{"quotes":[{"text":"Yet she belongs, finally and truly, only to God. The hijab is a symbol of freedom from the male regard, but also, in our time, of freedom from subjugation by the iron fist of materialism, deterministic science, and the death of meaning. It denotes softness, otherness, inwardness. She is not only caught in a world of power relations, but she inhabits a world of love and sacrifice. This freedom, which is of the conscience, is hers to exercise as she will.","author":"Abdal Hakim Murad","tags":["islam","spirituality-religion"],"id":34898,"author_id":"Abdal+Hakim+Murad"},{"text":"For the being, maybe. But for the spirit, there are no quick sands.","author":"Fakeer Ishavardas","tags":["enlightenment","god","spiritual-growth","spirituality-religion"],"id":41239,"author_id":"Fakeer+Ishavardas"},{"text":"Even the juncture in history and the zeitgeist we live in is something we choose, setting the scene for the spiritual fodder we need to grow and achieve deeper elevation of our souls.","author":"Raquel Cepeda","tags":["choices","deeper-elevation","elevation","freedom-of-choice","history","journey","kabbalah","kabbalistic","reincarnation","sojourner","soul","spirit","spiritual-elevation","spiritual-growth","spirituality","spirituality-religion","zeitgeist"],"id":44543,"author_id":"Raquel+Cepeda"},{"text":"Angels, fairies, gods, hell-heaven, 'mediating' messiahs, demons, spirits etc. - are but your cultural-isms. Free be of these prisons.","author":"Fakeer Ishavardas","tags":["enlightenment","god","reality","science-and-religion","spirituality-religion"],"id":48242,"author_id":"Fakeer+Ishavardas"},{"text":"Competition in spiritual matters brings confusion.","author":"Kirby Clements","tags":["church","competition","spirituality-religion"],"id":70449,"author_id":"Kirby+Clements"},{"text":"Don't make the Divine a nincompoop's idea, of being a man-like entity. What you see here is merely a wandering whirlwind of Infinity.","author":"Fakeer Ishavardas","tags":["divine-self","enlightenment","god","metaphysical-truth-reality","philosophy-of-religion","self-realization","spirituality-religion","truth-of-life"],"id":86148,"author_id":"Fakeer+Ishavardas"},{"text":"The 'Big Bang' idea of pseudo armchair pundits, too is as much a theory as a human-like big buffoon, that your so-called 'holy' books call god.","author":"Fakeer Ishavardas","tags":["creation-of-the-universe","enlightenment","metaphysical-truth-reality","metaphysics","philosophical-reflection","philosophy-religion","reality-creation","religious-beliefs","religious-extremism","spiritual-insights","spiritual-wisdom","spirituality-religion"],"id":163539,"author_id":"Fakeer+Ishavardas"},{"text":"God is within you, open your heart and uncover that godliness.","author":"Amit Ray","tags":["god","happiness","heart","joy","nonviolence","religion-and-philosophy","self-esteem","self-motivation","spiritual-wisdom","spirituality","spirituality-religion","uncover-your-godliness"],"id":222345,"author_id":"Amit+Ray"},{"text":"Dharma is not about believing in God. It’s about making the right choices, doing the right things and leading the right life.","author":"Anurag Shourie","tags":["choices","choices-based-on-faith","choices-in-life","choices","dharma","evangelism","faith","faith-in-god","faith","freedom-of-religion","god","humanity","humanity","inspirational","inspirational","inspirational","inspirational","inspirational-religious","life","life-changing","life-lessons","life","life-and-sayings","organized-religion","philosophy","philosophy-of-religion","philosophy","religion","religion-and-philosophy","religion-spirituality","right-path","spirituality","spirituality-religion","spirituality-vs-religion","tolerance","tolerance"],"id":273180,"author_id":"Anurag+Shourie"},{"text":"I became aware that there was no barrier between what was inside and what was outside. My body was illuminated by a bright light. I heard with my eyes and saw with my ears. I used my nose as mouth and my mouth as nose. I experienced the world with the totality of my senses as my spirit gathered and my form dissolved. There was no distinction between muscles and bones. My body stopped being heavy and I felt like a floating leaf. Without knowing it, I was being carried by the wind. Drifting here and there, I did not know whether I rode on the wind or the wind rode on me.","author":"Liezi","tags":["enlightenment","liberation","release","spirituality-religion","taoism"],"id":335842,"author_id":"Liezi"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":15,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}