…Always seek to perfect the love within yourself, knowing that as your love increases, so does your joy, and through this joy, you may grow ever closer to God and those around you.
— Excerpted from The Truth as I See It: A Collection of Spiritual Writings by Adam Soto (p. 44)
Be forever thankful for the people in your life. Cherish each relationship with love and gratitude. Seek to bring joy to those around you, for the joy you give will return to you in happiness. Be willing, when needed, to sacrifice your own desires for the good of another. This is true love and the sign of a God-filled heart.
— Excerpted from The Truth as I See It: A Collection of Spiritual Writings by Adam Soto (p. 44)
To everyone’s surprise the Master seemed unenthusiastic about religious education for the young.
When asked why he said, “Inoculate them when they are young and you prevent them from catching the real thing when they grow up.”
– Anthony de Mello, One Minute Wisdom
“Still your mind in me, still yourself in me, and without doubt you shall be united with me, Lord of Love dwelling in your heart.”
– Bhagavad Gita
In striving to encounter God in your daily life, find things that bring you closer to God and those around you and use your God-given-gifts to help others to do the same. Do your best to love everyone you meet, seeing them as they truly are, a beautiful and glorious part of God, and not as they sometimes seem to be. Be compassionate, full of grace and understanding, and forgive those who wrong you. Remember the grace that’s been shown to you at times and do the same, so that through your love, you may be friends.
— Excerpted from The Truth as I See It: A Collection of Spiritual Writings by Adam Soto (p. 44)
The Master met a very old neighbor shuffling along with a cane in his hand.
“Good morning,” he called out. “And how are you these days?”
“Not well,” said the man in a feeble voice. “I used to walk around the block every morning before breakfast. Now I feel so weak I can only get halfway and then have to turn around and come back.”
– Anthony de Mello, More One Minute Nonsense
“Do I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?”
– Abraham Lincoln
Source: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/abraham_lincoln_103475
To act hateful towards an enemy only makes their hateful feeling stronger. It justifies—in their minds—their reason for hating you in the first place. Love, on the other hand, diminishes the hateful feeling, and forces the one with the hatred to reevaluate their feelings toward you and their feelings inside of themselves; until eventually, you’re no longer enemies but friends.
— Excerpted from The Truth as I See It: A Collection of Spiritual Writings by Adam Soto (p. 43-44)
When we act selfishly, it inspires selfishness, and keeps us separated from God and those around us. But when we act lovingly, it inspires love, and unifies us with God and those around us. We should always try to act in a way that inspires love in those around us; toward our family, our friends, and as hard as it may be, our enemies as well.
— Excerpted from The Truth as I See It: A Collection of Spiritual Writings by Adam Soto (p. 43)
“We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can – namely, surrender our will and fulfill God’s will in us.”
– Saint Teresa of Avila
Source: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/saint_teresa_of_avila_153910
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