John A Wilde

· S&P Book Review of Swami Abhishiktananda: Essential Writings | Excerpt on Devotion

· S&P Book Review of The Cave of the Heart: The Life of Swami Abhishiktananda by Shirley du Boulay | Excerpt on Transformation

· World Religions and Spirituality Project Page

· Quotes > Goodreads | Quotes in Message of Abhishiktananda Website

AMMACHI or SRI MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI DEVI

Happiness depends on how you accept, understand and surrender to situations.

· Amma.org

· S&P Search | Books | Films

· S&P Book Review of Messages from Amma: In the Language of the Heart by Janine Canan | Excerpt on Grace

· S&P Book Review of Amma: Healing the Heart of the World by Judith Cornell

· Quotes > AZquotes

KAREN ARMSTRONG

Compassion is not an option. It is the key to survival.

· Charter for Compassion | Quotes | TED Prize page | Ted Talk link > In a 2008 Ted Talk, Karen Armstrong offered the vision and the motivation for this expanding global community dedicated to building compassion among all religions and cultures.

· Charter for Compassion Youtube Channel | Youtube Search for Karen Armstrong

· Parabola Interview

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes | Brainy Quotes

EDWARD BASTIAN

Sacred light pervades

Me through and through,

And bliss descends

Like mountain dew.

Radiating out,

I now impart

Rainbows of healing

From my heart.

· Spiritual Paths Institute | Books | InterSpiritual Meditation Course | Mandala Course

· Videos > Youtube: Edward Bastian Films | Vimeo: Edward W. Bastian

· S&P book review of InterSpiritual Meditation: A Seven-Step Process from the World’s Spiritual Traditions

· Goodreads page on InterSpiritual Meditation: A Seven-Step Process from the World's Spiritual Traditions

· Goodreads page on Mandala: Creating an Authentic Spiritual Path: An InterSpiritual Process

· S&P book review of Living Fully, Dying Well

· Ed’s video with the InterSpiritual Meditation Verses > You can hear Ed saying the verses for each step and singing the ISM chant.

· A video offered by Contemplative Life with Ed teaching and leading the Seven Steps of InterSpiritual Meditation

· S&P search | Books | Traditions

THOMAS BERRY 1914-2009

It is important that we be mindful of the earth, the planet out of which we are born and by which we are nourished, guided, healed — the planet, however, which we have abused to a considerable degree in these past two centuries of industrial exploitation.

· thomasberry.org

· S&P Book Review of The Dream of the Earth | Excerpt on Reverence

· Goodreads page for Infinite Reach: Spirituality in a Scientific World | Amazon page | B&N page

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes

JOHN BIERSDORF 1930-2020

Compassion is expressed in gentleness. When I think of persons I know who model for me the depths of spiritual life, I am struck by their gentleness. Their eyes communicate the residue of solitary battles with angels, the costs of caring for others, the deaths of ambition and ego, and the peace that comes from having very little left to lose in this life. / They are gentle because they have honestly faced the struggles given to them and have learned the hard way that personal survival is not the point. Their care is gentle because their self-aggrandizement is no longer at stake. There is nothing in it for them. Their vulnerability has been stretched to clear-eyed sensitivity to others and truly selfless love.

· John Biersdorf Obituary

· Founder and Past President and Dean of Ecumenical Theological Seminary of Detroit MI

· Books > Goodreads Search | wipfandstock.com

· “Church Order and the Emerging Future” 1971

· LinkedIn Page

· Above quote in Sojo Voice of the Day

BLACK ELK 1863-1950

The first peace, which is the most important,

is that which comes within the souls of people

when they realize their relationship,

their oneness with the universe and all its powers,

and when they realize that at the center of the universe

dwells the Great Spirit,

and that this center is really everywhere,

it is within each of us.

· Goodreads Page on Black Elk Speaks

· Wikipedia Article

· Quotes > Goodreads | BrainyQuotes | AZquotes

LAURENCE BOLDT

Without self-expression, life lacks spontaneity and joy.

Without service to others, it lacks meaning and purpose.

· EmpowerYou.com

· S&P Book Review of The Tao of Abundance: Eight Ancient Principles for Abundant Living

· S&P Book Review of Zen and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design | Excerpt on Beauty

· S&P Book Review of Zen Soup: Tasty Morsels of Wisdom from Great Minds East and West

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes

MARCUS BORG 1942-2015

Spirituality combines awareness, intention and practice.

