God calls us to mystical activism,
a deep-rooted spirituality
inspired by our encounters with God
and commitment to our spiritual practices,
to bring beauty and healing to the world.
~Bruce Epperly
(1952 to pres., minister and theologian)
On the inner journey of the soul
we meet a God who interacts
with our deepest selves,
who grows the person,
allowing and forgiving mistakes.
It is precisely this give-and-take,
and knowing there will be give-and-take,
that makes God so real as a Lover.
~Richard Rohr
(1943 to pres., Spiritual writer, and Franciscan priest)
A miracle
is a shift in perception
that removes the blocks
to the awareness
of love’s presence.
~Bill Thetford
(1923-1988, Psychologist)
Holding space
means we are willing
to walk alongside another person
in whatever journey they’re on
without judging them,
making them feel inadequate,
trying to fix them,
or trying to impact the outcome.
When we hold space for other people,
we open our hearts,
offer unconditional support,
and let go of judgments and control.
~Heather Plett
(Author, Spiritual teacher)
Our mind wanders incessantly,
but our body and senses
are always in the present.
To investigate our embodied experience
is to investigate the living present.
~Anne C. Klein
(Professor of Religious Studies, founding director and teacher
at Dawn Mountain Tibetan Research Institute)
I think that the inability to love
is the central problem,
because that inability masks a certain terror,
and that terror
is the terror of being touched.
And if you can’t be touched,
you can’t be changed.
~James Baldwin
(1924-1987, American writer)
There’s power in love
to help and heal
when nothing else can.
There’s power in love
to lift up and liberate
when nothing else will.
There’s power in love
to show us the way to live.
~Bishop Michael B. Curry
(1953 to pres., first African American
to serve as presiding bishop in The Episcopal Church)
Sometimes
the most important thing
in a whole day
is the rest we take
between two deep breaths.
~Etty Hillesum
(1914–1943, Dutch author)
Let love start this day.
Let love end this day.
Let love transform
the minutes in between.
~Rachel Macy Stafford
( special education teacher and author)
If our goal is to meet God in
this lifetime, then the password to God’s
abode is love. God is love, and only love can
reside in God’s domain. Thus, for us to be fit
to re-enter our eternal Home, we must
become all love. Anger and hatred are
strangers in the land of God.
~Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj
(1946 to pres., Author, Scientist,
Mystic Adept of Light and Sound Current Yoga,
Leader of Science of Spirituality and
International Movements for World Peace)
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