Our spiritual growth is a journey

• We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey. Stephen Covey
• The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. The experience of spiritual power is basically a joyful one. M. Scott Peck
• A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose. Peace Pilgrim
• Journey from the self to the Self and find the mine of gold. Leave behind what is sour and bitter and move toward the sweet. Rumi
• A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose. Peace Pilgrim
• The spiritual path – is simply the journey of living our lives. Everyone is on a spiritual path; most people just don’t know it. Marianne Williamson
• Let your mind start a journey through a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before. Let your soul take you where you long to be. Close your eyes, let your spirit soar and you’ll live as you’ve never lived before. Erich Fromm
• The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too. Teresa of Avila
• No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. Gautama Buddha
• There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting. Buddha
• The journey by which we discover God is also the journey by which we discover, or uncover, our true self hidden in God. It is a journey that we all have to make. Esther de Waal
• Don’t make goals out of the spiritual path. A goal implies time, working toward something in the future. But the spiritual path is about discovering what you already are. You are the goal. Now come to understand what that means and live it.
• Spirituality,  Practice,  Life is a process,  Life is a journey

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The focus of the journey is the step you’re taking right now

• It’s a pathless path because it’s unique to each seeker and keeps changing as the journey unfolds. Even more essentially, it isn’t really a path at all, because there’s nowhere to go and nothing to discover; everything you need to know and be is right here and now–indeed, it is the very here and now that you are. Stephan Bodian
• Embrace the now

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It is a lifelong journey that happens gradually

• The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. The experience of spiritual power is basically a joyful one. M. Scott Peck
• In your training, do not be in a hurry, for it takes a minimum of ten years to master the basics and advance to the first rung. Never think of yourself as an all-knowing, perfected master; you must continue to train daily with your friends and students and progress together in the Art of Peace. Morihei Ueshiba
• The Master said, At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I no longer suffered from perplexities. At fifty, I knew what were the biddings of Heaven. At sixty, I heard them with a docile ear. At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of right. Confucius
• The end of one stage is only the beginning of another. Any dangers overcome are the necessary preparation to do better in the next stage. Paulo Coelho
• Be prepared to climb one kilometer more: the way up to the top of the mountain is always longer than you think. Don’t fool yourself, the moment will arrive when what seemed so near is still very far. But since you were prepared to go beyond, this is not really a problem. Paulo Coelho
• Enlightenment must come little by little – otherwise it would overwhelm. Idries Shah
• Be soft in your practice. Think of the method as a fine silvery stream, not a raging waterfall. Follow the stream, have faith in its course. It will go its own way, meandering here, trickling there. It will find the grooves, the cracks, the crevices. Just follow it. Never let it out of your sight. It will take you. Sheng- yen
• The path you’ve been directed to isnʹt the path―there is no path. Give it up and be that which you already are. Gangaji
• Embarking on the journey to self-discovery involves your willingness to endure some perspiration as well as inspiration. Michael Bernard Beckwith
• Patient and regular practice is the whole secret of spiritual realization. Do not be in a hurry in spiritual life. Do your utmost, and leave the rest to God. Swami Shivananda
• Spiritual growth is like learning to walk.
• We stand up, fall, stand up, fall, take a step, fall, take a couple of steps, fall, walk a little better, wobble a bit, fall, run, and finally, eventually fly. Geri Larkin

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Your life in front of you right now is your practice

• Your life is your practice. Your spiritual practice does not occur someplace other than in your life right now, and your life is nowhere other than where you are. You are looking for answers, insight, and wisdom that you already possess. Live the life in front of you, be the life you are, and see what you find out for yourself. Karen Maezen Miller
• Practice

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Commit and dedicate yourself to your spiritual path

• Be fearless and pure; never waver in your determination or your dedication to the spiritual life. The Bhagavad Gita
• On this path effort never goes to waste, and there is no failure. Even a little effort toward spiritual awareness will protect you from the greatest fear. Krishna from The Bhagavad Gita
• I rededicate and re-devote myself again and again after the inevitable lapses and periods of dullness and inactivity. Before any real growth and stability appears, I will lose faith, get discouraged, doubt, feel sorry for myself, and wonder if anything will happen. Does this mean I have lost my path? No, not at all – this IS the path. I learn to swim, not just with the current, but against the tide as well. This is not a journey for the timid or frail. I have an infinite amount of compassion for myself. I pick myself up again and again. Everything is as it should be. John Kehoe
• There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting. Buddha
• You can always correct your course, but the sooner you are aware that you are off your path, the better and more satisfying your journey will be. Esther and Jerry Hicks
• Your life can be a quest to discover your path and live from it. You accept that obstacles or tests contain powerful lessons and opportunities. You see that when you give yourself fully to life and the highest goal, as you do naturally when you are tested, a grace infuses you. Michael Ray
• At the heart of it, mastery is practice. Mastery is staying on the path. George Leonard
• It’s easy to get on the path of mastery. The real challenge lies in staying on it. George Leonard
• Mastery is not persistence when you see a light at the end of the tunnel. True mastery is persistence when you don’t yet see the light. James Arthur Ray
• Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life. Irving Stone
• One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. Andre Gide
• Getting lost along your path is a part of finding the path you are meant to be on. Robin S. Sharma
• To advance spiritually requires a method of practice and determination to carry it out. Allan Lokos
• If we read the stories of the great spiritual teachers of the past, we find that they have attained spiritual realization through a great deal of meditation, solitude and practice. They did not take any shortcuts. Rajiv Mehrotra
• There is one basic saying in zen that one can rely on completely: Walk through all fear no matter what, committed to spiritual truth, no matter what. David R. Hawkins
• Commitment,  Dedication

