Many / One

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1		"The major spiritual traditions are formed around one essential lesson: Make your choices wisely, because each choice you make is a creative act of spiritual power for which you are held responsible."

2		"Within all experiences, no matter how painful, lie spiritual insights."

3		"The power that fuels our bodies, our minds, and our hearts does not originate in our DNA. Rather, it has roots in Divinity itself. The truth is as simple and eternal as that."

4		"Hold on to the truth that all dark nights end with a light illuminating a new path."

5		"I believe we are meant to understand our body-minds as individual spiritual powers expressive of a greater Divine energy. We are meant to discover both our personal power and our shared purpose for being alive within a spiritual context."

6		"Our goal while on this earth is to transcend our illusions and discover the innate power of our spirit. We are responsible for what we create, and we must therefore learn to act and think with love and wisdom and to live in service to others and all of life."

7		"All Is One. We are interconnected with all of life and to one another. Each of us must learn to honor this truth."

8		"The source of human consciousness, spirit, or power is considered Divine in most religious and cultural traditions, from the ancient Greek and Hindu teachings to the Chinese and Mayan. Most every culture's myths recount Divine interaction with humanity."

9		"We contain the scripture. We contain Divinity. We are Divinity."

10		"Think in a vocabulary of oneness."

11		"The most powerful energy we have is love."

12		"All spiritual teachings are directed toward inspiring us to recognize that the power to make choices is the dynamic that converts our spirits into matter, our words into flesh. Choice is the process of creation itself."

13		"Our highest goal is the full release of our personal will into the 'hands of the Divine.' Jesus and Buddha, as well as other great teachers, represent the mastery of this state of consciousness, complete union with Divine will."

14		"Our spirits are eternal. We are more than our physical bodies."

15		"The truths contained in the scriptural teachings of the different religious traditions are meant to unite us, not separate us. Literal interpretation creates separation, whereas symbolic interpretation – seeing that all of them address the identical design of our spiritual natures – brings us together."

16		"Unquestionably, faith is vital for managing the challenges of our everyday existence."

17		"A Divine plan has as its intent our conscious evolution."

18		"Our faith and our power of choice are, in fact, the power of creation itself. We are the vessels through which energy becomes matter in this life."

19		"Managing our power of choice is the Divine challenge, the sacred contract that we are here to fulfill. It begins with choosing what our thoughts and attitudes will be."

20		"The sacred truth is that All Is One….It carries the message that we are connected to all of life and that every choice we make and every belief we hold exerts influence upon the whole of life."

21		"This movement toward working as 'one world' is an extension of the release of the Divine Light into the world. It seems as though humanity is 'under orders' to mature spiritually to a level of holistic sight and service."

22		"Every choice we make, every thought and feeling we have, is an act of power that has biological, environmental, social, personal, and global consequences."

23		"Divine energy is inherent in our biological system….We are biological creations of Divine design."

24		"Within, we are all the same, and the spiritual challenges we face are the same. Our external differences are illusory and temporary, mere physical props."

25		"Love in its purest form – unconditional love – is the substance of the Divine, with its endless capacity to forgive us and respond to our prayers."