I define it as becoming conscious of and intentional about

a deepening relationship with God.

· The Marcus J Borg Foundation | Quotes | Books

· S&P Teachers Project | Quotes | Video Clips

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes

CYNTHIA BOURGEAULT

All will come of its own accord in good time with abundant fullness,

so long as one does not attempt to hoard or cling.

· cynthiabourgeault.org | Quotes

· Contemplative.org

· CAC Teacher

· Video: Cynthia Interviews Thomas Keating

· Youtube Channel | YouTube search

· Quotes > Goodreads

TARA BRACH

Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.

· tarabrach.com | R-A-I N method > Recognize. Allow. Investigate. Nurture | Blog Page on R-A-I-N

· imcw.org/

· S&P Teachers Project | Quotes | Books | Video Clips | Audio Clips

· S&P Practice Feature: The Sacred Pause Practice

· S&P Book Review of Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha | Excerpt on Being Present

· CAC page which includes R-A-I-N Method

· S&P Book Review of Atlas of the Heart:Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience

· Quotes > Goodreads | BrainyQuote | AZquotes

BRENÉ BROWN

Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.

· Ten Minute Video Introducing the Limitless Resources of Spiritualty & Practice

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes | BrainyQuote

FREDERIC & MARY ANN BRUSSAT

Begin with what is right in front of you.

Have both pride and humility.

Be assertive and yielding.

You are much more and much less than you probably think you are.

Relax. This, the Creator reminds us, is good.

· S&P Page: About Frederick and Mary Ann Brussat

· Progressive Christianity Article on the Brussats

· They have been my spirituality and culture guides for more than 4 decades. I often refer to Spirituality and Practice as the best website in the universe. You may find yourself staying at this stop for many hours or days or years. S&P can help you answer important questions like: How do you define spirituality? How is your understanding of spirituality changing? What books, movies, songs, causes, relationships are informing you, inspiring you, comforting you, challenging you?You won’t be disappointed. These 2 pages are a good place to begin your exploration of this fantastic and fascinating resource for seekers of wisdom > What is Spirituality? | What is Everyday Spirituality?

· Celebrating Five Decades of the work of F&M Brussat at S&P and its predecessors

· Youtube Search for Frederic Brussat | Youtube Search for Mary Ann Brussat

· Spiritual Literacy Youtube Channel | Youtube Search for Spirituality & Practice

FREDERICK BUECHNER 1926-2022

My story is important not because it is mine, God knows,

but because if I tell it anything like right,

the chances are you will recognize that in many ways it is also yours.

· frederickbuechner.com

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes | BrainyQuote

JOSEPH CAMPBELL

A myth has to work the way a picture works:

either you say, “Aha!” or somebody has to explain it to you.

And if it has to be explained to you, it’s not working.

· Joseph Campbell Foundation | Quotes |

· S&P Search | Books | Quotes | Films | Practices

· S&P Film Review of Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes | BrainyQuote

LEONARD COHEN 1934-2016

Ring the bells that still can ring

Forget your perfect offering

There is a crack in everything

That's how the light gets in.

· leonardcohen.com

· S&P Search | Books | Films | Practices

· S&P Naming the Days Feature: Birthday of Leonard Cohen, September 21

· “Anthem” with Lyrics Video

· Quotes > Goodreads | BrainyQuote

DAVID COOPER

There are at least four essential elements

composing the foundation of the enlightenment process:

purification, concentration, effort, and mastery.

It is helpful for us to evaluate our practice

by the criteria of one or more of these essential characteristics.

· rabbidavidcooper.com

· Harvard Divinity School Faculty Page

· Quotes > AZquotes

HARVEY COX

Not to decide is to decide

· Goodreads pages on The Future of Faith

· S&P review of The Future of Faith | Excerpt on Faith

· John Goerzen’s excellent Review of The Future of Faith

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes | BrainyQuote

THE 14^th DALAI LAMA

The planet does not need more successful people.

The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers,

restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds.

· His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet website | Books | Teachings | Messages | Videos

· S&P Film Review of Mission: Joy – Finding Happiness in Troubled Times + This is a documentary featuring the delightful meeting of The Dalai Lama and ArchBishop Desmond Tutu

· InterSpiritual Discussion with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu: Part 1

· Youtube Channel

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes | BrainyQuote

RAM DASS 1931-2019

I'm explicitly making my life a teaching, by expressing the lessons that I've learned through it so it can become a map for other people. Everybody's life could be like that, if they choose to make it so; choose to reflect what they've been through and to share it with others.

