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Favourite Scripture quotes?

chinu

chinu

chinu
" Pehle agan birha ki, pachhe prem ki pyas kahe kabir tab janiye, naam milan ki aas " -Kabir
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English: " First the pangs of separation, next grows the thirst for love, says kabir then only hope, the union to materialize"

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Chinu
 
Foxfire

Foxfire

It's all about the Light
Hi

I'm a lazy newb and so I apologize if this one is posted already. But one of my favorites from the Bible is this one:

John 8:12

Again therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying: I am the light of the world: he that followeth me, walketh not in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
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Foxfire

Foxfire

It's all about the Light
I love quotes, absolutely love them. If they were a man, I'd marry it! (oops, already did that - marry a man, I mean. I haven't actually married a quote. yet.):areyoucra

Perhaps my very first "Aha!" moment was when I read this written by Marianne Williamson for the first time. It put me on the floor, people. Hope you like it (and I'm sure a lot of you have heard it before - it's kind of famous)

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
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ImmortalPhoenix

ImmortalPhoenix

Member
‘Whosoever chooses to follow guidance, follows it for his own good; whosoever goes astray, goes astray to his own loss.’

"Be quick in the race for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a Garden (paradise) whose width is that of the heavens and of the earth, prepared for the righteous - Those who spend (freely), whether in prosperity or in adversity, who restrain (their) anger and pardon (all) men - for God loves those who do good."
 
Jacksnyte

Jacksnyte

Reverend
I AM TRUTH: TRUTH cannot be taught. It must be experienced. Therefore, while many things will be absolute, many more will be a matter of perspective. Seek the truth for yourself, and respect the truth of others. Place always the inner light of understanding above the outer light of common dogma.

The Baphomet Codex
Ego Diabolus
 
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Gaura Priya

IRL
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq0Ki4AIbDI

"O God! Refresh and gladden my spirit. Purify my heart. Illumine my powers. I lay all my affairs in Thy hand. Thou art my Guide and my Refuge. I will no longer be sorrowful and grieved; I will be a happy and joyful being. O God! I will no longer be full of anxiety, nor will I let trouble harass me. I will not dwell on the unpleasant things of life.

 O God! Thou art more friend to me than I am to myself. I dedicate myself to Thee, O Lord."


-- 'Abdu'l-Baha
 
Jacksnyte

Jacksnyte

Reverend
Baphomet is the union of opposites. There exists a fine line between strength and weakness, and it must be known. The meek in mind are dangerous, as they have amassed in great numbers. Their influence must be resisted, and resistance must be mounted through strength of will and reason. Will and reason is their shortfall, and apathy is the foil they use against the world. Strength is useless without the will to use it.
Baphomet is the union of opposites. Pride and humility are also one and the same, for are not the humble proud of their humility, and are not the unjustly prideful brought easily to shame? Always let reason be your mandate, and responsibility your watchword. Glory in your accomplishments, rejoice and be prideful, but temper pride with honesty and reason.
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The Baphomet Codex
Ego Diabolus
 
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Gaura Priya

IRL
"Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries, whither I have driven them in Mine anger, and in My wrath, and in great indignation; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from Me. Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with My whole heart and with My whole soul. For thus saith Jehovah: Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them."

-- Jeremiah 32:37-42
 
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Gaura Priya

IRL
"Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls."

-- Jeremiah 6:16
 
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Ungrateful

Member
A few of my fav's from The Buddha :

"Upon a heap of rubbish in a roadside ditch blooms a lotus, fragrant and pleasing"

"To his own ruin the fool gains knowledge, for it cleaves his head and destroys his inate goodness"

"Wonderful it is to subdue the mind, so difficult to subdue, ever swift and seizing whatever it desires. A tamed mind brings happiness."

"Victory begets emnity, the defeated dwell in pain. Happily the peaceful live, discarding both victory and defeat.

"He who checks anger as a charioteer checks a rolling chariot, him I call a true charioteer. Others only hold the reins."

(From the Dhammapada)
 
GabrielWithoutWings

GabrielWithoutWings

Well-Known Member
Young Guns said:
Three Chinamen were playing Fan Tan when they found out the world was going to end.

One said, "I'm going to go to the mission and pray."

One said, "I'm going to buy a bottle and solicit six whores."

The last one said, "I will finish the game."
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Not exactly scripture, but I find spirituality in it.
 
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Ungrateful

Member
People are intent on the idea of
"made by me"
and attached to the idea of
"made by another".
Some do not realise this,
nor do they see it as a thorn.

But to one who sees,
having extracted this thorn,
[the thought] "I am doing", doesn't occur;
"Another is doing", doesn't occur.

This human race is possessed by conceit,
bound by conceit,
tied down by conceit.
Speaking hurtfully because of their views
they do not go beyond transmigration.

~The Buddha


Not sure if this next one counts as scripture, but I have loved it since I first read it :

Consider the world light - and the spirit is not burdened.
Consider the myriad things slight - and the mind is not confused.
Consider life and death equal - and the intellect is not afraid.
Consider change as sameness - and clarity is not obscured.

~Lao-Tzu
 
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sirat

Member
salaam friends,

Because error occurs not without some truth,
Fools buy base coins from their likeness to real coins.
If there were no genuine coins current in the world,
How could coiners succeed in passing false coins?
If there were no truth, how could falsehood exist?
(Mathnavi of Rumi (E.H. Whinfield tr), The Masnavi Vol 2)

wa salaam
sirat
 
Jacksnyte

Jacksnyte

Reverend
I am as you are; a creature of flesh and spirit. I am in the wind and the sun. I live in the fields and the oceans. I am all things that crawl and fly, that slither and run. I am omnipresent because I am everything. I am omniscient because I am All. I am the natural order, the creative urge, the law of the jungle. I am you as you are me. I am as I am, forever and ever, and we are brethren. There is not separation between that which is and that which I am. The belief in a thing outside nature and form as creator is false. Let nothing convince you that you are created by anything but the natural tendency of chaos to become order, of energy to become matter, of like things to coalesce into forms and patterns. In that I am all, I am mindless in my ways. In that I am all of you, I am mindful. I know all because all that is to be known is either contained in the minds of all or will be discovered by those minds. What you see, I see. I am with you, always. You are my brothers and sisters, my children, and I will not allow you to be abandoned.
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The Promise of Baphomet, The Baphomet Codex, by Ego Diabolus
 
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