The earth itself is their church; the vast, open sky its ceiling. Wayne Teasdale More Quotes by Wayne Teasdale More Quotes From Wayne Teasdale It is the inner life that is to spark the change in consciousness that will permit us to advance Wayne Teasdale sparksspiritualitygod As our world becomes smaller, through a growing common culture, the true test of community will be our tolerance for our most profound differences and love for the most challenging among us. Wayne Teasdale our-worlddifferencesprofound Kindness is the highest form of intelligence. Wayne Teasdale truthkindnesslife Every one of us is a mystic. We may or may not realize it, we may not even like it. But whether we know it or not, whether we accept it or not, mystical experience is always there, inviting us on a journey of ultimate discovery. We have been given the gift of life in this perplexing world to become who we ultimately are: creatures of boundless love, caring compassion, and wisdom. Existence is a summons to the eternal journey of the sage - the sage we all are, if only we could see. Wayne Teasdale caringwisdomgod Everything is an avenue leading to the experience of Ultimate Reality. The divine communicates itself in all things. There are infinite ways to encounter the source'Ultimate Reality may be eperienced in virtually anything. There is no place, no activity that restricts the divine. It is everywhere. Wayne Teasdale mayrealityway What transforms us is not what we do but our integration with WHAT IS. Wayne Teasdale integration We have been given the gift of life in this perplexing world to become who we ultimately are: creatures of boundless love, caring compassion, and wisdom. Wayne Teasdale wisdomgodlove Work is holy, sacred, and uplifting when it springs from who we are, when it bears a relationship to our unfolding journey. Wayne Teasdale upliftingjourneyspring The rise of community among cultures and religious traditions 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. Wayne Teasdale religiouspracticespiritual So many of the wars in history, thousands and thousands of them for the past five, six, seven thousand years, have been related to differences in Truth claims. If we can evolve beyond that problem, then I think there's some chance that we could retire the whole institution of war and begin to focus on the peaceful evolution of humanity. Wayne Teasdale warpastthinking Our compassion is the fruit of our spiritual lives; it actually arises spontaneously when formed by intention in our spiritual practice. Love and compassion are always the goods of the spiritual journey, and they are guided by divine wisdom, which then shapes compassion in the concrete situations of our existence. Wayne Teasdale compassionjourneyspiritual If the ecological crisis, for example, is to be solved and if we are to promote genuine justice and thus bring real peace to the planet-and with it the possibility of improving lives on every level, not just economically, socially, and politically, but spiritually, psychologically, and intellectually-then, just on a practical level, we need to have all of the religions working together. Wayne Teasdale working-togetherrealjustice One reads not for information, but inspiration. Wayne Teasdale informationinspiration
