Thread: Favourite quotes on spirituality/religion!

From the movie Jacob's Ladder, the quote originating from Meister Eckhart.

At a key moment, Jacob's friend and chiropractor Louis cites the 14th-century Christian mystic Meister Eckhart:

Eckhart saw Hell too. He said: "The only thing that burns in Hell is the part of you that won't let go of life, your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away. But they're not punishing you", he said. "They're freeing your soul. So, if you're frightened of dying and... you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the earth."

I like to chant the words Holy, Holy, Holy. Always 3 times in a row.

two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer

"As soon as man awakens for a moment and opens his eyes, all the forces that caused him to fall asleep begin to act upon him with tenfold energy and he immediately falls asleep again, very often dreaming that he is awake or is awakening." - George Gurdjieff

"In Zen, no one is interested in spiritual growth. No one is interested in self-exploration or self-realization. They're not trying to become better people or happier people. They're not following a spiritual path, they're following a wake-the-hell-up path. They're completely focused on the hot and narrow pursuit of enlightenment. There's no consolation prize, no secondary objective. Full awakening is what they signed up for. Of course, as students, they have no real idea of what such a pursuit actually entails, so it's the job of the master to see that they stay on course." - Jed McKenna

The only constant is change, go with the flow and don't question the madness.
~Heraclitus with my own spin.

We are but drops in the ocean, grains of sand on the beach.
~Unknown... Mother Teresa? Rumi?

I like that one because you could go on and on with this line of thought...

Pebbles in the riverbed, fish in the sea, bubbles in the foam, snowflakes in the ice, seeds in the fruit, petals in the flower of life. Particles in the atom, molecules in the compound, stars in the the galaxy. We are both the substance of matter and that which gives matter substance.