| SPIRIT OF THE WORLD |
| MANY VOICES / ONE TRUTH |
| Gathered and organized and introduced by
JoAnn Kite
|
 |
| Take a few minutes to click through and explore this revealing masterpiece of visionary spiritual synopsis |
|
|
PSYCHO/SPIRITUAL HEALING
|
|
| 1 |
"All circumstances are the vehicles of opportunity and all conditions the medium of development."
Glamour, A World Problem
(Alice A. Bailey)
|
|
| 2 |
"Your life will be your best teacher, for you will discover that you are always putting yourself into learning situations that are ideal for your growth."
Handbook to Higher Consciousness
(Ken Keyes, Jr.)
|
|
| 3 |
"Like a good and loving physician, God heals with individual treatment each of those who are trying to make progress." St. Maximos the Confessor, 'Second Century on Love'
The Philokalia, volume 2
(various authors, compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain)
|
|
| 4 |
"The psyche has a remarkable ability to weather the storms of life and to renew itself."
Spiritual Pilgrims, Carl Jung & Teresa of Avila
(John Welch, O. Carm.)
|
|
| 5 |
"If we have the courage to look at the social and political forces in the world as reflections of the forces at work within each of us, we can more effectively take responsibility not only for our own personal healing, but for the healing of our planet."
The Path of Transformation, How Healing Ourselves Can Change The World
(Shakti Gawain)
|
|
| 6 |
"When you meet anyone, remember it is a holy encounter. As you see him you will see yourself. As you treat him you will treat yourself. As you think of him you will think of yourself."
A Course in Miracles
(Helen Schucman and William Thetford)
|
|
| 7 |
"Bitterness is produced merely by the misunderstanding with which men approach Wisdom; if they surrendered to her, the bitterness of the struggle would no longer prevail, but only the 'sweetness' of pure love."
Aurora Consurgens
(Marie Louise vonFranz)
|
|
| 8 |
"Krishna…laid down in the 'Gita' the simple rules whereby depression and doubt can be overcome. They may be briefly summarised as follows: a. Know thyself to be the undying One. b. Control thy mind, for through that mind the undying One can be known. c. Learn that the form is but the veil which hides the splendour of Divinity. d. Realize that the One Life pervades all forms so that there is no death, no distress, no separation."
A Treatise on White Magic
(Alice A. Bailey)
|
|
| 9 |
"There is no place so dark that sweet Spirit has not been there before you and prepared your place." Mary Baker Eddy
One Spirit, Many Peoples, A Manifesto for Earth Spirituality
(Stephen Harrod Buhner)
|
|
| 10 |
"No one is guilty. We are all innocents in an ever changing stream for which each of us is responsible. It is a fantasy to believe that peace comes without all of us moving together with the stream in unity, joy, wonder and love."
Personhood: The Art of Being Fully Human
(Leo F. Buscaglia, Ph.D.)
|
|
| 11 |
"Man cannot grow unless he learns to understand his oneness with his world."
The Findhorn Garden: Pioneering a New Vision of Man and Nature in Cooperation
(The Findhorn Community)
|
|
| 12 |
"Mind and flesh can be transformed in the fire of our secret divinity."
The Life We Are Given, A Long-Term Program for Realizing the Potential of Body, Mind, Heart and Soul
(George Leonard and Michael Murphy)
|
|
| 13 |
"The world around us is very sacred, so we have to constantly serve our world."
Shambhala
(Chogyam Trungpa)
|
|
| 14 |
"I believe in what Meister Eckhart, the Christian mystic, said: 'At the darkest moment, that's when the dawn is going to come.'" Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.
Angels: The Mysterious Messengers
(Rex Hauck, editor)
|
|
| 15 |
"It is sometimes good when one is in darkness to be reminded of the light which some day shall pierce it."
Kundalini
(G. S. Arundale)
|
|
| 16 |
"Obedience to the highest one knows, in small things as well as in great…is the secret of the Way."
From Bethlehem to Calvary
(Alice A. Bailey)
|
|
| 17 |
"Ever turn away from the imperfections of your neighbour and centre rather your attention upon your own short-comings in order to correct them and become wise." H. P. Blavatsky
Karma, The Universal Law of Harmony
(Virginia Hanson and Rosemarie Stewart, editors)
|
|
| 18 |
"We are not alone. We are not floating in a vast sea of unknownness….We have not been stuck into a fearful world, landing in a world about which we are not to be given the rules for survival – although it may at times seem as though we have. We are much more knowledgeable about this world than we have ever imagined."
Spirit Guides
(Iris Belhayes)
|
|
| 19 |
"If men carried the concept of brotherhood with all its implications into the life and work of every day, whether between the capitalist and the labourer, the politician and the people, between nation and nation, or between race and race, there would emerge that peace on earth which nothing could upset or overturn."
A Treatise on White Magic
(Alice A. Bailey)
|
|
| 20 |
"Man can master circumstances and make of each experience an opportunity for a fresh beginning, however heavily the past may weigh upon him."
Basic Theosophy
(Geoffrey Hodson)
|
|
| 21 |
"For God, every soul is sacred and blessed and always God's child; the soul may forget its home and inheritance and identity, but God never forgets and acts in thousands of secret and overt ways to remind the soul of its real nature."
Son of Man, The Mystical Path to Christ
(Andrew Harvey)
|
|
| 22 |
"In fact, we are the beloved of our Creator. We are worthy. We are capable. We are divine creations, just the way we are right now." Christopher H. Jackson, 'Zeal: A Fuel for Spiritual Pioneering'
New Thoughts for a New Millennium
(Michael A. Maday, editor)
|
|
| 23 |
"Fill your heart with gratefulness. A gladness will flower that you have never known before. Then you have something to give to the world: your gratefulness, your gladness, your joy. The world needs them."
A Course in Miracles - A Gift For All Mankind
(Tara Singh)
|
|
| 24 |
"The experience of wonder, enchantment, and the divine are central to health."
The Ancestral Mind: Reclaim the Power
(Gregg D. Jacobs, Ph.D.)
|
|
| 25 |
"Indeed, no one ever sincerely cries for light in vain."
Basic Theosophy
(Geoffrey Hodson)
|
|
|
|
Randomize this category |
New random category
Add a comment
Reference and bibliography |
All quotes, by category
We are gathering together the primary insights of spirituality and bringing them together into one place.
This archive contains 11,754 quotes, taken from 635 references,
organized in terms of 39 primary categories. Quotes are randomized and appear in a different way at every click.
Explore the navigation options to review these insights.
We include
- All major spiritual and religious traditions, from all cultures, and all historical epochs
- Major psychologists, philosophers, writers, scholars and leading religious personalities
- Sources in classical religion as well as voices from new consciousness, esotericism and mysticism
- Choices are guided by the spirit of oneness, love, kindness, inclusion and community
|
|
|
3,071,749
|
|
