Many / One

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1		"I release into this universe my trust that my journey in life and all who walk my path with me are there by divine design."

2		"We need to develop faith: faith that our needs will be met; faith that we are not alone; faith that there is a greater purpose at work behind the scenes that will become known to us when the time is right."

3		"The great power of compassion, honor, and grace still exists, even in the middle of national and world crises."

4		"Our heart's primary task, of course, is to recognize our own spirit in every stranger and to 'love our neighbor as ourselves.'"

5		"I can see that the power of prayer and intention – theirs, yours, mine – forges the grace that holds our world together."

6		"By cultivating one's nature one will return to virtue." Chuang-Tzu

7		"We are constantly communicating with everything around us, with the greater energy of the universe and the consciousness of other living creatures."

8		"Service to others is not only a social ideal, it is a spiritual ideal and a spiritual necessity. Virtually all world spiritual traditions tell us that we serve the divine through caring for other people."

9		"Our spirit inherently understands that we are all one – with other people and our universe."

10		"It is impossible to be both wise and pessimistic."

11		"We all are one and even if those specific words are not taught to us, we develop an inner sense of their spiritual truth."

12		"We are spiritually responsible for each other and we are meant to discover and nurture the divine that exists within each person."

13		"In connecting to the divine in others, we connect to God."

14		"We are not alone in this world and even in the direst times, our prayers are heard and answered."

15		"Only when we see ourselves in our true human context, as members of a race which is intended to be one organism and 'one body', will we begin to understand the positive importance not only of the successes but of the failures and accidents in our lives." Thomas Merton, 'No Man Is An Island'

16		"Have benevolence toward all living beings, joy at the sight of the virtuous, compassion and sympathy for the afflicted, and tolerance towards the indolent and ill-behaved." Tattvarthasutra 7:11 (Jainism)

17		"The spirit within us has faith that our needs will always be met."

18		"Anything you do for others, as well as the support you receive in your own life, has healing consequences for the whole human community."

19		"Faith is an active force – not a passive one – an invisible power, like love."

20		"The virtue of the universe is wholeness. It regards all things as equal." Tao Te Ching

21		"Politeness serves a purpose…civility and kindness are moral imperatives." Jane Austen

22		"There are no such things as coincidences or accidents. Look for the meaning in your synchronistic enounters."

23		"The call to be of service to one another, the intuition that prompts us to use our power to help others, is wired into our physical and spiritual nature."

24		"There is no such thing as a simple act of compassion or an inconsequential act of service. Everything we do for another person has infinite consequences. Every action gives rise to a ripple effect, just as a pebble that is tossed into a pond sends out wave after wave, widening and covering more and more space."

25		"We are meant to care about each other and the well-being of the entire human family because our physical survival and spiritual survival depend on one another. We are drawn to help each other, to be there for one another, because we are made of the same spiritual substance."