Bodling · @Bodling
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"There are spiritual activities that nurture each of our preferred modes of being and doing. If we are strong introvert-intuitive types, chances are we have developed a spirituality that is very privatized, reflective, contemplative and individualized. Introvert-intuitive types will seek to spend more time in monastic settings if these are available. This can be a real spiritual high for them. But take the extravert-sensing persons to a Cistercian monastery with its vows of silence, and they will climb the walls."

(Mulholland, M. Robert, Jr. _Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation_. Foreword, Practices and Study Guide by Ruth Haley Barton. Expanded edition. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2016, p. 71)

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Bodling · @Bodling
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"He who in any way compares himself with his fellow ascetics or with the brethren who live with him is unaware that he deceives himself and treads a path alien to God. Either he does not know himself or he has deviated from the path that leads heavenwards. But by following this path in modesty of mind, those more spiritually advanced surmount the devil's ploys and, winged by dispassion and adorned with humility, they attain the heights of spiritual illumination."

Nikitas Stithatos, "On the Practice of the Virtues" #83. The Philokalia, vol. 4, page101.

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PBW · @PBW
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A few decades ago, I spent most of a year seriously depressed and fearful. Gradually I came to realize that I spent enormous energy resisting what was, willing it to be different, angry when it did not change. I was given the words below and knew they would help but feared I would be overwhelmed with ugly stuff.. That did not happen. I return to these words still.

I SEE THINGS AS THEY REALLY ARE.

I ACCEPT THINGS AS THEY REALLY ARE.

I DEAL WITH THINGS AS THEY REALLY ARE.

#spiritualpath

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James Bean · @SantMat
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James Bean · @SantMat
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James Bean · @SantMat
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James Bean · @SantMat
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James Bean · @SantMat
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Fellowship Opportunities & Affinity Groups Please check out these virtual communities to deepen into the teachings of Ram Dass and find fellow truth seekers on the path. ramdass.org/fellowship/ twitter.com/BabaRamDass/status

#beherenow #spiritualpath #communites #affinity #community #love #fellowship #ramdass

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James Bean · @SantMat
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James Bean · @SantMat
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James Bean · @SantMat
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James Bean · @SantMat
131 followers · 758 posts · Server mastodon.social
James Bean · @SantMat
131 followers · 758 posts · Server mastodon.social