Spiritual Direction
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Spiritual Direction
Words are really honest presences. They always show what’s going on. Show me the words you use and I’ll have a fair ideas of what’s happening or not happening with you.
John O'Donohue • John O’Donohue — The Inner Landscape of Beauty
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There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.
-H Thurman
-H Thurman
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In contemporary society, our adversary majors in three things: noise, hurry, and crowds.
~Richard Foster
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The old question, "What is the chief end of man?" is now answered, "To dash around the world and add to the din thereof." Speed and noise are evidence of weakness, not strength. The desire to be dramatically active is proof of our religious infantilism; it is a type of exhibitionism common to the kindergarten.
~AW Tozer
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Grace is opposed to merit not effort - Dallas Willard
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We need to feel the dream with the wonder of a child approaching a threshold of discovery. When we rediscover our childlike nature, we enter into a world of gentle possibility. Consequently, we will find ourselves more frequently at the place of ease, delight and celebration. The false burdens fall away. We come into rhythm with ourselves.
John O'Donohue • Anam Cara: 25th Anniversary Edition
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soul. If you attend to your self and seek to come into your own presence, you will find exactly the right rhythm for your life. The senses are generous pathways which can bring you home.
John O'Donohue • Anam Cara: 25th Anniversary Edition
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Where we rest is a matter of what and how we love. Our restlessness is a reflection of what we try to “enjoy” as an end in itself—what we look to as a place to land. The heart’s hunger is infinite, which is why it will ultimately be disappointed with anything merely finite. Humans are those strange creatures who can never be fully satisfied by anyt
... See moreJames K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
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The soul’s hunger for peace is a longing for a kind of rest from anxiety and frantic pursuits—it is to rest in God.
James K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
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