Sentences with phrase «experience than that spiritual»

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Furthermore, when you commit to your purpose and surrender your life work over to work that is bigger than you, it's my belief (and my experience) that this is a deeply spiritual act.

While many entrepreneurs still come out of an ayahuasca experience with old habits and patterns intact, the entheogen is providing spiritual guidance to a group of capable individuals seeking to make the world a better place rather than focusing solely on profits.

In particular, Meier insists that the theophany must be excluded from all attempts to understand the event, since it is a later Christian invention rather than a surviving memory of some actual spiritual experience of Jesus.

Like the majority of AA's his «spiritual awakening» is of the type which William James called the «educational variety,» rather than the «hot flash» type such as was experienced by Bill W.

There are those who think that a major shift in human consciousness is taking place, one aspect of which is an emphasis on spiritual experience rather than intellectual truths about religion.

Obviously — whether or not a given activity is «spiritual» isn't a consideration subject to objective verification, any more than you could determine, objectively, if an individual's experience with mountain biking, eating a taco, or watching a sunset is a «poetic» one.

But it explains why contemplation of the majestic figures in Michelangelo's Medici Chapel is an experience more spiritual than aesthetic.

Prayer but a shortened version of meditation that having come over the many centuries / as the art of true prayer in meditation was lost / where the focus of reality had turned to the external based on ideas belief / rather than practical spiritual experience of one turning the senses inward / thus knowing / not believing.

Looking back on that experience I honestly don't think it was a spiritual event any more than many other events are (though I believe all events have a spiritual counterpart just as there are different physical levels of the universe way can overlay on any given system)

That is everlastingly true, and nowhere more so than in the realm of spiritual experience and faith.

So, rather than believing in God because of our spiritual experiences, the fact that we have such experiences confirms and deepens what reason and science can lead us to believe, namely that God exists as a transcendent and

Paul experiences the extremes of sin and God's mercy, which so captivates him as to make him the spiritual father of the Gentiles: «In the history of his sin and its most gracious forgiveness, he exemplifies far more than his brother Apostles his own Gospel; that we are all guilty before God, and can be saved only by His free bounty.»

plan to make a «so - called transfer to one greater than themselves, to God»; (7) Urging Bill Wilson to hang on to his spiritual experience; and (8) Having told a parishioner of the famous Dr. Norman Vincent Peale that the parishioner / alcoholic named Chuck could be healed by the Great Physician Jesus Christ.

I generally put this down to very religious people (who have been raised with the concept that God is personally invested in them and is a central force in their life) experiencing the thought of a person without a religious belief system as being close to someone soul-less: without morals and without any fear of punishment (hell), so obviously less trustworthy than religious people who have a spiritual Big Brother and religious community watching their every move.

By liberal Protestantism we mean those churches which stress the historical approach to the Bible and hence its spiritual rather than literal inspiration, and find the source of Christian authority not in any creedal statement but in God's total and progressive revelation of himself in nature, history, human experience, and supremely in Jesus Christ.

Somehow, many Christians have come to believe continuing a lifeless spiritual discipline is more important than finding new ways to experience a life - giving God.

That expression may seem too strong — but only if we think the mystical is the exceptional rather than a spiritual experience that belongs to the essence of religion and remains accessible to all believers.

Those who view sex as more than a bodily experience — as a melding of two bodies, souls, and spirits — seem to me to be always on a spiritual quest for more of God.

All the great spiritual writers have known this, but few in the Church's history understood it better, experienced it more deeply, and wrote about it with more insight than John Cassian, the monk from southern Gaul who lived in the early part of the fifth century.

The stars in their courses are not more factual than the profound spiritual experiences that have produced the great souls of our race.

They've discovered the things that actually bring happiness are long - term loving relationships, strong social connections, the opportunity to pursue meaningful work, a sense of optimism and openness to new experiences, as well as a spiritual belief or identification with an issue or idea larger than oneself.

It was recognised in Edinburgh in 1910 that «the following ten years would in all probability constitute a turning point in human history and might be more critical in determining the spiritual revolution of humankind than many centuries of ordinary experience.

For me it is proof, and may not be relevant other than you should wonder if you could experience the same type of spiritual proof from the same source.

In an appendix to the book Alcoholics Anonymous that was added 16 years after the original printing, Bill Wilson wrote about members who had had spiritual experiences that «with few exception our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a power greater than themselves.»

About the Book: Most parents spend more time helping their kids succeed at academics or athletics than infusing shared spiritual experiences into the rhythm of everyday family life.

INSTRUCTOR: Weaving together her varied experiences as a tantra yoga teacher, professional belly dancer, corporate executive, and spiritual adventurer to more than 70 countries and all 7 continents, Monika Nataraj has worked with thousands of women across the globe to re-kindle, embody and celebrate their full feminine potential.

Gurmukh stands still for a moment to emphasize a point: «More than discovering yoga, I want my students to discover what Yogi Bhajan taught me: that we are spiritual beings here to have a human experience.»

With a Ph.D. in Psychology from one of the top programs in the world and years of one - on - one experience working with intelligent and spiritual women looking for love, Katie helps women find deep, lasting love faster than they ever imagined.

The Tree of life is more of an experience than a movie, and a very spiritual one at that.

More than science fiction, this film is intriguingly spiritual, while being completely compelling as a film experience.

Described as a «darkly humorous, weird, and soulful fantasy that examines the inner demons in all of us», the film is about a heartbroken man who attends a spiritual retreat, only to discover that the course releases more than toxins and traumatic experiences.

For example, in nonfiction, books in the self - help / self - development / motivation / spiritual realm fare much better than say, health and nutrition books, from my experience.

If you're in other places — particularly Istanbul — you'll likely see abbreviated Whirling Dervishes performances, but they lack the spiritual essence you find in Konya during the festival, and they are much closer to a tourist attraction than a cultural experience.

The Santa Maria degli Angeli is a lot quieter than many other churches, providing you with a much more spiritual and religious experience than you'll find at the more popular churches in the city.

I look forward to coming back... perhaps sooner, rather than later, hanging out with Kurt, expanding my personal Yoga experiences, and thoroughly enjoying the massive mental, spiritual and emotional de-compression this place has to offer.

In high school, after a poignant spiritual experience, he bought paints and canvases of his own and began to paint again, at a deeper, more intimate level than before.

«The political implications are enormous,» says Richard Louv, a writer whose most recent book, «Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature - Deficit Disorder», describes the social, psychological and even spiritual ramifications of a dearth of outdoors experience for a generation raised on electronic, rather than natural, stimulation and entertainment.»

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