Spiritual progress is like detoxification. Things have to come up in order to be released. Once we have asked to be healed then our unhealed places are forced to the surface.
Spiritual progress is when on becomes free not only of the knowledge which is inevitably from the past but also from the need to know... and a desire to predict and control.
Spiritual success depends on your Conductivity. No Spiritual Conductivity no progress!
the restricting of intellectual and spiritual needs to the mania of progress
The study of mathematics is the indispensable basis for all intellectual and spiritual progress.
Complacency is the deadly enemy of spiritual progress. The contented soul is the stagnant soul.
Mortification of the flesh has been held all the world over as a condition of spiritual progress.
The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility.
Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
We cannot expect miracles of mindfulness in our own lives without preparation commitment & continuing to energetically progress along our spiritual way.
Do not cherish suffering. Don't act like a fool. Don't think that your suffering is going to accelerate your spiritual progress.
By helping yourself you are helping humankind. By helping humankind you are helping yourself. That's the law of all spiritual progress.
AA is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted under grace into spiritual progress.
This bundle of ideas that we have held as being who we are is not actually the one who can make progress in the spiritual realm.
I do feel that spiritual progress does demand at some stage that we should cease to kill our fellow creatures for the satisfaction of our bodily wants.
There seems in most countries to be either one extreme or the other. Truly a paradise could exist wherever material progress and spiritual values could be properly balanced.
In this century we have made remarkable material progress but basically we are the same as we were thousands of years ago. Our spiritual needs are still very great.
I have learned that much of my spiritual progress does not come directly from God but through my ability to humble myself and hear Him speak through imperfect people.
Giving others the freedom to be stupid is one of the most important and hardest steps to take in spiritual progress. Conveniently the opportunity to take that step is all around us every day.
God is with you and He'll help you make spiritual progress-strengthening and encouraging you to keep on keeping on during rough times. It's easy to quit but it takes faith to press on to victory.