Of
course I have not put here words from the sacred books, either
Christian or non-Christian, like the Bible, the Qur'an, the Tao Te
Ching, the Tipitaka of Buddhism, etc.. These books contain sentences
which are not really meant to be my favorite ones. They are meant to
be essential food for my soul.
1.
For You who are the Absolute Being of all things are present to
each thing as if You were concerned about no other thing at all.
(from Nicholas of Cusa, De visione Dei or About the Vision of God
in the translation by Jasper Hopkins).
I
like this quotation from Nicholas of Cusa, a Roman Catholic Cardinal
who lived in the 15th century because it tells me that God
is concerned about me as though I am the only other person in the
universe. As a proper response to this I consider myself and God as
the only beings in this universe.
I
want to tell you that God is concerned about you as though there were
no other person in the whole universe but you. Such is God's great
love for you that for him you are the most important person in the
universe. Your value is infinite before God. Rejoice!
2.
He who has You, 0 Lord, knows and has all things. He who sees You
has all things, for no one sees You except him who has You. (Again
from the same book of Nicholas of Cusa)
I
like this quote because it tells me that I have all things in God.
This has been taught again and again by the manifestors who teach the
law of attraction. I have all the abundance in the world. I am
infinitely wealthy in God.
Do
not consider yourself poor. Consider yourself rich and your thinking
will open to you opportunities to manifest this richness which you
have in God.
3.
In order to arrive at having pleasure in everything,
Desire to
have pleasure in nothing.
In order to
arrive at possessing everything,
Desire to
possess nothing.
In order to
arrive at being everything,
Desire to be
nothing.
In order to
arrive at knowing everything,
Desire to
know nothing.
(from
John of the Cross, ASCENT TO MOUNT CARMEL, as translated by E.
Allison Peers. John of the Cross is reputedly the Prince of
Mystics.)
I
like this spirituality quote because it tells me about the
paradoxical character of being all, having all, knowing all. This is
attained by being nothing, having nothing, and knowing nothing.
This
is the best advice I can give to somebody who wants to be somebody in
life: Become a nobody and you will be a somebody. This is very true
and yet its truth cannot be known unless you experience it. All
genuine spirituality passes through this paradox, becoming nothing to
being all, possessing nothing to have all, knowing nothing to become
all wise.
4.
At the evening of life, you
will be examined in love.
(from the Sayings of John of the Cross)
I
like this quotation from John of the Cross because it tells me that
all spirituality revolves around love. As Augustine of Hippo I think
said, Love God and do whatever you please. Love summarizes all the
motions in spirituality.
If
you love you have found yourself.
5.
For all the evil in the world comes from
ignorance of the truths of the holy writings in their clear
simplicity, of which not one iota shall pass away. (From
Teresa of Avila, Her Autobiography).
I
like this statement because it tells me that all the evil in the
world is caused by ignorance of the truth. Therefore as I share the
truth with others to that extent I am lessening the evil in the
world.
This
places upon you the responsibility of knowing the truth. As you know
the truth and share it with others you contribute to lessening the
evil in the world. But I notice that most of our teachers are not
really teaching the truth, they teach ideas that have been handed
down to them by other teachers or by books.
6.
The power of attention can be more readily understood by
comparing it with a sun glass in which the rays of sunlight are
focused — they possess no particular strength as long as the glass
is moved about and the rays directed from one place to another; but
let the glass be held perfectly still and let the rays be focused on
one spot for any length of time, the effect will become immediately
apparent. So with the power of thought: Let power be dissipated by
scattering the thought from one object to another, and no result is
apparent; but focus this
power
through attention or concentration on any single purpose for any
length of time and nothing becomes impossible. (from Charles F.
Haanel, The Master Key System).
I
like this statement because it tells me that the reason why my
thinking before had no power was because it was spread across so many
objects of attention. But once I concentrate it on one thing then it
has got power like the magnifying glass burning a piece of paper.
You
may want to discipline your thinking so that you can focus it on one
thing and you will attain whatever you think of.
7.
In other words, when we free our
minds from all thoughts of debt and try to realize more and more the
presence of plenty, we shall soon be strong enough to reach out and
realize abundance for our debtors. As they are lifted up from the
thoughts of limitation and lack, they will attract more and more
substance with which they can pay their bills. In this way, and only
in this way, can debts be permanently canceled. (from
Raymond Holliwell, Working with the Law)
This
statement really surprised me. I did not know that the secret to
abundance was in the prayer Our Father. And the reason why our
economies are failing is because we are so heavily dependent upon
debts.
Why
not try this method of forgiving all debts owed to you? It can only
lead to abundance to you personally and to your former debtors.
8.
You are here to enable the divine purpose of the universe to
unfold. That is how important you are! (From Eckhart Tolle,
reputedly the most spiritual man living today)
This
means that each one of us is part of a great divine plan. If we fail
in life the failure is a failure of this divine plan. That is why it
is most painful and most dreadful to fail.
You
are a divine being because you came from a divine being. Claim your
right and behave accordingly.
9.
You'll See It When You Believe It. (from Wayne Dyer,
reputedly the third most spiritual man today, this is a title of his
book)
I
like very much this statement because it tells me that believing is a
kind of seeing. Believing is not making oneself believe what is not
true. It is seeing the truth.
If
you have spiritual vision you will always believe.
10.
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need
for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our
temple; the philosophy is kindness. (from Dalai Lama, reputedly
the second most spiritual person in the world today)
This
statement sums up the true religion of all genuinely spiritual men
and women. If we only adhere to this kind of thinking we would not
burden people with building huge and small churches which only feed
the ego of the religious leaders and their members.
If
you adhere to this kind of thinking you will certainly make this
world a better place to live in. Genuine spirituality is the way to
a brighter future.
So
there you are with my 10 most favorite spirituality quotes. There
are others of course which have also made an impact in my life. But
these 10 seem to give me the most impact. Later they may supplanted
by other quotes, but for the present they are my 10 most favorite
spirituality quotes.
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