Quotes about Spiritual Practice

Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is. Votes: 6

There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment. Votes: 6

The deeper you get into Yoga you realize it is a spiritual practice. It's a journey I'm making. I'm heading that way. Votes: 6

The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self. Votes: 6

If you don't have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can't expect to suddenly develop one during a moment of crisis. Votes: 6

As long as I was breathing with the contractions and not pushing against them, I felt better. That idea is fundamental-to feel pain and not to resist; to go towards it. It is an incredibly spiritual practice. Votes: 6

People become depressed when they neglect their spiritual practice. Votes: 4

All spiritual practices are illusions created by illusionists to escape illusion. Votes: 4

Here is a new spiritual practice for you: don't take your thoughts too seriously. Votes: 4

A simple but radical spiritual practice is to accept whatever arises in the Now, within and without. Votes: 4

Spiritual practice is the capacity to offer your love even when you feel hurt, closed down, tense, angry, misunderstood, or hated. Votes: 4

The important point of spiritual practice is not to try to escape your life, but to face it - exactly and completely. Votes: 4

Spiritual people are not those who engage in certain spiritual practices; they are those who draw their life from a conversational relationship with God. Votes: 4

Encountering sufferings will definitely contribute to the elevation of your spiritual practice, provided you are able to transform calamity and misfortune into the path. Votes: 4

Spiritual practices help us move from identifying with the ego to identifying with the soul. Old age does that for you too. It spiritualizes people naturally. Votes: 4

There isn't anything except your own life that can be used as ground for your spiritual practice. Spiritual practice is your life, twenty-four hours a day. Votes: 4

I feel that the essence of spiritual practice is your attitude toward others. When you have a pure, sincere motivation, then you have right attitude toward others based on kindness, compassion, love and respect. Votes: 4

Qualities like love and compassion are not just abstract virtues that are the property of saints and adepts. Anyone can develop these qualities in themselves by doing spiritual practices. As the Buddha said, Come and see. Votes: 4

You can think of spiritual practice as a kind of spiritual re-parenting ... You're offering yourself the two qualities that make up good parenting: understanding - seeing yourself for who you truly are - and relating to what you see with unconditional love. Votes: 4

Human beings will continue to deceive and overpower one another. Basically, everyone exists in the very nature of suffering, so to abuse or mistreat each other is futile. The foundation of all spiritual practice is love. That you practice this well is my only request. Votes: 4

Giving up attachment to the world does not mean that you set yourself apart from it. Generating a desire for others to be happy increases your humanity. As you become less attached to the world, you become more humane. As the very purpose of spiritual practice is to help others, you must remain in society. Votes: 4

Each time the losses and deceptions of life teach us about impermanence, they bring us closer to the truth. When you fall from a great height, there is only one possible place to land: on the ground-the ground of truth. And if you have the understanding that comes from spiritual practice, then falling is in no way a disaster, but the discovery of an inner refuge. Votes: 4

Spiritual Practice involves being constantly aware Votes: 3

Education has to be welcomed as a Spiritual Practice for the establishment of Peace in the individual heart as well as in society including the human commonwealth. Votes: 3

For me, spiritual practice is a lot closer to art than science. Votes: 2

Above all, cancer is a spiritual practice that teaches me about faith and resilience. Votes: 2

I've never seen service as separate from my spiritual practice or my spiritual teaching. Votes: 2

Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child. Votes: 2

People on a spiritual path - personal growth, spiritual practice, recovery, yoga and so forth - are the last people who should be sitting out the social and political issues of our day. Votes: 2

Writing is a spiritual practice in that people that have no spiritual path can undertake it and, as they write, they begin to wake up to a larger connection. After a while, people tend to find that there is some muse that they are connecting to. Votes: 2

In my own spiritual journey, I became a swami on the Hindu path of Bhakti. In the Hindu tradition, a swami is a monk who forgoes regular family life for the purpose of making the whole world his family and channels his full energy into spiritual practice, devotion to God and service to humanity. Votes: 2