· ramdass.org | Quotes

· S&P Teachers Project | Quotes | Books | Video Clips | Audio Clips

· Quotes > Gratefulness.org | Goodreads | AZquotes

ANTHONY DeMELLO 1931-1987

Thought can organize the world so well that you are no longer able to see it.

· DeMello Spirituality Center | Books

· Quotes > Goodreads

WAYNE DYER 1940-2015

Give yourself a gift of five minutes of contemplation in awe of everything you see around you. Go outside and turn your attention to the many miracles around you. This five-minute-a-day regimen of appreciation and gratitude will help you to focus your life in awe.

· S&P Teachers Project | Quotes | Books | Video Clips

· S&P Search

· Quotes > Goodreads | BrainyQuote

ALBERT EINSTEIN 1879-1959

My religion consists of a humble admiration

of the illimitable superior spirit

who reveals himself in the slight details

we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.

· S&P Naming the Days: Einstein’s Birthday -- March 14 -- including Quotes

· S&P Book Review of Einstein’s God by Krista Tippett

· Blue Mountain Center of Meditation

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes | BrainyQuote

EKNATH EASWARAN 1910-1999

Memorize a passage on kindness, on goodness,

and then drive it inward every day,

deeper and deeper into consciousness.

If you persist, you will become that kind, good person

on which you meditate; it cannot fail.

· S&P Teachers Project | Quotes | Books | Practices

· S&P Feature: Ten Reasons Why Gandhi Is My Hero by Frederic Brussat includes many Easwaran quotes

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes | BrainyQuote

MATTHEW FOX

Postdenominationalism is about pluralism and ecumenism in religion. It is about stretching our piecemeal religious boundaries and setting aside our boxes to the extent that they are neither challenging us nor nourishing us deeply anymore, or to the extent that they are interfering with the pressing earth issues of our time.

· matthewfox.org

· S&P Teachers Project | Quotes | Books | Video Clips | Audio Clips

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes | BrainyQuote

MOHANDAS GANDHI 1869-1948

The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but it is fear.

· S&P Film Review of Gandhi

· S&P Book Review of Modern Spiritual Masters: Writings on Contemplation and Compassion by Robert Ellsberg. Gandhi is one of the 12 Masters.

· S&P Feature: Ten Reasons Why Gandhi Is My Hero by Frederic Brussat

· Finding the Freedom to Get Unstuck and Be Happier Goodreads Page

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes | BrainyQuote

DOUGLAS CHEOLSEONG GENTILE

The universe, and almost everything in it, is conspiring to make you happy.

It is doing it very sneakily, so we don’t usually see it,

but that just means that the conspiracy is wide and deep.

· https://drdouglas.org/ | Bio

BEDE GRIFFITHS 1906-1993

When the Jew, the Christian, the Moslem, the Hindu and the Buddhist open themselves in prayer, in meditation, to the transcendent mystery, going beyond word, beyond thought, simply opening themselves to the light, to the truth, to reality, then meeting takes place. That is where humanity will be united.

· S&P Search | Quotes | Books | Practices

· S&P Naming the Days: Birthday of Bede Griffiths

· S&P Book Review of Bede Griffiths: An Introduction to His Interspiritual Thought by Wayne Teasdale | Excerpt

· S&P Book Review of Bede Griffiths: Eassential Writings | Excerpt on Meaning

· “[Benedictine monk] Bede [Griffiths] felt that the ultimate significance of the cosmos is a mystical one, in the sense that the universe itself is a vehicle leading the mind to the Divine. His view is much like the medieval Franciscan view of creation as a great book from which we can learn the essentials of being and life. Because of this, science, as well as both Eastern and Western mysticism, is part of the larger synthesis that Bede conceived.” — Wayne Teasdale quoted in The Other Half of My Soul by Beatrice Bruteau, editor

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes

HAFIZ 1325-1390

I wish I could show you,

when you are lonely,

when you are in darkness,

the astonishing light of your own being.

· S&P Book Review of The Gift: Poems by Hafiz, the Great Sufi Master by Daniel Ladinsky | Excerpt 1 on Love | Excerpt 2 on Love

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes | BrainyQuote

THICH NHAT HANH 1926-2022

We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.

