#spirit

Dav­el­lon may be a vil­lage, but the Dav­el­lon House can be any­thing you make it. No­bil­ity has to start some­where. It might as well start with you. Let no­body look down on you, for what­ever rea­son, My Lord. Ti­tles are granted or in­her­ited, no­bil­ity isn't. ~Tenaxos I to Landar Parmingh, Baron Davellon ↗

— Andrew Ashling

#nobility #nobility-of-spirit #noble #titles #nobility

Most of us plateau when we lose the tension between where we are and where we ought to be. ↗

— John Gardiner

#spiritual-growth #spiritual-growth

The singing Sun the signing moon the singing stars and the singing galaxies are the direct expression of the divine word AUM. ↗

— Amit Ray

#meditation #spiritual-growth #spiritual-growth

This is the secret of life: the self lives only by dying, finds its identity (and its happiness) only by self-forgetfulness, self-giving, self-sacrifice, and agape love. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#catholicism #christianity #god #jesus-shock #love

Don't wait for the right conditions. All you need for your growth is available to you in this moment. ↗

— Shri Radhe Maa

#radhe-maa #radhey-guru-maa #radhey-maa #spiritual-quotes #spiritual-growth

Trying to eliminate worldly temptations only makes our spiritual growth limited. ↗

— Toba Beta

#versus #wordly-temptation #spiritual-growth

Jesus-shaped spirituality hears Jesus say "believe and repent," but the call that resonates most closely in the heart of a disciple is "follow me." The command to follow requires that we take a daily journey in the company of other students. It demands that we be lifelong learners and that we commit to constant growth in spiritual maturity. Discipleship is a call to me, but it is a journey of "we. ↗

— Michael Spencer

#internet-monk #jesus #spirituality #spiritual-growth

By the anointing of the Holy Spirit, anybody who is afflicted by any phobia can be set free. ↗

— Pedro Okoro

#spiritual-growth #spiritual-warfare #spiritual-growth

The only trouble is that in the spiritual life there are no tricks and no shortcuts. Those who imagine that they can discover spiritual gimmicks and put them to work for themselves usually ignore God's will and his grace. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#prayer #spirituality #imagination

It is widely unknown, but nonetheless true that Catholicism fervently promotes the 'spiritual disciplines' whereas Protestantism has largely neglected them altogether. Does 'volunteerism' facilitate the formation of Christ's character in us or rather does it reveal our level of Christ-like maturity through the work of the Holy Spirit in us? Jesus modeled son-ship and gave all of His time, shared his talents,and invested all of His treasure while affirming others as He proclaimed through demonstrations the Kingdom of God.'Christ-likeness cannot be self-efforted' (Woods, 2007)." ~R. Alan Woods [2013] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#spiritual-development #catholicism