it's in music and in art, I think there's more spiritually in what I do than in a lot of religious groups judging, especially in the way they've treated me in the past couple of years. I've grown tired of talking about religion. It's time for me to move on. I'm trying to redefine the idea of spirituality and make it now such a bad word for myself, because I find that I sound really stupid saying it sometimes” IfsThinkingWayTryingYearsDoeArtIdeasSometimesPastMovingSpiritualitySoundReligiousTalkingGroupsStupidJudgingCoupleTiredTreatedReally StupidBad WordGod Does Exist Author:Marilyn Manson
“This sounds cheesy but when I would get in discussions with people about religion or spirituality, a lot of people would say, "I believe God is nature, there's God in that tree" - and I would think, What the hell are they on about? But it was about four or five years ago in Hawaii where that all made sense to me and I got it all, and I felt God was in the trees and in the grass and the flowers, and I completely understood.” PeopleThinkingYearsBelieveMadeSpiritualityI BelieveFeltSoundHellFiveFourTreeFlowerUnderstoodYears AgoGrassDiscussionFive YearsBelieve In GodHawaiiCheesy Author:Natalie Maines
“A revolution is to bring on change and we're spiritual people trying to bring on spiritual change. It might sound like I'm a dreamer, but economic models have reached their height of evolution. Technology has evolved. What hasn't evolved is mankind's spirituality; everything is from 3,000 years ago.” PeopleTryingYearsMightSpiritualSpiritualitySoundTechnologyEconomicMankindRevolutionEvolutionModelsYears AgoHeightDreamerEconomic ModelsSpiritual Change Author:Damian Marley
“It's quite literally true that we are star dust, in the highest exalted way one can use that phrase. ...I bask in the majesty of the cosmos. I use words, compose sentences that sound like the sentences I hear out of people that had revelation of Jesus, who go on their pilgrimages to Mecca.” PeopleWayUseSpiritualityJesusStarsSoundGoes OnHighestSentencesDustPhrasesRevelationsCosmosMajestyExaltedPilgrimageMecca Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Watermelons and Zen students grow pretty much the same way. Long periods of sitting till they ripen and grow all juicy inside, but when you knock them on the head to see if they're ready sounds like nothing's going on.” IfsWayLongSpiritualSpiritualityGrowsSoundStudentsReadyPeriodsSittingJuicy Author:Peter Levitt
“This chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is enacted from the spiritual platform and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata of consciouness - namely sensual, mental and intellectual.” SpiritualSpiritualitySoundIntellectualSensualPlatformsVibrationsKrishnaMantrasHaresChantingHare Krishna Author:A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
“A spiritual man should be a normal man, a sound man. God Himself is normal; He is not insane. In order to reach God, a spiritual person has to be divinely practical in his day-to-day activities. Spirituality does not negate the outer life. But we have to know that the outer life does not mean the animal life. The outer life should be the manifestation of the divine life within us.” KnowsMenShouldMeanPersonsDoeSpiritualSpiritOrderSpiritualitySoundAnimalDivineHe ManActivityNormalPracticalsInsaneManifestationDay To DayAnimal LifeDivine Life Author:Sri Chinmoy
“"Spirituality" in business sounds lofty. How practical is it? The answer is "very." There's a fundamental way in which Spirit and consciousness contribute to worldly success-and it has long been ignored. [. . .] As experts, authors and gurus often note, the game of business is to influence the external world. But here's the point: How can you control your environment if you can't even manage your own thoughts and emotions? In other words, how do you rule the world without first mastering yourself? The cornerstone of effective leadership is self-mastery.” IfsWorldWayFirstsLongSelfSpiritSpiritualityGamesSoundLeadershipAnswersEmotionConsciousnessEnvironmentInfluenceFundamentalsNotesPracticalsManageExpertsMasteryIgnoredWorldlyGuruOur EnvironmentSelf MasteryLoftyCornerstonesEffective LeadershipThoughts And Emotions Author:Patricia Aburdene
“We recognize a tree by its fruit, and we ought to be able to recognize a Christian by his action. The fruit of faith should be evident in our lives, for being a Christian is more than making sound professions of faith. It should reveal itself in practical and visible ways. Indeed it is better to keep quiet about our beliefs, and live them out, than to talk eloquently about what we believe, but fail to live by it.” WayShouldBelieveAbleActionChristianSpiritualityBeliefSoundOur LivesFailingTreeOughtQuietFruitProfessionPracticalsVisibleLive ByEvident Author:Ignatius of Antioch