· Plumvillage.org

· Plum Village Youtube Channel | Youtube Search for Thich Nhat Hanh

· https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/quotes/quotations/view/7429/spiritual-quotation > On the altar in my hermitage in France are images of Buddha and Jesus, and every time I light incense, I touch both of them as my spiritual ancestors. I can do this because of contact with real Christians. When you touch someone who authentically represents a tradition, you not only touch his or her tradition, you also touch your own. This quality is essential for dialogue. — Thich Nhat Hanh in Living Buddha, Living Christ

· SQ 3/29/19 > https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/quotes/quotations/view/7431/spiritual-quotation > Dialogue is not a means for assimilation in the sense that one side expands and incorporates the other into its "self." Dialogue must be practiced on the basis of "non-self." We have to allow the good, the beautiful, and the meaningful in the other's tradition to transform us. — Thich Nhat Hanh in Living Buddha, Living Christ + Here is my comment on this on Facebook > “(This) Quote from S&P gets to the heart of what the world needs now. The assimilation approach has been the dominant model of colonialism and a lot of suffering has been the result and it continues to do so with catastrophic consequences in many ways.”

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes | BrainyQuotes

CAMILLE HELMINSKI

When Bayazid Bestami (d. 874), [a] well-known master, was asked who his master was, he said it was an old woman whom he had met in the desert. This woman had called him a vain tyrant and showed him why: by requiring a lion to carry a sack of flour, he was oppressing a creature God himself had left unburdened, and by wanting recognition for such miracles, he was showing his vanity. Her words gave him spiritual guidance for some time.

· The Threshold Society

· Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality & Equality

· Threshold Society Youtube Channel | Youtube Search for Camille Helminski

· Quotes > Goodreads

KABIR HELMINSKI

.. human beings are unaware how far they are from their Origin. We are suffering from a kind of amnesia. Sufism is meant to lead us to the realization, not just the opinion, that we suffer this alienation from Reality. Sufism has two main objectives: to show us to ourselves as we really are, and to help us develop our true inner being, that eternal part of ourselves that can know our Origin. The human being who achieves this with divine help will experience a full life and be a blessing in this world.

· The Threshold Society

· Threshold Society Youtube Channel | Youtube Search for Kabir Helminski

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes

HILDEGARD OF BINGEN 1098-1179

Everything that is in the heavens, on earth, and under the earth

is penetrated with connectedness, penetrated with relatedness.

· S&P Naming the Days: Feast Day of Saint Hildegard

· S&P Search | Books | Quotes | Films

· Saint Hildegard’s Community of Austin TX

· Quotes > Goodreads

ETTY HILLESUM 1914-1943

Through me course wide rivers and in me rise tall mountains. And beyond the thickets of my agitation and confusion there stretch the wide plains of my peace and surrender. All landscapes are within me. And there is room for everything.

· S&P Book Review of Etty Hillesum: Essential Writings by By Annemarie S. Kidder, Etty Hillesum > The ecumenical mysticism of Holocaust victim Etty Hilessum whose diaries charted her spiritual course. | Excerpt

· “The Strangest of Turns: A Message to Americans after the 2016 Election” by Patricia Campbell Carlson > Taking courage from the gallant heart of Etty Hillesum

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes | BrainyQuotes

ALDOUS HUXLEY 1894-1963

The more powerful and original a mind,

the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

· S&P Search | Books | Films

· Evolutionary Leaders | Kurt Johnson Page | Goodreads Page on Our Moment of Choice: Evolutionary Visions and Hope for the Future | VoiceAmerica Episode on Our Moment of Choice

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes | BrainyQuotes

KURT JOHNSON

Brother Teasdale emphasized the importance of simultaneous individual and collective interspiritual education. Not every individual might be able to access unity consciousness at this moment, but the challenge to the religions is to educate about their shared values and lofty ethical goals, not to emphasize their differences in terms of theologies, creeds, or apocalyptic scenarios.

· The InterSpiritual Network

· S&P Book Review of The Coming Interspiritual Age | Excerpt on Transformation

· S&P Book Review of Mature InterSpirituality: Wayne Teasdale’s Nine Elements – And Beyond |

Excerpt on Silence

· Goodreads Page on The Coming Interspiritual Age

· A 2017 article in The Interfaith Observer > “Becoming One in the Spirit: The Growing Edge of Interspirituality”

· Quotes > Goodreads

KABIR 1398-1518

All know that the drop merges into the ocean,

but few know that the ocean merges into the drop.

