I am neither male nor female, nor am I sexless. I am the Peaceful One, whose form is self-effulgent, powerful radiance.

Courage is often associated with aggression, but instead should be seen as a willingness to act from the heart.

The LORD GOD is a shelter from the heat.The LORD GOD is a refuge from the storm.

Don’t argue with the person who puts his knowledge above everyone’s else’s; you’ll always lose in that respect. But, in reality, he is the loser because he has put himself in a position where he...

I have come to believe that I am a lesser authority in my own life. I have learned to distrust less-than-rational, nontechnical experiences, my own phenomenal knowledge. Because, to trust the senses – the mortal...

What do you have that the Lord didn’t provide?What do you need that the Lord can’t provide?

Spiritual yearning is the homesickness of the soul.

1. Be Impeccable With Your WordSpeak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction...

A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, and must empty ourselves. Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in...

Unforgiveness,splinter in your breastbone, lives there lodged like a small tree.Withers in winter, looms in spring. Its fruit is sweet on first bite, then turns into the taste of your own flesh.

I always felt awkward and unfinished, unworthy of love, suspicious of affection offered. My mother’s absence became a great presence in my life.

Religion is textbook, Spirituality is soul work.

There was only the dark infinity in which nothing was. And something happened. At the distance of a star something happened, and everything began. The Word did not come into being, but it was. It...

Intelligence is a necessity, but when one is without a supernatural sense, intelligence becomes senseless.

For if you do not wish to be ‘just a number’ then do not measure yourself accordingly. Bank statements and scales are instruments employed by society that confine you to a limited summation of yourself...

Time’s up! Tomorrow just arrived.

It is rare to find an established community of Christians that encourages radical expressions of following Jesus. The natural conservatism of institutions is deeply rooted in the desire to survive, and that desire colors and...

Meditation is not difficult in its concept and essence, but it can present challenges for some. One of the most common is in having the discipline required to stick with it and do it every...

This is the secret of life: the self lives only by dying, finds its identity (and its happiness) only by self-forgetfulness, self-giving, self-sacrifice, and agape love.

Listen to what you tell yourself about your life situation. If you find it’s pessimistic or negative, ask yourself, “What’s another way of thinking about this?” or “What do I want to create in my...

We all experience highs and lows in life. If you are feeling down right now, each second that passes is another moment to turn it all around. Feelings, good and bad, always come and go....

Rest is the ultimate humiliation because in order to rest, we must admit we are not necessary, that the world can get along without us, that God’s work does not depend on us.

With mindfulness there is more to unlearn than there is to learn.

We are not perfect. We are here to learn. Earth is one big classroom and God is our heavenly guidance counselor and teacher.

The stakes in this game are not low. Our enterprise is no less than the introduction of an alternative language, and with the language an altered perspective, for a group of phenomena that tradition tended...

If you’re constantly ruminating about what you just did- or what you should have done- or what you would have done if you only had the chance, you will miss your life. Ok, you will...

When we follow our joy and excitement, being focused on what we love and appreciate, the change always unfolds with a great ease. Whenever we experience any tension in our transformations, it only indicates our...

Even the juncture in history and the zeitgeist we live in is something we choose, setting the scene for the spiritual fodder we need to grow and achieve deeper elevation of our souls.

To love those who love us and are good to us is easy. To love those who are indifferent to us is workable, but to love those who have harmed us, intentionally or not, is...

The danger is not that the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but that, by a lie, it should persuade itself that it is not hungry.

I don’t know what I believe. I guess that makes me a Christmas Tree Agnostic.

Healing is the way of the heart. This book is an invitation to open our heart. Healing is a love affair with life.Healing is pure love. Love is what creates healing. Spiritual healing is to...

Fear and hate create separation, love and joy creates belongingness and wholeness.

Meditation expands our inner being. The inner being is like a small, individual river flowering towards the Ocean. In meditation, I feel how my inner being expands into an inner ocean, which is part of...

Do not believe in a thing because you have read about it in a book. Do not believe in a thing because another man has said it was true. Do not believe in words because...

But no matter how much evil I see, I think it’s important for everyone to understand that there is much more light than darkness.

Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.

The son needs the father to have access to his source, and the father needs the son to have access to the future and the infinite.

It is in the balancing of your spirituality with your humanity that you will find immeasurable happiness, success, good health, and love.

Reflection is the lamp of the heart. If it departs, the heart will have no light.

Our intelligence cannot wall itself up alive, like a pupa in a chrysalis. It must at any cost keep on speaking terms with the universe that engendered it.

I considered not getting up, but recognized the pain of staying down was worse than the pain of attempting to stand.

Mournier defined his own position as one of ‘tragic optimism–‘ a Christian attitude of absolute engagement in the struggles of history, despite the fact that the Absolute cannot be contained in history.

To persons standing alone on a hill during a clear midnight such as this, the roll of the world is almost a palpable movement. To enjoy the epic form of that gratification it is necessary...

Since dugpas wished to get you out of here, where you were safe, howelse should they expel you than by causing you to expel yourselves byviolence? When fools make war they expend their resources squanderingmoney...

Soul connections are not often found and are worth every bit of fight left in you to keep.

This fire that we call Loving is too strong for human minds. But just right for human souls.

Religion is never more tested than when our emotions are ablaze. At such a time, the timeless grandeur of the Law and its ethics stand at our mercy.

If it wasn’t for all those silver wings spread out to help you on your journey, you would’a been dead or someplace screamin’ in a nut house a long time ago.

Do not look for rest in any pleasure, because you were not created for pleasure: you were created for spiritual joy. And if you do not know the difference between pleasure and spiritual joy you...