Celtic Spirituality Quotes

Many questing young people and stressed older people nowadays seek relaxation through meditation. They look for it in Hindu, Buddhist and other Eastern religions. They are often surprised to learn that there is such a way within the Christian tradition, a way that is known as contemplation. ~ Ray Simpson

The human heart is a theater of longing. ~ John O'Donohue

So I say, if you are burning, burn. If you can stand it, the shame will burn away and leave you shining, radiant, and righteously shameless ~ Elizabeth Cunningham

Nothing in creation is ever totally at home in itself. ... It is the deepest intimacy which is nevertheless infused with infinite distance. ~ John O'Donohue

Real intimacy is a sacred experience. It never exposes its secret trust and belonging to the voyeuristic eye of a neon culture. Real intimacy is of the soul, and the soul is reserved. ~ John O'Donohue

Because you were once at home somewhere, you are never an alien anywhere. ~ John O'Donohue

Our heart is the door to allowing Existence to guide us. ~ Swami Dhyan Giten

The thing you let Die within when you are Alive, will be carried with your Soul after Death. ~ Usha Cosmico

In the course of working on ourselves, we learn in time that when we stay on the surface of ourselves, which is to say when we are identified with and operating from our outer shell - our personality - we suffer. The more asleep we are to the reality beneath our shells, the less we feel that life is fulfilling, meaningful, and pleasurable. Or, in the language of the enneagram, the more fixated we are, the less we partake of the loving nature of reality, for we have lost our connection with Holy Love. Our suffering is not the result of being alone or of being in the wrong relationship, is not because we don't have enough money or because we have too much of it, or because of anything of the sort.

Nor is it because our outer surface doesn't look as pretty as we think it should or because our personality isn't as pleasant as we think it might be. We suffer because we are living at a distance from our depths - it's as simple as that. The more our souls are infused with Being, the better we feel and the better life seems to us, no matter what our outer circumstances happen to be. ~ Sandra Maitri

What good is a fragile spirit, as when touched, shatters into a thousand pieces. ~ Aisha Mirza

The little red dot of my rebirth, the Christ Consciousness, the vast galaxy within aching to be explored. ~ Tahira Amir Khan

The first brand was nature - everything after that was bullshit. ~ Bryant McGill

It's not much. You begin by thinking there is something extraordinary about it. But you'll find out, when you've been out in the world a while longer, unhappiness is the commonest thing there is. ~ Erich Maria Remarque

Unless we as social change agents come from a certain kind of spirituality, we're likely to create more harm than good. ~ Marshall B. Rosenberg

We live in graves and call them home, and we further sustain the neurotic structure of those graves with elements of so-called sociological, cultural, traditional, religious, political and intellectual significance. ~ Abhijit Naskar

We in the West regard the universe as a creation of God; like an invention or a product. After he created the universe, God set himself to oversee it and manage it. We see God as our boss. He created the universe, he is present in it, he manages every part of it, but he is still separate from it. It's like he installed video cameras all over the universe, so he can see everything that happens, and he can cause this or that to happen, but he is not a part of what happens. The Eastern view is very different. To the Hindu, for example, God didn't create the universe, but God became the universe. Then he forgot that he became the universe. Why would God do this? Basically, for entertainment. You create a universe, and that in itself is very exciting. But then what? Should you sit back and watch this universe of yours having all the fun? No, you should have all the fun yourself. To accomplish this, God transformed into the whole universe. God is the Universe, and everything in it. But the universe doesn't know that because that would ruin the suspense. The universe is God's great drama, and God is the stage, the actors, and the audience all at once. The title of this epic drama is "The Great Unknown Outcome." Throw in potent elements like passion, love, hate, good, evil, free will; and who knows what will happen? No one knows, and that is what keeps the universe interesting. But everyone will have a good time. And there is never really any danger, because everyone is really God, a ~ Warren Sharpe

I walk in my own path. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

When I was young, I prayed to God for an angel and He replied, "I already gave you one: your mother. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

There can be no spirituality, according to the Sufi masters, without psychology, psychological insight and sociological balance. ~ Idries Shah

