These 16 spiritual quotes from Along the Path to Enlightenment: 365 Daily

Reflections will be of great value to you on your journey:

1. To become more conscious is the greatest gift anyone can give to the world; moreover, in a
ripple effect, the gift comes back to its source.
2. piritual development is not an accomplishment but a way of life. !t is an orientation that
brings its own rewards, and what is important is the direction of one"s motives.
#. $hat can you actually do to be helpful to the world% &ake a gift of your life and lift all
mankind by being kind, considerate, forgiving, and compassionate at all times, in all places, and
under all conditions, with everyone as well as yourself. That is the greatest gift anyone can give.
'. (ut of all)inclusive, unconditional compassion comes the healing of all mankind.
*. !n a universe where +like goes to like, and +birds of a feather fly together,, we attract to us
that which we emanate.
-. .very act or decision we make that supports life supports all life, including our own. The
ripples we create return to us.
/. (ne basic principle has the power to resolve the problems of the social marketplace: upport
the solution instead of attacking the supposed causes.
0. !n truth, we e1ist and survive, not because of the ego, but in spite of it.
2. To best serve the world, seek enlightenment and transcend illusions rather than contribute to
them.
13. To transcend the world re4uires compassion and acceptance, the result of inner humility, by
which the world is surrendered to 5od with increased peace of mind.
11. $hat the ego cannot lift with all its might is like a feather to the grace of 5od.
12. To win in life means to give up the obsession of +who"s at fault., 5raciousness is far more
powerful than belligerence. !t is better to succeed than to win.
1#. 6y its nature, the pathway to 5od is not easy. !t re4uires considerable courage, fortitude,
willingness, and forbearance. !t is strengthened by humility and a benign conscience.
1'. 7n e1tremely valuable insight that is learned by all spiritually evolved persons in the course
of their development is seeing one"s own personal consciousness as the decisive influence that
determines all that occurs in one"s life.
1*. 8olding a goal in mind is inspirational and actually helpful to its accomplishment, because
what is held in mind tends to actuali9e. 8owever, it is a mistake to attack oneself with guilt for
failing to achieve the ideal. :pon e1amination, it will be fre4uently discovered that it was not
really the goal that was desired, but the satisfaction that was associated with it.
1-. !t"s pleasing to discover that it isn"t necessary to drive oneself forward; instead, one can
simply allow oneself to move forward as blocks are removed. Thus, one becomes attracted by
the future rather than propelled by the past.

Excerpted from Along the Path to Enlightenment: 365 Daily Reflections from David R. Ha!ins" edited #y $cott %effrey. &opyright ' ()** +Hay Ho,se-.
ir ;avid <. 8awkins, &.;., =h.;., is an internationally renowned psychiatrist, consciousness
researcher, spiritual lecturer, and mystic.