Whatever your spiritual practice is, if it's not making you more honest in your relationships, it's not working
Whatever your spiritual practice is, if it's not making you more honest in your relationships, it's not working
progress in the imaginal realm is logged in direct proportion to how well one learns not only to apprehend but actually to follow the path as it increasingly presents itself to your inner understanding.
Cynthia Bourgeault • Eye of the Heart: A Spiritual Journey into the Imaginal Realm
Inspiration without action is merely entertainment.
Mary Morrissey • Brave Thinking: The Art and Science of Creating a Life You Love
I have not met one dedicated person of prayer who walks a very dry, dark path who does not embody many of the cardinal and theological virtues, as well as many of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.13 By contrast I know many who have had quite explicit contemplative experiences yet have not integrated these experiences into a life of living faith and lov
... See moreMartin Laird • A Sunlit Absence: Silence, Awareness, and Contemplation
Discipline is fighting yourself.
Wasted energy. Wasted creativity.
Put that instead into figuring out what you actually most want.
Solve problems in doing what you want with reason, not force.