The world
Short Quotes
"In some traditions the Earth itself is considered sacred—-the entire Earth, not one particular place. But the Earth is not sacred; it is just the Earth."
- The Sacred 4/29/08
The world, in its great change, can serve you if you can approach it correctly. The shock of the world can prepare you. It can shake you out of your dreams of happiness and disaster. It can bring you to your senses. It can call upon your strengths and your determination and most certainly your compassion for people.
- The Shock of the Future (April 30, 2011)
Long Quotes
"...the world is a place where you have come to serve, to give and to reunite with those whom you are destined to meet, to know and to participate with.... The world is primarily a place to give.... You have come from beyond the world bearing gifts for the world.... Instead of a place to proclaim yourself and to establish yourself, it is a place to get something done behind the scenes, in secret, without recognition and acclaim."
- Greater Community Spirituality, ch. 2, pp. 11-12
"God is not managing the world."
"God is not creating the catastrophes, the storms, the earthquakes, the floods, the droughts."
"God is watching to see how humanity will deal with a world it has changed—a new world, a new and unpredictable world."
- The Recitation (April 1, 2011)