#ritual

When it's good, cinema can be one of the most important things in a person's life. A film can be a catalyst for change. You witness this and it is an incredibly spiritual experience that I'd never lived before; well, maybe only in a football match. ↗

— Gael Garcia Bernal

#catalyst #change #cinema #experience #film

Certainty is missing the point entirely. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#faith

Do not be satisfied with God's calling or His gifts in your life. Be satisfied with Jesus Christ Himself. ↗

— Brother Yun

#life

God is acting on your soul all the time, whether you have spiritual sensations or not. ↗

— Evelyn Underhill

#god #sensations #soul #spiritual #time

If you know someone that has given up hope, try giving that person some of your peace, joy, and faith! ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#beacon-of-light #faith #hope #spirituality #faith

One of the most freeing discoveries these past few years in my relationship with God is discovering that God is not a belief system or a fixed set of theological propositions. ↗

— Jim Palmer

#god #shedding-religion #spirituality #freedom

You can easily tell when someone has been hit by a spear. he turns a deep shade of bitter. David never got hit. Gradually, he learned a very well-kept secret... One, never learn anything about the fashionable, easily mastered art of spear throwing. Two, stay out of the company of all spear throwers. And three, keep your mouth tightly closed. In this way, spears will never touch you, even when they pierce your heart. ↗

— Gene Edwards A Tale of Three Kings

#spiritual #art

The great book for you is the book that has the most to say to you at the moment when you are reading. I do not mean the book that is most instructive, but the book that feeds your spirit. And that depends on your age, your experience, your psychological and spiritual need. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#book #depends #experience #feeds #great

Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment. ↗

— Arthur Helps

#chill #environment #feet #ground #heart

Natural born geniuses, like Mozart or Shakespeare, don’t have anything more than you — they have something less. What they lack are the self-imposed blocks to the outflow of this infinite creative intelligence. ↗

— Derek Rydall

#emergence #law-of-emergence #selfhelp #spirituality #intelligence