CHARLOTTE SOPHIA KASL 1938-2021

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes

· My shoulder is against yours.
you will not find me in the stupas,
not in Indian shrine rooms,
nor in synagogues,
nor in cathedrals:
not in masses,
nor kirtans,
not in legs winding around your own neck,
nor in eating nothing but vegetables.
When you really look for me,
you will see me instantly —
you will find me in the tiniest house of time.
Kabir says: Student, tell me, what is God?
He is the breath inside the breath.

· If you want the truth,
I’ll tell you the truth:
Listen to the secret sound,
the real sound,
which is inside you.

· The river that flows in you also flows in me.

· Wherever you are is the entry point.

Prepare for joy –

speak your truth,

care for yourself,

expand your knowledge,

nurture your friendships,

let people love you,

take on new adventures,

go where your heart leads you.

· S&P Book Review of If the Buddha Got Stuck: A Handbook for Change on a Spiritual Path | Excerpt 1 | Excerpt 2

· Goodreads page for Finding Joy: 101 Ways to Free Your Spirit and Dance with Life by Charlotte Davis Kasl

· A quote with a huge insight > “...patriarchy, hierarchy, and capitalism create, encourage, maintain, and perpetuate addiction and dependency. Patriarchy and hierarchy are based on domination and subordination, which result in fear. This fear is expressed by the dominators through control and violence, and in subordinated people through passivity and repression of anger. The external conflict of hierarchy between dominants and subordinates becomes internalized in individuals, creating personal inner chaos, anxiety and duality. To quell the inner conflict people resort to addictive substances and behavior.”

· Wikipedia Article including a list of her books

· Youtube Search

· Quotes > Goodreads 1 | Goodreads 2 | AZquotes

VALARIE KAUR

Revolutionary love is a well-spring of care, an awakening to the inherent dignity and beauty of others and the earth, a quieting of the ego, a way of moving through the world in relationship, asking: ‘What is your story? What is at stake? What is my part in your flourishing?’ Loving others, even our opponents, in this way has the power to sustain political, social and moral transformation. This is how love changes the world.

· valariekaur.com | Quotes

· S&P Book Review of See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love | Excerpt on Transformation > Rage as a part of love that needs a safe container for expression.

· Guided Meditation on Returning to an Embodied Sense of our Interconnectedness

· Quotes > Goodreads

THOMAS KEATING 1923-2018

For human beings, the most daunting challenge is to become fully human.

For to become fully human is to become fully divine.

· Contemplative Outreach | About Centering Prayer | About Lectio Divina

· Interview with Llewelyn Vaughn-Lee

· Interview with Cynthia Bourgeault

· DM theme for the week of 10/18/20: Thomas Keating: The secret Embrace Part 1

· DM theme for the week of 10/25/20: Thomas Keating: The Secret Embrace Part 2

· Contemplative Outreach Youtube Channel | YouTube search for Thomas Keating

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes | BrainyQuotes

KEN KEYES JR. 1921-1995

· Goodreads page on Handbook to Higher Consciousness

· Goodreads page on The Hundredth Monkey

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes

HAZRAT INAYAT KHAN 1882-1927

God breaks the heart again and again and again until it stays open.

· Wahiduddin.net | Ten Sufi Thoughts | Ten Sufi Thoughts, Long Version

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes

PIR VILAYAT INAYAT KHAN 1916-2004

The human spirit lives on creativity and dies in conformity and routine.

· inayatiorder.org

· S&P Teachers Project | Quotes | Books | Video Clips

· Goodreads Page on Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes

ROBIN WALL KIMMERER

Action on behalf of life transforms.

Because the relationship between self and the world is reciprocal,

it is not a question of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting.

As we work to heal the earth, the earth heals us.

· robinwallkimmerer.com | Books

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 1929-1968

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'

· The King Center | The King Philosophy

· S&P Search | Quotes | Books | Practices

· CAC Search

· S&P Book Review of Spirit of Fire: The Life and Vision of Teilhard de Chardin

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes | BrainyQuote

URSULA KING

We all need to learn a new language of the spirit

to ensure the future flourishing of people and planet.

