#spirituality

"The reality of loving God is loving him like he's a Superhero who actually saved you from stuff rather than a Santa Claus who merely gave you some stuff."

"Spirituality is not about being fixed; it is about God's being present in the mess of our unfixedness. (Messy Spirituality)"

"Forget the secrets of success, use Cosmic Ordering instead."

"Not till your thoughts cease all their branching here and there, not till you abandon all thoughts of seeking for something, not till your mind is motionless as wood or stone, will you be on the right road to the Gate."

"We have very little faith in the Lord, very little trust. If we trusted the Lord as much as we trust a friend when we ask him to do something for us, neither we as individuals nor our whole country would suffer so much."

"There was a time when skepticism was an act of rebellion. Since to a degree I both believe in evolution and have faith, I can only conclude that, as prophesied, to have faith will someday be an act of rebellion."

"Great minds think alike because a greater Mind is thinking through them."

"But no matter how much evil I see, I think it’s important for everyone to understand that there is much more light than darkness."

"It is just as crazy not to be crazy about Christ as it is to be crazy about anything else."

"Love is a spiritual soul."

"Happiness is something we reap from the seeds we sow. Plant misery seeds and that us what you reap."

"If God were not only to hear our prayers, as he does ever and always, but to answer them as we want them answered, he would not be God our Saviour but the ministering genius of our destruction."

"Cosmic Ordering is like an echo! What you ask for comes back."

"The petty man wants to use God for himself; the ambitious man wants God to use him for God."

"Crazy Horse dreamed and went into the world where there is nothing but the spirits of all things. That is the real world that is behind this one, and everything we see here is something like a shadow from that one."

"The grass withers, the flower fades, but Cosmic Ordering stands forever."

"While fear depletes power, faith gives wings for the soul’s elevation."

"I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats."

"I don't profess any religion; I don't think it’s possible that there is a God; I have the greatest difficulty in understanding what is meant by the words ‘spiritual’ or ‘spirituality.'[Interview, The New Yorker, Dec. 26, 2005]"

"But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind."