Quotes about Spirituality

The only way to know yourself in and as the light is to let go of all your attachments to who you think you are in this world. You know the sayings: hate your entire life, deny yourself, take up the cross. All these mean the same thing. Let go of the meaning you give life in all your judgments of value based on the knowledge of good and evil. You've heard this?" "Jesus said those things," I said, knowing the verses well.

Mine was less a crisis of doctrine than a crisis of experience.

That death isn't death. It's not the end because we aren't just our minds or our bodies. We're far more than just physical beings having a spiritual experience. We're spiritual beings having a temporary physical experience.

Thus to believe in Him is also to believe in your true, glorified self.

In the same way, we who are clothed in Christ have great power and none greater than to love—without which, to quote Paul, the rest is nothing. But only in surrendering the old business suit do we see who we really are.

There are no longer any problems to solve. If there are no longer any problems to solve, there's no longer any need for correction. If there's no need for correction, then there's no need for law. Live in the grace of that which is now perfect, as it is. Be perfect, don't try to become perfect. You already are, you just don't know it yet. Be still and know.

The Creator is pure. Therefore, a life that leads us to purity leads us to the Creator. And no man could possibly find an adventure grander than one that leads to the Creator.

most of the world believes that most of what actually happens, happens without our being able to see it. That's a religious mainstay.

It's not that Christianity has failed; it's that so few Christians have really tried it. If you were in the truth, you would know love without fear. You think you're saved from some future hell, but as you can see, it's all around you. Fear has invaded you and blinded you to the light.

touching God might be like touching a thick shaft of lightning, but one filled with pleasure. It might very well kill you, she said, but at least you'd die with a smile on your face.

We're good Christians, so how can the Fury blind us?" "Actually, you serve fear. You think it will save you, but fear can't save you. Only love can, and God is love. You can choose the light, which shows itself as love, or you can choose darkness, which shows itself as fear. Not both.

Whoever said that a straighten hand was more dramatic than a healed heart?