#ritual

A priest once quoted to me the Roman saying that a religion is dead when the priests laugh at each other across the altar. I always laugh at the altar, be it Christian, Hindu, or Buddhist, because real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter. ↗

— Alan Wilson Watts

#faith #freedom #laughter #mysticism #religion

What is given to you is what is needed; what you want, requires giving up what you don't need. ↗

— George Alexiou

#happiness #inspirational #self-help #spirituality #surrender

There are only two kinds of people we can call reasonable: either those who serve God with their whole heart because they know him, or those who search after him with all their heart because they do not know him. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#catholicism #christianity #god #inspirational #philosophical

CONCERNED BUT NOT CONSUMED! ↗

— Ron Sanders

#christ #christian #christian-living #detective #fruits-of-the-spirit

When you blame, you open up a world of excuses, because as long as you're looking outside, you miss the opportunity to look inside, and you continue to suffer. ↗

— Donna Quesada

#conscious-awareness #spirituality #yoga #zen #inspirational

Even if your body isn't healthy, your soul overcomes that, it doesn't even care, it worships anyway, it's joyful anyway. That's what God wants to give you in your life. ↗

— Lacey Mosley

#flyleaf #health #inspirational #jesus #joy

God descends to earth like fresh spring rain, and at every level his grace is received differently. For some it feels like love, for others like salvation. It feels like safety and warmth at one level, like coming home at another. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#spiritual-growth #inspirational

Usually, we believe that our pain is a misfortune that needs to be fixed, but in fact, all pain (physical, mental, and emotional) is a necessary step towards becoming conscious. ↗

— Eliza Mada Dalian

#inspirational #spiritual #inspirational

You cannot simply read the Quran,not if you take it seriously.You either have surrendered to it already or you fight it. It attacks tenaciously,directly,personally; it debates,criticizes,shames and challenges. From the outset it draws the line of battle, and I was on other side. ↗

— Jeffrey Lang

#humanity #inspirational #jeffrey #kindness #lang

Allowing attachments to people/things create a compulsive addiction in us to be controlling. This “control” (fueled by fear of loss) fools us into a false sense of security and love. At first glance, it is common to confuse the idea of Conscious Detachment with non-feeling or being cold, however learning this skill is a giant leap towards enlightenment. When you consciously detach from an object or a loved one, you empower them to exist at their potential. From this perspective, just being in their presence fosters feelings of love and admiration that far exceed any relationship that is limited with expectations, confinement and control ↗

— Gary Hopkins

#enlightenment #god #higher-self #holy-spirit #inspirational