Both my parents were agnostic. My mother was kind of a Buddhist. She had some spiritual tendencies, but they were kind of flaky - New Agey, you know? Which is partly why I'm suspicious of that sort of thing. I'm skeptical of any spiritual practice that doesn't involve other people and doesn't involve some sort of consistent tradition. Votes: 2

I believe joy is a spiritual practice. Votes: 0

The aim of all spiritual practice is love. Votes: 0

I'm spiritual but I don't practice any sort of thing. Votes: 0

If we want spiritual development, the practice of patience is essential. Votes: 0

It is essential to practice spiritual disciplines along with academic studies. Votes: 0

I think deep down I'm spiritual, but there's nothing I practice. Votes: 0

By growing a spiritual practice, we are given all that we need. Votes: 0

The way you get more is by having a daily spiritual practice. Votes: 0

I have a spiritual practice which helps to keep me grounded and centered. Votes: 0

Building community is to the collective as spiritual practice is to the individual. Votes: 0

I'm not religious, but I am spiritual and I am creating my own practice. Votes: 0

Art is a spiritual practice. We may not, and need not, do it perfectly. Votes: 0

Yet I knew that spiritual practice is impossible without great dedication, energy, and commitment. Votes: 0

Crying is one of the highest devotional songs. One who knows crying, knows spiritual practice Votes: 0

All of spiritual practice is a matter of relationship: to ourselves, to others, to life's situations. Votes: 0

It's really a spiritual practice that I am trying to show as a way of life. Votes: 0

Mindfulness is both a state of being and a daily spiritual practice, a form of meditation. Votes: 0

Where we tended to be judgmental, we became more judgmental of ourselves in our spiritual practice. Votes: 0

Joseph Campbell, who when asked what spiritual practice he followed said, "I underline books." Me too. Votes: 0

When something makes no sense, sometimes you make something of it. A joke. A spiritual practice. A life. Votes: 0

Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice. Votes: 0

All spiritual practice must be directed to the removal of the husk and the revelation of the kernel. Votes: 0

Selfliss giving rounds the edges in spiritual practice. Many people can meditate very well but they're still very egotistical. Votes: 0

You receive the light through what you read, through what you hear in meditation, or through some spiritual practice. Votes: 0

Selfliss giving rounds the edges in spiritual practice. Many people can meditate very well but they're still very egotistical. Votes: 0

If you think of spiritual practice as unpleasant work - it is not spiritual practice as I know it. Votes: 0

The source of your mind is love and whatever you do to go to that source, is spiritual practice. Votes: 0

Creativity is God's will for us and should be practiced like any other spiritual practice -a day at a time. Votes: 0

People who meditate and have a good spiritual practice, their immune systems are stronger. Generally, they are happier and healthier. Votes: 0

My yoga practice was and will always be a spiritual experience. I can honestly say, "Yoga delivered me back to GOD!" Votes: 0

It is a wonderful thing if one can use one's place of work as a place of spiritual practice as well. Votes: 0

Spiritual practice is allowing the temple (your body) to be full of light and to live life as a total celebration. Votes: 0

Tantra is for the advanced spiritual practitioner who is ready to push aside spiritual practice in the name of spiritual practice. Votes: 0

One ounce of the practice of righteousness and of spiritual Self-realisation outweighs tons and tons of frothy talk and nonsensical sentiments. Votes: 0

Zen is the fastest method I know of, aside from mysticism, of dissolving the fixations people have about spiritual practice and themselves. Votes: 0

Zen is the fastest method I know of, aside from mysticism, of dissolving the fixations people have about spiritual practice and themselves. Votes: 0

One of the goals of a spiritual practice is self-awareness, and one of the best tools of self-awareness is simple emotional vulnerability. Votes: 0

An honorable spiritual practice recognizes the losses we have suffered, tells our story, and sheds our tears to free us from the past. Votes: 0