· S&P Teachers Project | Quotes| Books | Video Clips | Audio Clips

· S&P Book Review of The Search for Spirituality: Our Global Quest for a Spiritual Life | Excerpt on Meaning

ANN LAMOTT

I think this is how we are supposed to be in the world -- present and in awe.

· Quotes > Goodreads | BrainyQuote

ELIZABETH LESSER

How strange that the nature of life is change,

yet the nature of human beings is to resist change.

And how ironic that the difficult times we fear might ruin us

are the very ones that can break us open

and help us blossom into who we were meant to be.

· S&P Teachers Project | Quotes| Books | Video Clips | Audio Clips

· S&P Book Review of The Seeker’s Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure | Excerpt on Transformation

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes

CARL McCOLEMAN

The point behind mysticism is not to dazzle the mind with ecstatic wonders or heady feelings, but to foster real and lasting changes, for the purpose of becoming more like Christ, which is to say, more compassionate, more forgiving, more committed to serving others and making the world a better place.

· patheos.com/blogs/carlmccolman

· S&P Teachers Project | Quotes | Books | Video Clips

· S&P Book Review of The Big Book of Christian Mysticism: The Essential Guide to Contemplative Spirituality | Excerpt

· Quotes > Goodreads

SALLIE McFAGUE

If humans do not become friends, then they will not survive.

· S&P Book Review of Life Abundant: Rethinking Theology and Economy for a Planet in Peril | Excerpt

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes

THOMAS MERTON 1915-1968

For me to be a saint means to be myself.

Therefore the problem of sanctity and salvation

is in fact the problem of

finding out who I am and of discovering my true self.

· The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University | International Thomas Merton Society

· Christ of the Celts Youtube Channel | Youtube Search for John Philip Newell

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes | BrainyQuotes

JOSEPH NAFT

There is a place that we long for, a place where we can put down our burdens, all of them, where we are free, utterly at peace, and in the arms of compassion, even as we engage in our normal duties and activities. That place is within us, in the stillness behind and beneath all that we are and all that exists. This is the changeless, the deathless, the timeless. Remarkably, it is close by, right here in our very own core. Day and night, it is always with us, always has been and always will be, ever present and not in time. Our truth is here. Our reality is here: not on the surface, in the stillness.

· Inner Frontier

· Inner Work topic: Conscious Energy

· Inner Work series: Into the Stillness

JOHN PHILIP NEWELL

Think of the hubris of our lives. Think of our individual arrogance, the way we pursue our own well-being at the neglect and even expense of [others]… Think of the hubris of our nationhood, pretending that we could look after the safety of our homeland by ignoring and even violating the sovereignty of other lands. Think of the hubris of our religion, raising ourselves up over other wisdom traditions and even trying to force our ways on them. Think of the hubris of the human species, pretending that we could look after our own health while exploiting and endangering the life of other species ….

· Earth&Soul | The School

· Facebook Link | Youtube Search

· S&P Teachers Project | Quotes | Books | Video Clips

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes | QuotesFancy

HENRI NOUWEN 1932-1996

Pay attention to the people God puts in your path

if you want to discern what God is up to in your life.

· Henri Nouwen Society | Books | Videos

· S&P Teachers Project | Quotes | Books | Video Clips

· S&P Book Review of Practice the Pause | Excerpt on Being Present

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes | BrainyQuote

CAROLINE OAKES

The spiritual journey begins with a pause,

a centering-in-God pause,

and over time becomes a constant and ceaseless prayer,

an honoring of and a connection with the Divine in you

that awakens your essential self.

· carolineoakes.com

· podcast > Rewire your Brain for Powerful Spiritual Connections

JOHN O’DONOHUE 1956-2008

At its heart,

the journey of each life is a pilgrimage,

through unforeseen sacred places

that enlarge and enrich the soul.

· johnodonohue.com

· S&P Book Review of Beauty: The Invisible Embrace: Rediscovering the True Sources of Compassion, Serenity, and Hope

· S&P Book Review of Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

· Quotes > Goodreads

DIARMUID O'MURCHU

The spiritual landscape we explore is both ancient and new. For us as humans, spirituality is a natural birthright, which over the millennia has been weaving a tapestry of elegance, grandeur and beauty, with the inevitable scars of an evolving universe. At this time of global transition, we need to re-connect with that great tradition and reclaim it afresh in the context of our new evolutionary moment.

