If you don't have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can't expect to suddenly develop one during a moment of crisis.
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The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.
I was spiritually bankrupt, and when that happens, it's like a spiritual cancer afflicts you.
A lot of times when you go through a very traumatic situation and it's emotionally difficult to deal with you come back spiritually stronger. It changes you in a way.
I have an increasing sense that the most important crisis of our time is spiritual and that we need places where people can grow stronger in the spirit and be able to integrate the emotional struggles in their spiritual journeys.
Like Yoga, the spiritual life is actually very difficult.
I am not a spiritual guy, but all of a sudden I felt the need to really feel things.
If you're not settled spiritually, things can be a little bit more chaotic than normal.
In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.
One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.
I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way.
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