The person who constantly studies without doing spiritual practice is like the fool who attempts to live in the blueprint of a house. Votes: 0

If you practice the holy exercise of Spiritual Communion a good many times each day, within a month you will see yourself completely changed. Votes: 0

Thirty years of spiritual practice has given me the realization that emotions are based on our perceptions, whether or not they are based on reality. Votes: 0

Shamanism is a kind of universal spiritual practice with indigenous cultures around the world, and one important element of it is taking care of spirits. Votes: 0

If you become obsessive in spiritual practice, if you just try and try, you are not going to be happy. You are going to be obsessive. Votes: 0

To insist on a spiritual practice that served you in the past is to carry the raft on your back after you have crossed the river. Votes: 0

Now I know why yoga is so life-giving for so many. I have never experienced a practice that combines such physical challenge and spiritual wellbeing in my life. Votes: 0

Although natural farming - since it can teach people to cultivate a deep understanding of nature - may lead to spiritual insight, it's not strictly a spiritual practice. Votes: 0

If you spent one-tenth of the time you devoted to distractions like chasing women or making money to spiritual practice, you would be enlightened in a few years. Votes: 0

When I started, these [yoga] were very functional practices, as I said, productive to lose weight, or whatever, and now it has become a very spiritual kind of practice. Votes: 0

We can bring our spiritual practice into the streets, into our communities, when we see each realm as a temple, as a place to discover that which is sacred. Votes: 0

Patient and regular practice is the whole secret of spiritual realization. Do not be in a hurry in spiritual life. Do your utmost, and leave the rest to God. Votes: 0

The most holy and important practice in the spiritual life is the presence of God - that is, every moment to take great pleasure that God is with you Votes: 0

I am spiritual but not massively religious, and I don't go to church. If someone said 'What religion are you?' I would say 'Christian.' But I don't practice. Votes: 0

Try your best not to get distracted from your goal. Let everything you do be your way of getting closer to your enlightenment; never take a vacation from spiritual practice. Votes: 0

A lot of people have realized that a good spiritual practice and a good meditation practice have real benefit. It's not just something nice to do to make the universe happy. Votes: 0

The only real protection will come from doing a spiritual practice over a prolonged period of time. Because it retrains us to see the world and ourselves in a different way. Votes: 0

Spiritual practice . . . involves, on the one hand, acting out of concern for others' well-being. On the other, it entails transforming ourselves so that we become more readily disposed to do so. Votes: 0

People who are meditating every day and involved in a serious spiritual practice don't usually wake up in the morning and want to rush out to eat a bunch of junk food. Votes: 0

Living on purpose is a lifestyle, a way of being and a lifelong spiritual practice that will refine your Soul. This isn't a 10-day or 30-day plan. This is a lifelong adventure! Votes: 0

It's perfectly natural for me to sit down and talk about meditating and spiritual practice with my friends. But then I realize, how would it sound to a drunk cynical guy in London? Votes: 0

Adversity is a natural part of being human. It is the height of arrogance to prescribe a moral code or health regimen or spiritual practice as an amulet to keep things from falling apart. Votes: 0

When we understand clearly that inner peace is the real source of happiness, and how, through spiritual practice, we can experience progressively deeper levels of inner peace, we will develop tremendous enthusiasm to practice Votes: 0

When we let go of our battles and open our hearts to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment. This is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice. Votes: 0

You should not delay the good things in life. Just do them. Whenever you get a chance to do spiritual practice or seva, don't miss it. Those are the real precious moments of your life. Votes: 0

For me, that's where my spiritual practice comes in. It's come from a lot of people that I've met that have influenced me over the years, and it's remembering those people, what they taught me. Votes: 0

Spiritual practice is not just sitting and meditation. Practice is looking, thinking, touching, drinking, eating and talking. Every act, every breath, and every step can be practice and can help us to become more ourselves. Votes: 0