· S&P Teachers Project | Quotes| Books | Video Clips

· S&P Book Review of Quantum Thelogy: Spiritual Implications of the New Physics | Excerpt 1 | Excerpt 2

· S&P Book Review of Reclaiming Spirituality | Excerpt

· Quotes > Goodreads

MARY OLIVER 1935-2019

Tell me, what is it you plan to do

with your one wild and precious life?

· S&P Search | Books | Practices | Films

· Poetry Foundation Page

CHRISTINE VALTERS PAINTNER

· Quotes > Goodreads | AZquotes

While we must venture far to find our “true self,” it is also always with us.

· abbeyofthearts.com | Monk Manifesto

· S&P Teachers Project | Quotes | Books | Video Clips

· Center for Courage and Renewal | The Circle of Trust Approach

· Quotes > Goodreads

PARKER PALMER

We are participants in a vast community of being,

and if we open ourselves to its guidance,

we can learn anew how to live

in this great and gracious community of truth.

· S&P Teachers Project | Quotes | Books | Video Clips

· https://www.cynthiabourgeault.org/blog/2020/01/26/i-am-not-a-space-that-god-does-not-occupy-part-iii-panikkar

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RAIMON PANNIKAR 1918-2010

I left Europe [for India] as a Christian,

I discovered I was a Hindu and returned as a Buddhist

without ever having ceased to be a Christian.

· S&P Quote > Excerpt > “To save humanity we have to become Human.”

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PEACE PILGRIM 1908-1981

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are,

you would never think a negative thought.

· Goodreads Page on Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

FRED ROGERS 1928-2003

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When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for those things without which humankind cannot survive. Love that conquers hate, peace that rises triumphant over war, and justice that proves more powerful than greed.

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RICHARD ROHR

God created us for love, for union, for forgiveness and compassion

and, yet, that has not been our storyline. That has not been our history.

· Center for Action & Contemplation | Founder: Richard Rohr | Store

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GABRIELLE ROTH

Where we have stopped dancing, singing,

being enchanted by stories, or finding comfort in silence

is where we have experienced the loss of soul.

Dancing, singing, storytelling, and silence

are the four universal healing salves.

· 5Rhythms

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ARUNDHATI ROY

Another world is not only possible, she is on her way.

On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.

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RUMI 1207-1273

Shine like the whole universe is yours.

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JOYCE RUPP

If I stay in the darkness long enough,

my eyes become more accustomed to the dark,

and I begin to see things of beauty and freedom

that I never knew were present.

· joycerupp.com

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· S&P Book Review of The Star in My Heart by Joyce Rupp

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PETER RUSSELL

· Peter Russell: Spirit of Now | The Church of I Am | Books & DVDs & CDs | Articles

· Book: The Brain Book: An Owner’s Manual

· Global Spirit Episode: Exploring-Consciouness

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ZALMAN SCHACHTER-SHALOMI 1924-2014

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Faith is what I call a mind-move, a radical shift in awareness. The expression 'a leap of faith' is so true. Faith is not something we can arrive at by a careful, step-by-step process. It is not something we can square with our intellect. Faith does not make sense, nor does it feel safe. It is what takes us further after the questions that can be answered logically have been exhausted. To have faith, we must let go. Faith is like swimming the backstroke, reaching above and behind is into an unknown we cannot see. Faith is like driving forward with only the rearview mirror as a guide.

· The Yesod Foundation

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· Jewish Renewal Youtube Channel | Youtube Search for Zalman Schacter-Shalomi

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RAMI SHAPIRO

Wonder enhances life; worry shortens it.

· rabbirami.com

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· https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Rami+Shapiro

· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3ooTgD0390

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HUSTON SMITH 1919-2016

Beware of the differences that blind us to the unity that binds us.

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· S&P book review of Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics | Excerpt

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MIRABAI STARR

To walk an interspiritual path is to travel through the wilderness with open hands and a courageous spirit. It is to navigate with the heart and a book of prayers from every faith tradition that ever uttered a sacred phrase in any language. To travel an interspiritual path is to drop to our knees in the presence of Love wherever we encounter it, and to disarm our hearts the minute we have the impulse to otherize a faith we do not understand. To take an interspiritual journey is to circle ever inward, to a place of holy silence and vibrant stillness, and then to surge back outward with the contemplative fruits we have gathered to feed a hungry world. An interspiritual life invites us to take our rightful place at the table of the Divine in many Holy Houses, and asks that we kneel at the altars of multiple traditions and drink from the goblet we are offered, and allow it to transform us. Interspirituality is about saying YES to the sacred in every form and no form, about moving beyond intellectual orientation to active engagement with various religions, about seeking and finding the Love that unifies all paths and affirms our essential interconnectedness.