I do firmly believe that universal forces are at work that pull us inexorably toward the deserving results of our actions. ~ Robert Ringer

I liked this God very much because you hardly had to talk to it and it never talked back.
Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality ~ Donald Miller

I am imperfect in many things, nevertheless I want my brethren and kinsfolk to know my nature so that they may be able to perceive my soul's desire. ~ Saint Patrick

For though we know quite well that God is present in all that we do, our nature is such that it makes us lose sight of the fact; but when this favour is granted it can no longer do so, for the Lord, who is near at hand, awakens it. And even the favours aforementioned occur much more commonly, as the soul experiences a vivid and almost constant love for Him whom it sees or knows to be at its side. ~ Teresa Of Avila

From a personality point of view, you develop judgment, but from the sou's point of view, you develop appreciation. ~ Ram Dass

Breaking away from old psychological memes requires a Herculean effort in many cases. In essence, we are outgrowing a worldview while maintaining a relation-ship of sorts. Transcending an ideology can feel like going through a divorce and having to stay friends because of the kids. ~ Gudjon Bergmann

History has been written, but it has not always been right or complete. ~ Toi Thomas

Heat stole over her for she suspected he might be trying to charm her, and she was not immune. 'Twould be too easy to fall under his spell. "I've already given you food. You are mighty demanding for a prisoner."
A grin quirked his lips. "There is something I want from you after I'm free." She was afraid to ask, but she had to know. "And what is that?"
"A kiss. ~ Vonda Sinclair

It is not you as the ego who moves through life, but that life flows before you, and you are the immutable awareness containing it all. ~ Enza Vita

Humans are the only helpline that humanity has got. ~ Abhijit Naskar

A true businessperson should also be a true humanist who understands that he stands to gain the most in a world that is stable for those he deals with, even if they do not fare as well as he does. ~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

The views of others reflect not at all upon you unless you allow them to. Their views are colored by their own life experiences: their fears, their loves, their hatreds, their needs, their insecurities. Nothing you can say will ever change their minds. Only they can do that. What better way to show them the error of their ways than to demonstrate to them that the Light that they revere is in every path to spirituality? To lead and instruct by being the best that we can be, always? And that darkness can be found in anyone, in any faith, and that it is not so much to be feared so long as it is in balance with the Light within. Balance is the key. Tolerance is the way. ~ Madelyn Alt

Everyone has to have a spirituality and everyone does have one, either a life-giving one or a destructive one. ~ Ronald Rolheiser

Grace is waiting for you. It's always there. It's always waiting. It doesn't pokes holes into our lives. We are the ones who poke the holes and let the light in, let the magic in. But there's no rush. There are no deadlines. There's comfort in staying in our cocoons. Only when we lose that comfort and feel overwhelmed do we feel forced to reach up for something greater. Or, we simply feel the calling for more. Either way, we start living on God's timetable and awaken to the beautiful mystery, and the things we had clinged to the most fade into pale substitutes. ~ Elizabeth Fox Brewer

Vanity, showing off, is an attitude that reduces spirituality to a worldly thing, which is the worst sin that could be committed in the church. ~ Pope Francis

Music is the breath of being. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Forgive and be compassionate with another in love, in peace and in faith. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Most cultures traditionally link food and spirituality directly with periodic restrictions and celebrations punctuating the year. Abstinence from particular foods or full-on fasting is part of many religious traditions and holidays. ~ Marcus Samuelsson

An act of mastery is mastery itself. ~ Tehya Sky

Divinity is born from neural processes, not some Supreme Entity. ~ Abhijit Naskar

The greatest of fools are those who fail to mark the invisible from the nonexistent. ~ Raheel Farooq

Love is spelt T.I.M.E. ~ Dieter F. Uchtdorf

God doesn't require perfection, he requires progression. ~ Stephan Labossiere

Nobody knows everything, yet most people hate being exposed to the idea that they don't have all the answers. ~ D.B. Eshleman

In original nature There is no this and that. The Great Round Mirror Has no likes or dislikes. ~ Seungsahn