“If it’s causing suffering, it it’s causing stress, if it’s getting between me and love, getting between me and peace or stillness, I’m going to question it. There’s a lie involved somewhere. My sense of integrity is calling me to examine it.” Martha Beck (DIY Integrity Cleanse Kit)

“The mystery of Christ is revealed, and the Christ “comes again,” whenever we are able to see the spiritual and the material coexisting, in any moment, in any event, and in any person.” Richard Rohr (The Cosmic Christ)

“Faith is a quality of seeing that will expand your vision, that will allow you to see in bigger circles and in bigger realms . . . and to know that at the center of it all is a good and gracious and benevolent God.” Fr. Richard Rohr (“Faith is Not Will- Power as much as Confidence” homily)

“Over a lifetime of practice, contemplation gradually helps you detach from who you think you are and rest in your authentic identity of Love. At first this may feel like an “identity transplant” until you learn how to rest in God permanently.” Fr. Richard Rohr (Nonviolence: The Inner Witness)

“The busier you are, the more you have to step away from busy-ness, from speed, to see what’s truly important in life. It’s the open spaces – the moments when you lose yourself – that help you to find contentment, joy, and peace of mind.” Pico Iyer (Open Up)

“Whatever realization may come by way of silence; our happiness is never won that way. Happiness is not happiness unless it is shared. For happiness is the one thing in all the world that comes to us only at the moment we give it, and is likewise increased by being given away.” Clark Strand (The Wisdom of Frogs)

“Many of us are using our spirituality as a way to avoid life, to avoid seeing things we really need to see, to avoid being confronted with our own misunderstanding and illusions. Life itself has a tremendous capacity to show us truth, to wake us up. And yet, many of us avoid this thing called life, even as it is attempting to wake us up.” Adyashanti (The End of Your World)

“It is said we are insignificant compared to the Universe. But so is everything else, from gophers to galaxies. And yet, the Universe is the community of everything that exists. Therefore, everything is significant. Including you and me.” Paul Harrison (Elements of Pantheism)

“Only when I’m in possession of my own heart can I be present for another in a healing, encouraging, empowering way. Then I have a gift to offer, the best gift I possess – the gift of a self that is whole, that stands in the world on its own two feet.” Parker Palmer (We Deserve the Compassion We Give)

Self-realization requires that we break down everything we identify with in order to understand where we are and how we feel about being there. We must free ourselves from all encumbrances in order to look within and discover the mental and spiritual freedom that is our birthright.” Iyanla Vanzant (social media post)