· mirabaistarr.com

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DAVID STEINDL-RAST

The quest of the human heart for meaning is the heartbeat of every religion.”

· Grateful Living

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· David Steindl-Rast is the founder of Grateful Living which offers a word for the day and other resources for the essential practice of being grateful for life’s many gifts, step two in the InterSpiritual Meditation practice.

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RABINDRANATH TAGORE 1861-1941

I slept and dreamt that life was joy.

I awoke and saw that life was service.

I acted and behold, service was joy.

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WAYNE TEASDALE 1945-2004

Humanity stands at a crossroads between horror and hope. In choosing hope, we must seed a new consciousness, a radically fresh approach to life drawing its inspiration from perennial spiritual and moral insights, intuition and experience. We call this new awareness interspiritual, implying not the homogenization of religion, but the recovering of the shared mystic heart beating in the center of the world’s deepest spiritual traditions.

· He is credited with coining the term “InterSpiritual.”

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· S&P Book Review of The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World’s Religions | Excerpt on Transformation

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· S&P Book Review of The Mystic Hours: A Daybook of Interspiritual Wisdom and Devotion | Excerpt

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· A 2017 article by Kurt Johnson in The Interfaith Observer > “Becoming One in the Spirit: The Growing Edge of Interspirituality”

· Global Peace Warriors Tribute

· He was a Roman Catholic monk who also became a Hindu Monk.

· Another quote defining InterSpirituality >

The rise of community among cultures and religious traditions brings with it a deeply fruitful openness to learning from one another. It makes possible what we can call 'interspirituality': the assimilation of insights, values, and spiritual practices from the various religions and their application to one's own inner life and development. This phenomenon has truly revolutionary implications, especially for the real likelihood of a global culture and civilization forming that is unmistakably universal in more than a geographical sense. -- Wayne Teasdale in The Community of Religions

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PIERRE TEILHARD de CHARDIN 1881-1055

Driven by the forces of love,

the fragments of the world are seeking each other,

so that the world may come into being.

· teilharddechardin.org

· S&P Book Review of Spirit of Fire: The Life and Vision of Teilhard de Chardin

· The Howard Thurman Papers Project of Boston University School of Theology

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HOWARD THURMAN 1899-1981

Don't ask yourself what the world needs.

Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that.

Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

· Open Horizons offers Howard Thurman's Outlook on Life: Ten Key Ideas | See the Videos

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ECKHART TOLLE

To meet everything and everyone through stillness

instead of mental noise

is the greatest gift you can offer to the universe.

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· S&P Book Review of A New Earth: Awakening to your Life’s Purpose | Excerpt

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DESMOND TUTU 1931-2021

God does not give up on anyone, for God loved us from all eternity.

God loves us now and God will always love us, all of us good and bad, forever and ever.

His love will not let us go, for God's love for us,

all of us, good and bad, is unchanging, is unchangeable.

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· InterSpiritual Discussion with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu: Part 1

· S&P Film Review of Mission: Joy – Finding Happiness in Troubled Times + This is a documentary featuring the delightful meeting of Tutu and The Dalai Lama

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LLEWELLYN VAUGHAN-LEE

Our heart knows what our mind has forgotten – it knows the sacred that is within all that exists, and through a depth of feeling we can once again experience this connection, this belonging.

· goldensufi.org | Books | Articles and Interviews | Beliefs & Ethics | Eleven Principles

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· http://www.essentialoneness.org/

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ALEJANDRA WARDEN

As we become aware of the interconnectedness of existence, we weave a golden thread that brings into our everyday life the reality of oneness. This golden thread is the unbroken link that exists between the One Essence and Its infinite ways of expression, Its creation.

· Goodreads Page for Remembrance: A Vision of the Sacred Feminine and the Renewal of the Earth

ALAN WATTS 1915-1973

By replacing fear of the unknown with curiosity

we open ourselves up to an infinite stream of possibility.

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ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD 1861-1947

More than anything else,

the future of civilization depends on the way

the two most powerful forces of history,

science and religion,

settle into relationship with each other.