#ritual

Strive to engage in activities that require constant self-development. Nurture and develop the physical body, but also our spiritual nature. We exist for a purpose: to honor our spirituality. When we do, we cannot help but love others. Hurting others is easily recognized as a crime against ourselves. It’s no coincidence that all religions teach this at their core. ↗

— Janet M. Tavakoli

#religion #spirituality #love

And many years later, as an adult student of history, Knecht was to perceive more distinctly that history cannot come into being without the substance and the dynamism of this sinful world of egoism and instinctuality, and that even such sublime creations as the Order were born in this cloudy torrent and sooner or later will be swallowed up by it again...Nor was this ever merely an intellectual problem for him. Rather, it engaged his innermost self more than any other problem, and he felt it as partly his responsibility. His was one of those natures which can sicken, languish, and die when they see an ideal they have believed in, or the country and community they love, afflicted with ills. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#psychology #spirituality #inspirational

The greatest spiritual leaders in history have all preached love for others as the basis for all happiness, and never did they accompany such mandates with a list of unlovable actions or deeds. They never said, love everybody except for the gays. Love everybody except for the homeless. Love everybody except for the drug users. Love everybody except for the gang members, or those covered in ink, or the spouse abusers. They didn’t tell us it was okay to love everybody with the exception of the “trailer trash,” those living in poverty, or the illegal immigrants. They didn’t tell us it was okay to love everybody except for our ex-lovers, our lovers’ ex lovers, or our ex-lovers’ lovers. The mandate was pretty damn clear, wasn’t it? Love others. Period. ↗

— Dan Pearce

#christianity #happiness #hate #hatred #homosexuality

Traveling further ingrained my desire to connect to a place other than an island that is slightly older, in a New World way, than the United States, especially after I found characteristics of my face in the faces of the people in my global community. ↗

— Raquel Cepeda

#journeying #love-of-travel #new-world #spiritual-journey #traveling

Un día de éstos vas a recordar esta época de tu vida como un dulce momento de tristeza. Entenderás que, estando “de duelo y teniendo roto el corazón, estás en el mejor sitio posible para cambiar tu vida. En un hermoso lugar dedicado a la devoción y en un estado de gracia. Vive este momento minuto a minuto. Deja que las cosas se arreglen solas ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#love

True love is a spiritual force that binds 2 hearts together. ↗

— Ellen J. Barrier

#hearts #spiritual #true-love #love

Love is God, and the one that believes in love, believes in God. ↗

— Shri Radhe Maa

#meditation #quotes-and-saying #quotes-of-life #radhe-guru-maa #radhe-maa

Saints love all beings. They love even those who attempt to harm them. ↗

— Shri Radhe Maa

#meditation #quotes-and-saying #quotes-of-life #radhe-guru-maa #radhe-maa

Hatred can be cured by love. ↗