This Week’s Quotation: We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world. ~ Buddha (Suddhartha Gautama) Mind and Breath One of the greatest challenges I’ve confronted on my spiritual journey has been disciplining my
This Week’s Quotation: If you are seeking, seek us with joy, for we live in the kingdom of joy.Do not stray into the neighborhood of despair. For there are hopes: they are real, they exist.Do not go in the direction of darkness—I tell you: suns
This Week’s Quotation: Thou shalt not destroy the harmony of the environment. ~ Pope Francis For the Love of Nature Pope Francis has proposed the above quote as the eleventh commandment. I certainly applaud him for doing this, as I’m sure it is becoming increasingly
This Week’s Quotation: The peace of God is shining in me now. The light cannot be lost. It came with me from my Source. The peace of God is shining in me now and from my heart extends around the world. It brings renewal to
This Week’s Quotation: During Lent, let us find concrete ways to overcome our indifference. Lent comes providentially to awaken us, to shake us from our lethargy. ~ Pope Francis Lenten Blessings I write this on Ash Wednesday, a day that Christians recognize as the
This Week’s Quotation O Thou kind Lord! Unite all. Let the religions agree and make the nations one so that they may see each other as one family and the whole earth as one home. May they all live together in perfect harmony. ~ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
This Week’s Quotation: And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free ~ John 8:32 Knowing Versus Knowing About In this statement to a group of Jews who were open to receiving his wisdom, Jesus did not say “And ye shall
This Week’s Quotation: He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, who abides in the shadow of the Almighty will say to the Lord: “My refuge and my fortress; my God in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare
This Week’s Quotation: Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known
This Week’s Quotation: Your Lord says, “Call on Me; I will answer your prayer.” ~ Islam Qur’an 40.60 Lord of creation! No one other than thee pervades all these that have come into being. May that be ours for which our prayers rise; may we
This Week’s Quotation: May the Lord of Lords, Mahavira, whom all the hosts of saints keep in mind, all the rulers of men and angels praise, and all the scriptures—Vedas, Puranas, and Sastras—extol, make my heart his abode. May the Lord of Lords, who cuts
This Week’s Quotation: Christmas isn’t just a temporal celebration or the memory of a beautiful event; Christmas is more…Christmas is an encounter. As we progress through the season of Advent, we go by this road to meet the Lord. We walk to meet him, to