#ritual

The idea that each of us can be directly spiritual is radical. Most religions are based not on teaching adherents to be directly spiritual, but in persuading them to trust in the intercession of ministers or priests. The problem with this approach is that we cannot gain access to spirituality except through the medium of a fallible human being. If we want to see Tao, we need only open our eyes and trust what we see. ↗

— Ming-Dao Deng

#experience #spiritual #experience

Life is a gift, and should be cherished, lived and experienced. Though experience often reveals itself as pain in this world, it is still purposeful, it still has its place in the evolution of our spirit. ↗

— Michael Poeltl

#pain #spiritual-growth #experience

To be a human being is to be a child of God ↗

— M. Bartolo-Abela

#faith #inspirational #religion #spirituality #faith

Panentheistic doctrine contains all of deism and pandeism except their arbitrary negations. ↗

— Charles Hartshorne

#deism #faith #god #logic #pandeism

Whether we are feasting or fasting or somewhere in between, food should have a sacred role in our lives. It can be something we sacrifice, something we savor, something we share, and through it all we can remain fulfilled because we are grounded in God, the only One who can satisfy our hungry hearts. ↗

— Mary DeTurris Poust

#food #god #mindfulness #spiritual-hunger #faith

My faith tells me God exists, does your science tell you He doesn't? ↗

— L.M. Fields

#spiritual #truth #faith

Das Leben ist heilig bei euch, bei uns ist es der Tod, der heilig ist. ↗

— Sophia Azzedine

#life #spiritual #faith

Since the beginning of time, spirituality and religion have been called to fill in the gaps that science did not understand. ↗

— Dan Brown

#dan-brown #faith #religion #science #spirituality

There is no meaning to fate If you don't have faith ↗