People on a spiritual path - personal growth, spiritual practice, recovery, yoga and so forth - are the last people who should be sitting out the social and political issues of our day.
The force that keeps the planets revolving around the sun would be glad to handle the circumstances of your life, if only you would ask him to.
The basic premise of 'A Course in Miracles' is that it teaches us to relinquish thoughts based on fear and to accept instead thoughts based on love.
In my lifetime, we have lost a President, a Civil Rights leader and a Presidential candidate - all to gun violence.
Tragedy takes us to the very state of consciousness which, were we to hold to it, would go far toward preventing further tragedies.
I'm proud to say I was part of a movement in which we sang 'All You Need Is Love' at political rallies.
You can't 'work through worry and fear rationally,' because fear isn't rational!
In God, there is no lack and no recession.
I try to remind myself not to go anywhere or do anything without asking for spiritual direction through prayer and meditation.
May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.
Revolutions are not easy.
Personal transformation can and does have global effects. As we go, so goes the world, for the world is us. The revolution that will save the world is ultimately a personal one.
It's very scary having something wrong with your head.
Politics is in a crisis because it's separated from our deep humanity.
Just as you wouldn't leave the house without taking a shower, you shouldn't start the day without at least 10 minutes of sacred practice: prayer, meditation, inspirational reading.
We are material beings for but a moment in time, but we are spiritual beings forever.
The spiritual path - is simply the journey of living our lives. Everyone is on a spiritual path; most people just don't know it.
I've never seen service as separate from my spiritual practice or my spiritual teaching.
Spiritual growth and spirituality always seem suspect to some people.
Politics in America is like stale bread. It's so yada yada that the best among us can hardly stand it.
