Spiritual Practice Quotes - Page 3

• A primary goal of the spiritual life is to learn to quiet the mind through prayer and meditation, through spiritual practice, so that we can hear what in both Judaism and Christianity, is called the small, still voice within.

  Marianne Williamson

  Spiritual, Prayer, Practice

  "Marianne Williamson on Consciousness, Women and Politics". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 09, 2012.

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• The garden reconciles human art and wild nature, hard work and deep pleasure, spiritual practice and the material world. It is a magical place because it is not divided. The many divisions and polarizations that terrorize a disenchanted world find peaceful accord among mossy rock walls, rough stone paths, and trimmed bushes. Maybe a garden sometimes seems fragile, for all its earth and labor, because it achieves such an extraordinary delicate balance of nature and human life, naturalness and artificiality. It has its own liminality, its point of balance between great extremes.

  Thomas Moore

  Life, Spiritual, Art

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• Inward spiritual practices such as meditation, breathing techniques and self-analysis generate insights and enhance abilities, but none are so useful as learning to live harmoniously in a committed relationship, being a skillful parent, or juggling the demands of daily life.

  Dan Millman

  Spiritual, Practice, Breathing

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• Where we tended to be judgmental, we became more judgmental of ourselves in our spiritual practice.

  Jack Kornfield

  Spiritual, Practice, Judgmental

  Twitter post from Feb 05, 2015

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• The rise of community among cultures and religious traditions makes possible what we can call 'interspirituality': the assimilation of insights, values, and spiritual practices from the various religions and their application to one's own inner life and development.

  Wayne Teasdale

  Spiritual, Religious, Practice

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• Meditation and spiritual practice are good, but also action. It's very important to be clear about who you are, and also about your relation to the Earth. Develop yourself according to your own tradition and the call of your heart. But remember to respect differences, and strive for unity.

  Carlos Barrios

  Spiritual, Heart, Practice

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• People who are meditating every day and involved in a serious spiritual practice don't usually wake up in the morning and want to rush out to eat a bunch of junk food.

  Marianne Williamson

  Spiritual, Morning, Practice

  "John Robbins Interviews Marianne Williamson". foodrevolution.org. January 01, 2013.

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• I strove to maintain a spiritual practice, but since I was being pulled in so many directions, I couldn't seem to stay steady and grounded. I used to get overwhelmed when I thought about everything there was to do, and I was exhausted much of the time.

  Brenda Strong

  Spiritual, Practice, Overwhelmed

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• The main point of any spiritual practice is to step out of the bureaucracy of ego. This means stepping out of ego's constant desire for a higher, more spiritual, more transcendental version of knowledge, religion, virtue, judgment, comfort, or whatever it is that the particular ego is seeking. One must step out of spiritual materialism.

  Chogyam Trungpa

  Spiritual, Mean, Practice

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings”, p.16, Shambhala Publications

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• People who meditate and have a good spiritual practice, their immune systems are stronger. Generally, they are happier and healthier.

  Moby

  Spiritual, Practice, People

  "Moby | Inside the brain of a genius. Meditator. Vegan. Outlaw". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Children, everyone should try to wake up before five in the morning. The ideal time for spiritual practices like meditation and chanting is Brahma Muhurta. During this period, sattvic qualities are predominant in nature. Moreover, the mind will be clear and body energetic.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Morning, Children

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• When we understand clearly that inner peace is the real source of happiness, and how, through spiritual practice, we can experience progressively deeper levels of inner peace, we will develop tremendous enthusiasm to practice

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Kelsang Gyatso (2001). “Transform Your Life: A Blissful Journey”, p.9, Tharpa Publications UK

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• Above all, cancer is a spiritual practice that teaches me about faith and resilience.

  Kris Carr

  Spiritual, Cancer, Practice

  "Celebrating a Decade Thriving With Cancer" by Kris Carr, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 21, 2013.

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• As Carl Jung once said, 'When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate.' When our boys become adults, we become their inner situation. We become inner voices they often hear in their work, relationships and spiritual practice.

  Michael Gurian

  Spiritual, Fate, Boys

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• You might tell me that you have been engaging in some deep questioning and theological rethinking.1 You can no longer live with the faith you inherited from your parents or constructed earlier in your life. As you sort through your dogma and doctrine, you’ve found yourself praying less, less thrilled about worship, scripture, or church attendance. You’ve been so focused on sorting and purging your theological theories that you’ve lost track of the spiritual practices that sustain an actual relationship with God. You may even wonder if such a thing is possible for someone like you.

  Brian D. McLaren

  Spiritual, Practice, Track

  Brian D. McLaren (2011). “Naked Spirituality: A Life with God in 12 Simple Words”, p.2, Harper Collins

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• Children, those who are unmarried should conserve their vital energy by maintaining celibacy. To turn what we gain by this in to ojas (vitality), we also need to do spiritual practice. With increase in ojas, our intelligence, memory, health and beauty will also increase. We will gain lasting mental quietude.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Relationship, Spiritual, Children

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• Yet I knew that spiritual practice is impossible without great dedication, energy, and commitment.

  Jack Kornfield

  Spiritual, Commitment, Dedication

  Jack Kornfield (2008). “A Path With Heart: The Classic Guide Through The Perils And Promises Of Spiritual Life”, p.8, Random House

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• Selfliss giving rounds the edges in spiritual practice. Many people can meditate very well but they're still very egotistical.

  Frederick Lenz

  Karma, Spiritual, Yoga

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• Spiritual Practice involves being constantly aware

  Shri Radhe Maa

  Spiritual, Practice

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• Writing a diary every evening before going to bed is a good habit. We can record in the diary how much time we have devoted to our spiritual practice. The diary should be written in a way that helps us see our mistakes and correct them. It should not be a mere document of other peoples' faults or our daily transactions.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Mistake, Writing

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• The only real protection will come from doing a spiritual practice over a prolonged period of time. Because it retrains us to see the world and ourselves in a different way.

  Krishna Das

  Spiritual, Real, Practice

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. August 1, 2014.

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• We have in us a divine spark that you can see. It's a Light that shines in the human being. It's our direct access to truth, our direct access to God. The purpose of all the spiritual practices that exist are to awaken that sparkto give it life, to give it energy, so that it can transform you. One of the energies that comes from that spark is Love.

  Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

  Spiritual, Practice, Light

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• Climbing Jacob''s Ladder is a gutsy, glowing account of one man's encounter with a potent spiritual practice and how it transformed his life. This is a precious book - that rare combination of solid wisdom and good literature.

  Larry Dossey

  Spiritual, Book, Men

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• Children, set aside at least half an hour in the morning and in the evening for spiritual practices. After bathing in the morning, a family should sit together and worship. Archana may be performed by chanting the 108 or 1000 Names of Devi or our chosen deity. We can also chant our mantra, meditate or sing hymns at this time.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Morning, Children

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• Many people hope a spiritual practice will let them avoid what they are ashamed of. But when you hide something from yourself, you are going to project it onto your world. You continually find it in others and it becomes the source of prejudices and dogmatic views. On top of that, you feel bad about yourself, because you aren't the loving, open-minded, "spiritual" person you'd like to be.

  Pema Chodron

  Spiritual, Views, Practice

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