Robert Case

“So I Idren, I sistren / Which way will we choose / We better hurry, oh hurry, oh hurry, woe now / ’Cause we’ve got no time to lose.”429 This urgency intensifies toward realized eschatology in the song’s final verse: “So I Idren, I sistren / The preaching and talking is done / We’ve gotta live up, woe now, woe now / ’Cause the Father’s time has come”430 (cf. Mark 1:15).”
― Dean MacNeil, The Bible and Bob Marley: Half the Story Has Never Been Told

“Whenever we use our brain, we fire certain neuronal connections, and the more these connections get used, the stronger they become.”
― OliviaFox Cabane, The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism

“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.”
― Carl McColman, The Big Book of Christian Mysticism: The Essential Guide to Contemplative Spirituality

“What do the Christian mystics tell us? That the wisdom they offer us can literally unite us with God—or at the very least, give us such a powerful experience of God's presence that it can revolutionize our lives. The purpose of such transformed lives is not primarily to achieve a goal (like enlightenment or spiritual bliss), but rather to participate in the Holy Spirit's ongoing activity—embodying the flowing love of Christ, love that we in turn give back to God as well as to “our neighbors as ourselves.”
― Carl McColman, The Big Book of Christian Mysticism: The Essential Guide to Contemplative Spirituality