#iri

It is on the acceptance or rejection of the theory of the Unity of all in Nature, in its ultimate Essence, that mainly rests the belief or unbelief in the existence around us of other conscious beings besides the Spirits of the Dead. ↗

— H. P. Blavatsky

#around #beings #belief #besides #conscious

The chief difficulty which prevents men of science from believing in divine as well as in nature Spirits is their materialism. ↗

— H. P. Blavatsky

#chief #difficulty #divine #materialism #men

But the first differentiation of its reflection in the manifested World is purely Spiritual, and the Beings generated in it are not endowed with a consciousness that has any relation to the one we conceive of. ↗

— H. P. Blavatsky

#beings #conceive #consciousness #differentiation #endowed

The positives of retiring outweighed the positives of returning and my desire to still play. ↗

— Drew Bledsoe

#play #positives #retiring #returning #still

As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me - Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Mahalia Jackson. It was truly spiritual. It made you understand what God was. We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#aretha #aretha franklin #child #depressed #franklin

When I think about my new CD, the word "joy" comes to mind. I sincerely hope that each listener will feel the earth, spirit, and aggressive creativity emanating from this album. ↗

— George Duke

#aggressive #album #cd #comes #creativity

Polls are frequently taken to try to tease out or determine likely directions and trends, but once taken, they belong to the past, requiring that new polls be taken. ↗

— Alan Dundes

#determine #directions #frequently #likely #new

The spirit is at home, if not entirely satisfied, in America. ↗

— Allan Bloom

#entirely #home #satisfied #spirit

If they wish to alleviate the sufferings of the exploited classes, let them live up to their pretensions, let them abandon the academy and go out there and work politically and economically and in a humanitarian spirit. ↗

— Harold Bloom

#academy #alleviate #classes #economically #exploited

Elves have this superhuman strength, yet they're so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic spirits, but I also saw Legolas as something out of the Seven Samurai. ↗

— Orlando Bloom

#angelic #created #elves #graceful #human strength