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The focus of your spiritual journey is always on the now and what is, not some future attainment

• Your outer journey may contain a million steps; your inner journey only has one: the step you are taking right now. Eckhart Tolle
• You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world. John Burroughs
• Your life is your practice. Your spiritual practice does not occur someplace other than in your life right now, and your life is nowhere other than where you are. You are looking for answers, insight, and wisdom that you already possess. Live the life in front of you, be the life you are, and see what you find out for yourself. Karen Maezen Miller
• I had been trying to use my spiritual practice to get what I wanted, when spiritual practice is actually about being with reality as it is. I had been trying to satisfy my own will instead of opening to God’s will. No wonder my practice had been such a struggle! Kim Boykin
• Embrace the now

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Follow your path with the spirit of a warrior

• Only as a warrior can one withstand the path of knowledge. A warrior cannot complain or regret anything. His life is an endless challenge, and challenges cannot possibly be good or bad. Challenges are simply challenges. Carlos Castaneda
• To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other. Carlos Castaneda
• Our sacred song can only be brought to life when the awakened heart weds the warrior’s spirit. The spirit of the warrior is one of resolve and determination. It drives through all obstacles. It is a commitment to follow our vision whatever the vision may be and wherever it may lead. To be genuine in each moment of our life. To be honest with ourselves. To respect the path, we have chosen and follow it through to completion. This is how our sacred song is birthed and our destinies are fulfilled. John Kehoe
• Every Warrior of the Light has felt afraid of going into battle. Every Warrior of the Light has, at some time in the past, lied or betrayed someone. Every Warrior of the Light has trodden a path that was not his. Every Warrior of the Light has suffered for the most trivial of reasons. Every Warrior of the Light has, at least once, believed he was not a Warrior of the Light. Every Warrior of the Light has failed in his spiritual duties. Every Warrior of the Light has said ‘yes’ when he wanted to say ‘no.’ Every Warrior of the Light has hurt someone he loved. That is why he is a Warrior of the Light, because he has been through all this and yet has never lost hope of being better than he is. Paulo Coelho
• It’s up to us. We can spend our lives cultivating resentments and cravings or we can explore the path of the warrior—nurturing open-mindedness and courage. Pema Chodron
• The great virtue of those who seek the spiritual path is courage. Paulo Coelho
• The two implants, desire and curiosity, — the catalysts used to force us to keep going in life, — can be used by us by the same simple reversal, to keep us going forward in the pursuit of spiritual life. Richard Rose
• There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning. Louis L’Amour

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Realise there will be ebbs and flows in your spiritual journey

• You will have wonderful surges forward. Then there must be a time of consolidating before the next forward surge. Accept this as part of the process and never become downhearted. Eileen Caddy
• Our life’s journey of self-discovery is not a straight-line rise from one level of consciousness to another. Instead, it is a series of steep climbs and flat plateaus, then further climbs. Even though we all approach the journey from different directions, certain of the journey’s characteristics are common to all of us. Stuart Wilde
• Remember, no matter how ready and willing you are, all change is inevitably interspersed with backsliding… but… everyday geniuses are programmed to bounce back. Mary-Elaine Jacobsen
• There are times to cultivate and create when you nurture your world and give birth to new ideas and ventures. There are times of flourishing and abundance, when life feels in full bloom, energized and expanding. And there are times of fruition when things come to an end. They have reached their climax and must be harvested before they begin to fade. And finally of course, there are times that are cold, and cutting and empty, times when the spring of new beginnings seems like a distant dream. Those rhythms in life are natural events. They weave into one another as day follows night, bringing, not messages of hope and fear, but messages of how things are. Chogyam Trungpa
• We all find ourselves in slumps occasionally, we don’t need to get stuck in them. And when you feel like you’re going nowhere or even slipping backward, you may actually be backing up to get a running start. Dan Millman
• Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself. Julia Cameron
• The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks. See the line from a sufficient distance, and it straightens itself to the average tendency. Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Flowers do not force their way with great strife. Flowers open to perfection slowly in the sun…. Don’t be in a hurry about spiritual matters. Go step by step, and be very sure. White Eagle
• Accept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields…. Kahlil Gibran
• Life is an ebb and a flow

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