I think commercialism helps Christmas and I think that the more capitalism we can inject into the Christmas holiday the more spiritual I feel about it

It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.

It is not you as the ego who moves through life, but that life flows before you, and you are the immutable awareness containing it all.

In the modern Christian attempt to take a stand as Christ did, and maybe for others, win the approval of the world, the Christian will often think that it consists of targeting and demoralizing fellow...

I found myself whirling around and falling down and down. My life memories were spinning around me, flashing like thousands of brilliant pictures with bright cascading colors like a thousand tiny kaleidoscopes…

Let us think, let us loveJust for a day, just for a nightLet us find peace and happinessDeep in our heart with spiritual light.

Gratitude is the experience of our true self.

The “peace symbol” is a broken class. A lot of subliminal witchcraft here.

How little we understandof the gifts we have been givenor the shape of the pathwe took to reach our salvation.

On a cold winter’s eve, my dear friend Jamila and I journeyed in the stillness of meditation to find God. We found God, two of them. More likely, they found us.

Lessons echo until you let go.

I solemnly declare that this spiritual kingdom of faith will move forward with or without each of us individually. No unhallowed hand can stay the growth of the Church nor prevent fulfillment of its mission....

What is conditional love? Conditional love is an oxymoron. Conditional love is an imposter of love. Conditional love is something other than love, because you cannot conditionalize the un-conditional.

Life seems to be fashioned and formed best out of the obstacles that seem unbearable.

It’s the same questions we ask of our existence, and the answer is always the same. The mystery lies not in the question nor the answer, but in the asking and answering themselves, over and...

Grace: All that I am and will be.

Failure is a reality; we all fail at times, and it’s painful when we do. But it’s better to fail while striving for something wonderful, challenging, adventurous, and uncertain than to say, ” I don’t...

Gracious blessings, power for great deeds.

The spirit of God is mighty upon us.

Imagination is divinity.

Love is divine.Forgiveness is divine. Forgive for the love for yourself and others. Forgiveness is a spiritual healing for the person who forgives.

When you have a personal relationship with God, it’s like being close friends with the most powerful and influential people in the world who have keys to open every door for you.And best of all,...

Faith-Defined beyond the confines of the mind.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

Start where you are-do anything you can do, and do everything you can do, until you find something you must do! That something is probably your spiritual gift.

To travel a circle is to journey over the same ground time and time again. To travel a circle wisely is to journey over the same ground for the first time. In this way, the...

Music for me is a bit more spiritual. There are moments when I’m sitting at my piano, and I don’t realize that I’ve been playing for two hours – it feels like divine power. I...

That which you see in me is that which is in you. ~ Maitreya Miranda* ~

But somehow, standing in the clear night air, under a sky that glowed like a shower of sparks, none of that stuff mattered. It slipped off me. It was like shedding your clothes before you...

Believe in God if you want to, not because your are asked to

never sacrifice yourself for love, remember it should improve your vision not change your sight

It’s an open secret: Even now, in the 21st century, Korean executives often consult spiritual advisers before making major business decisions – decisions that can affect their employees around the world.

I know you’re tired but come, this is the way.

Sin is nothing more than a most extreme form of amnesia. It is forgetting who were when we were created as a spirit that came forth from the heart of God the Father—as a spirit...

Relinquishing resentment is redemption

Thou art a manGod is no moreThy own humanityLearn to adore

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-here, now, always– T.S. Eliot

Unfortunately, most people never observe the natural cycle of birth and death. They do not realize that for one living thing to survive, another living thing must die.

An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.

Left to itself, a heart will run riot with sin. But if a heart responds to the ministry of the Word, there can be fruit and beauty.

Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

Where God gives opportunity for preaching it is more than likely that he has some people to convert. Usually the Word of God takes root among some, though often in but a few.

Do not return evil for evil

God and devotee are bound for ever in ropes of love

At the core of her senseless actions, she vaguely perceived that she yearned for something. A something that would provide her with a sure sense of fulfillment. But she could not fathom what that something...

The dynamics of human sinfulness and divine mercy and grace are the same for all of us, regardless of the particular temptations or weaknesses we face.

The warrior masters himself in order to help others. Only when you can feel your enemies inside and know them, can you conquer them.

What mattered to her was that she loved God, whether or not He granted her the consolation and joy of His felt presence.

I have a lot of faith. But I am also afraid a lot, and have no real certainty about anything. I remembered something Father Tom had told me–that the opposite of faith is not doubt,...