Spiritual literature can be a great aid to an aspirant, or it can be a terrible hindrance. If it is used to inspire practice, motivate compassion, ad nourish devotion, it serves a very valuable purpose. If scriptural study is used for mere intellectual understanding, for pride of accomplishment, or as a substitute for actual practice, then one is taking in too much mental food, which is sure to result in intellectual indigestion. (152)
— Prem Prakash, The Yoga of Spiritual Devotion A Modern Translation of the Narada Bhakti Sutras
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— Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
You cannot change anyone, but you can be
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— Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
In the end we’re all on a journey
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In the end we’re all on a journey of sorts.
We wait for a sign or something that attracts our attention. Look for a deeper meaning to it all. That’s what poetry is for.
Searching.
— R.M. Engelhardt, The Last Cigarette: The Collected Poems Of R.M. Engelhardt 1989-2006
She was pure chaos with a touch of
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She was pure chaos with a touch of disaster
and god damn did I love drama.
— ventum
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Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.
— Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart