Spiritual Path Quotes

“Love is proved the moment you let go of someone because they need you to.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“We are all butterflies. Earth is our chrysalis.”
― LeeAnn Taylor

“It is one thing to lose people you love. It is another to lose yourself. That is a greater loss.”
― Donna Goddard, Waldmeer

“In practical terms, you’re only responsible for what you say and do.

Beware frittering away this precious lifetime by trying to make it all about energy. You asked for a human life, and now you’ve got one.”
― Rose Rosetree, Seeking Enlightenment in the Age of Awakening: Your Complete Program for Spiritual Awakening and More, In Just 20 Minutes a Day

“Food for the ego is poison for the soul.”
― Donna Goddard, The Love of Devotion

“Do we find ourself or does our self get demolished?”
― Donna Goddard

“Students recognise their teachers. Teachers recognise their students.”
― Donna Goddard, Pittown: A Spiritual Fiction Series

“Without spiritual development we are like travelers on a dark country road, with only a candle to light our way. But when we grow spiritually to greater awareness and higher levels of consciousness, our path becomes enlightened by a powerful spotlight.”
― Anthon St. Maarten, Divine Living: The Essential Guide To Your True Destiny

“We are part animal, and that part of us needs to function well. Otherwise, when we add the higher parts to our animal base, the latter will stress with the weight. The body is not a goal in itself, but it is the medium that makes it possible for us to be here.”
― Donna Goddard, Geboor: Spiritual Fiction

“To elevate our human experience, we translate the material into its spiritual essence. This way, we will find that supply and everything else we need is available in its most profound sense. We will also find that it will not tend to turn sour.
• Home is love, peace, and nurturing.

• Family is spiritual co-habitation, respect, and appreciation for another’s existence. 

• Work is purpose, service, creativity, and usefulness.

• Money is freedom and generosity.

• Success is goodwill, energy, intelligence, and initiative.
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― Donna Goddard, The Love of Being Loving

“Animals appear as guides and flowers uplift us with their emotionally healing high vibrational scent. The sky reveals guidance through patterned messages, and the earth blesses our feet. All needs and wants are met. Upon asking, we receive. Blessed are we to take the step. Walk with purpose upon the path.”
― Ulonda Faye, Sutras of the Heart: Spiritual Poetry to Nourish the Soul

“My back curves over my soft belly. My shoulders are shaking. I’m broken and folded over and sobbing. My dignity dissolves into snot and dribble. I feel wretched. I'm so sick of being scared. I could howl at the moon in my misery. Looking up through my veil of tears, I see it behind a cloud shaped like a wolf's head with its muzzle raised.

Silently it howls above me.

Oh great — a cloud is mocking me. Life is actually taking the piss out of me while I’m having a breakdown. It’s not even doing it behind my back. It’s up there in the fucking sky. I must be a mess if even God is mocking me.”
― Paul Donaldson, Swami Premananda & The Temple of Whom

“If we taste the fruit ahead and then reroute, we will never again be satisfied with anything less than what we reached for with our higher self.”
― Donna Goddard, Geboor: Spiritual Fiction

“Idols are both material and nonmaterial forms. They are anything that becomes a God to us. The breaking of idols is not a dream breaker. It is a fear breaker. Getting rid of them is not to create pain. It is to take away pain. The spiritual path doesn’t annihilate the source of our happiness. It gives us the possibility of real happiness.”
― Donna Goddard, Geboor: Spiritual Fiction

“The spiritual path is kind and tender and rewards its trekkers with obvious and valuable gains for every step.”
― Donna Goddard, Geboor: Spiritual Fiction

“As joy and humility go together, so do duty and self-importance.”
― Donna Goddard, Geboor: Spiritual Fiction

“The spiritual path is a call from the other world—so the rest is just about hearing it more clearly, and answering it more fully.”
― Bodhisattva Shree Swami Premodaya

“Life is already your sadhana; what you need to do is make sadhana your life.”
― Bodhisattva Shree Swami Premodaya

“Let Ketu guide you.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Awake or asleep, we have two companions: the relentless, restless personal mind and the divine Mind. Choose carefully whom you will allow such intimate and influential access.”
― Donna Goddard, Love Matters

“There is no need to try and “love yourself” when you realise that you are made from love and live in love.”
― Donna Goddard, Love Matters

“Dissolving our problems requires a lot of going into our emotions, memories, and pain. It is called by different names—burning karma, riding out emotions, going into oneself, dissolving memories. It means allowing angry, sad, and fearful thoughts to come up and be clearly seen so they can dissolve.”
― Donna Goddard, Love Matters

“Dissolving our problems requires a lot of going into our emotions, memories, and pain. It means allowing angry, sad, and fearful thoughts to come up and be clearly seen so they can dissolve.”
― Donna Goddard, Love Matters

“Dissolving our ego is merging with our spiritual identity. It is highly comfortable to our soul, but our ego can, and probably will, experience it as life-threatening. The discomfort is temporary, and the blessed result is permanent.”
― Donna Goddard, Love Matters

“In shamanic and unconventional spiritual traditions, the connection with the Divine is seen as an inner journey, an exploration of consciousness that transcends the boundaries of institutionalized religions. These traditions emphasize the direct experience of the sacred, through meditation, spiritual journeys, or personalized rituals, highlighting the uniqueness of each spiritual path.”
― Marie Chieze, Words of the Shaman: 50 Quotes from Paching Hoé Lambaiho

“Truth is simple. If it’s complicated, it isn’t Truth. Truth is simple, always.”
― Bodhisattva Shree Swami Premodaya

“Many wonderful things happen gently, graciously, and with no fanfare. Don't be afraid that your growth has to be painful or dramatic. It can be a gentle unfolding of what is beautiful, true, purposeful, and serene.”
― Donna Goddard, Sweet Spirit: Combined Volume

“What I now realize, from my study of the different religious traditions, is that a disciplined attempt to go beyond the ego brings about a state of ecstasy.”
― Karen Armstrong, The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness

“Character-building is a self-mastery, which is a never-ending path in itself.”
― Master Del Pe, Hidden Dangers of Meditation and Yoga: How to Play with Your Sacred Fires Safely

“Your arc of awakening is not a straight line but a living spiral, always unfolding. Nothing is random. Every teacher, every turning point, every departure is part of a larger orchestration guiding you closer to your deeper self.”
― Donna Goddard, Consciousness Rising