We are much more than what we think we are. Never forget.
The websites provide spiritual quotes, spiritual enquiry and statements on spiritual enlightenment from voices of wisdom, past and present.
If we read a poem, verse or passage mindfully and with interest, we may experience a deep response of appreciation and insight. We can return back those lines and read again. If the words touch us, and have a staying power to them, then our being has acknowledged a truth to support our life and consciousness. We cannot find truth inside the words, nor outside of them. The discovery of truth frees up the being.
You may discover truth in these spiritual texts.
Here are 21 websites offering reminders of the depth and expanse of our spirituality.
- William Blake
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/william-blake#about
- The Buddha
http://www.ahandfulofleaves.org/documents/SuttaNipata_Norman_1997-2001.pdf
- Ajahn Buddhadasa
http://www.suanmokkh.org/buddhadasa
- Brain Pickings
https://www.brainpickings.org/
https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/09/03/how-to-be-alone-school-of-life/
- Enlightened Spirituality
http://www.enlightened-spirituality.org/
- Gordon Hempton
- Kabir
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/96714.Kabir
http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/Poets/K/Kabir/index.html
- Krista Tippett
- Meister Eckhart
http://www.enlightened-spirituality.org/Meister_Eckhart.html
http://www.eckhartsociety.org/eckhart/his-teachings
- John O’Donohue
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6224.John_O_Donohue
- Thomas Merton
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/thomas-james-merton
- Ramana Maharshi
http://www.sriramanamaharshi.org/teachings/
- Rainer Maria Rilke
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7906.Rainer_Maria_Rilke
- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
http://www.enlightened-spirituality.org/Nisargadatta_Maharaj.html
- Rumi
http://www.khamush.com/poems.html
http://www.khamush.com/life.html
- Susuki Roshi
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/62707.Shunryu_Suzuki
- Thich Nhat Hahn
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/t/thich_nhat_hanh.html
http://plumvillage.org/about/thich-nhat-hanh/
- Herman Hesse
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/15ac2dcb971ee24e
- Women Mystics of Christianity
- Wei Wu Wei
https://www.stillnessspeaks.com/teacher/wei-wu-wei/
https://www.stillnessspeaks.com/images/uploaded/file/All%20Else%20Is%20Bondage.pdf
- David Whyte
http://www.davidwhyte.com/#home
Plus
Etty Hillesum
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/61163.Etty_Hillesum
May all beings be spiritually enlightened
I like that, we are much more than what we think we are.
Great list. Good to connect with the thoughts of others, makes one feel not so alone. I see William Blake, I see Hermann Hesse on the list, both provided me with inspiration in my youth, and still do.
Funny how people who you’ve never even met can seem like friends.
Makes me think about the thoughts and words we leave behind. Quite a responsibility.
My Dad was always telling me about the noosphere, because he was greatly inspired by Teilhard de Chardin. I can never quite figure the noosphere, but is it something to do with a dimension of human thought?
Anyway, great list!