“We use up words like 'spiritual' so fast in this culture. Twenty years ago spiritual had a distinct meaning. But now there's a lot of jack-off thinkers who just love to talk about the spiritual. And there is a lot of bogus - is bogosity a word? It should be - a lot of bogosity in these spiritual seekers. So you have to find another way to express it. I just call it 'how I fit'.” WayShouldYearsUseSpiritualCultureAtheismFitYears AgoTwentiesPositive AtheismThinkerAnother WaySeekers Author:George Carlin
“When you awaken to what I call the Authentic Self, which is the spiritual or evolutionary impulse, what begins to emerge is the dawning recognition of the fact that each one of us, at our highest level, is that Authentic Self, which is actually the same energy and intelligence that originally inspired the entire creative process. You begin to intuit and feel directly connected to the very impulse that initiated the whole event fourteen billion years ago and is driving it right now.” FeelsYearsSelfWholeFactsSpiritualEnergyProcessLevelsCreativeEventsRight NowHighestYears AgoInspiredConnectedBillionsDrivingAuthenticityRecognitionImpulseCreative ProcessFourteenAuthentic Self Author:Andrew Cohen
“Fifteen years ago, God unequivocally and undeniably gave me Isaiah 22:22 as a life-verse. "Then I will set the key of the house of David on his shoulder, when he opens no one will shut, when he shuts no one will open." After 40 plus confirmations over a two-week period - yes, more than 40 - I became thoroughly convinced this verse was both a promise and a weapon for me. I have since used the verse hundreds of times throughout America - in all 50 states and in Washington DC - to open and close spiritual doors for the Lord.” YearsTwoStatesAmericaSpiritualUsedHouseLordDoorsWeekKeysPeriodsPromiseWeaponsYears AgoConvincedShouldersPlusVersesFifteenTwo WeeksConfirmationFifteen YearsWashington Dc Author:Dutch Sheets
“We think we have to prove our allegiance to God by being poor. Many years ago, my own psychic development teacher taught me that to be on a spiritual path meant that you needed to be poor, because that was proving your allegiance to God. So growing up with that kind of teaching from her was a real struggle for me, also.” ThinkingYearsKindRealSpiritualMy OwnPoorStruggleGrowing UpPathTeacherGrowingTeachingTaughtDevelopmentNeededProveYears AgoPsychicsAllegianceSpiritual Path Author:Echo Bodine
“Thirty years ago, interracial marriage was considered to be wrong by the laws of God. Now your society finds it common. The spiritual objections around it were either dropped or "rewritten" by those divinely inspired and authorized to do so. Therefore, your actual interpretations of the instructions from God changed with your society's tolerance level - an interesting thing, indeed, how the interpretations of God seem to change regularly to match a changing culture!” YearsSeemsSpiritualLawCultureInterestingLevelsCommonChangedYears AgoInspiredToleranceThirtyInterpretationInstructionInteresting ThingsThirty YearsObjectionsInterracial Marriage Author:Lee Carroll
“If you'd asked me some years ago, I would have said [Dalai Lama] is an extraordinarily compassionate, clear-sighted, calm human being. But now, I'm more convinced than ever that his political positions as well as his spiritual positions arise out of such precise and realistic thinking that they're extremely sound.” IfsThinkingYearsHumansWellsSaidSpiritualPoliticalSoundHuman BeingsClearPositionYears AgoCalmConvincedAriseRealisticCompassionatePreciseLamaDalai Author:Pico Iyer
“Something I wrote quite a few years ago was, "The voices in my head, they don't care what I do, they just want to argue the matter through and through." It is a common mistake, to think you're going to go into some kind of spiritual practice and you're going to be relieved of the human burdens, from human crosses like thought, jealousy, despair - in fact, if anything, these feelings are amplified.” IfsThinkingWantYearsHumansKindMatterFactsFeelingsCareSpiritualVoiceCommonMistakePracticeDespairYears AgoCrossesBurdenDon't CareArguingRelievedSpiritual PracticeVoices In My Head Author:Leonard Cohen
“The Vedic literatures predicted that after the advent of Lord Caitanya five hundred years ago, there would be a Golden Age of ten thousand years, when the chanting of the holy names of God would completely nullify all the degradations of the modern age, and real spiritual peace would come to this planet.” YearsRealWould BeAgeSpiritualLiteratureNamesLordFiveModernPlanetsHolyThousandTenHundredYears AgoGoldenThousand YearsDegradationAdventGolden AgeChantingModern AgeSpiritual Peace Author:Mukunda Goswami
“I know a girl who has become a really enthusiastic Christian. I remember meeting her several years ago. She lived in a house near us. She was standing out the front smoking, not apparently interested in religious things, but she did have a respect for spiritual matters when I spoke to her. So as we talked, she expressed an interest, and began to come to church occasionally. Over the years, I have watched her come to Christ, be converted, baptized and changed in wonderful ways. It's a real joy to me when I see things like this.” KnowsWayYearsRealMatterChristianRememberSpiritualJoyGirlHouseInterestChristChurchReligiousWonderfulFrontsChangedYears AgoStandingMeetingsSmokingSpokesStanding OutEnthusiasticBaptizedReal Joy Author:Mark Dever
“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
“Two thousand years ago, we lived in a world of Gods and Goddesses. Today, we live in a world solely of Gods. Women in most cultures have been stripped of their spiritual power.” WorldYearsHas BeensTwoTodaySpiritualCultureThousandYears AgoGoddessThousand YearsLive For TodaySpiritual PowerGods And Goddesses Author:Dan Brown
“The mystery of the Holy Night, which historically happened two thousand years ago, must be lived as a spiritual event in the 'today' of the Liturgy," the Pope clarified. "The Word who found a dwelling in Mary's womb comes to knock on the heart of every person with singular intensity this Christmas.” YearsHeartPersonsTwoTodaySpiritualNightFoundHappenedMysteryEventsHolyThousandYears AgoChristmasIntensityMaryThousand YearsPopeWombDwellingChristmas SpiritLiturgyHoly Night Author:Pope John Paul II