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The Five Principles: A Guide to Practical Spirituality QUOTES

The Five Principles: A Guide to Practical Spirituality QUOTES

1 " Most people bestow tremendous power onto those human beings we consider evil, who cause of threaten harm to others, even though we know they are acting from their own pain or fear. Would ignoring evil disarm it? Don’t dismiss the idea. As we have declared War on Terror, a War on Drugs, a War on Poverty, a War on Crime, the problems only seem to have gotten bigger. We cling tthe notion of evil as detrimental, unpredictable force in our world and refuse any suggestion that it is not real. We argue for our fear about terrorism or climate change or economic instability, heatedly trying to prove that things are only getting worse. And in doing so, we reinforce the principle that what we focus on grows. We create our experience by where we place our attention. What we resist, persists. "

― Ellen Debenport , The Five Principles: A Guide to Practical Spirituality

2 " If you are vibrating with joy, you will experience more joy. If you are vibrating with misery, you will experience more misery. Your vibration is reinforced no matter what. Seeing this “evidence” of what we already believe often fools us into thinking the events came first, followed by feelings. "

― Ellen Debenport , The Five Principles: A Guide to Practical Spirituality

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― Ellen Debenport , The Five Principles: A Guide to Practical Spirituality

4 " Picture the four essential parts of every human like Russian nesting dolls. The smallest is the body, which is essentially a spacesuit that allows us to survive in the Earth environment. Then the ego, which, in its healthy state, gives us the focus and confidence to function in the human world. The soul is an eternal, individualized creation that grows, learns and seeks ever-closer union with God. And Spirit—present in everything, everyone, everywhere—is God, the One, the same for all of us and always available as the essence of who we are. "

― Ellen Debenport , The Five Principles: A Guide to Practical Spirituality