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The Kingdom of Heaven Jesus describes as located "within you." It may be the force field which is the divine activity that is being specialized as you. It is what you can be. It is the wholeness that is in you even when you are experiencing limitatiom. (Discover the Power Within You, p51)
Hindus often greet one other as "Namaste" meaning "I recognize God within you."
We need scriptures that can teach us all humans are capable of achieving union with God while still alive by realizing the Divine within. (Amazon short book review of Faith and Reason: In Search of God)
You are seeking without that which you have within. Accustom yourself to seek God in your heart and you will find Him. (Mysticism, p223)
Jesus taught that the power was within each of us. And it was this divine spark, this power of creation, which allows our kingdom within and without to flourish and to prosper. The source then of our soul’s prosperity is an understanding of our relationship to self and to all other things—and then doing the ‘right action’ – i.e. forgiveness. Self-transformation was what Jesus taught. It was an awakening of ones heart—ones divine spark. And with this awakening came happiness and love of self and other. (http://www.revolutioninreligion.com/index.php?page=power-within)
And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice [within]. (I Kings 19: 11-12 (KJV)
The Gospel according to Thomas: The Kingdom is within
you and it is without you. (TM, p103)
The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed. What is the seed? We hear repeatedly that God is within us. It means that God is within our consciousness. Touch that seed in every moment to help it grow, to make it into the light that can guide us. The Kingdom of Heaven is also described as yeast which has the power to leaven a lot of flour (our consciousness). If you know how to touch it, then you have the power to transform everything. (Buddha, Christ, p155-6)
A man who bows down to nothing can never bear the burden of himself (Dostoyevsky, in The Possessed). Yoga is through which divinity is found within and discovering the Lord within, we soon perceive Him without. Holy shrines are rightly venerated as nuclear centers of spiritual power. (Yogi, p142)
The greek expression "entos humon" (literally "inside of you") often meant "within reach." Thus, Jesus' statement in Luke 17:21 could mean "The kingdom is within reach." (Bible Versions, p60)
As it is within, so it is without. (Tao Peace, p12)
I am with you always. Listen to Me in the truth of your soul and in the feelings of your heart and in the quiet of your mind. Hear Me, everywhere. My Truth is in the whisper of the wind, the babble of the brook, the crack of the thunder, the tap of the rain. I will not leave you. I cannot leave you, for you are My creation, My sons and daughters, My purpose, and MY SELF. (Conversations, p210-1)
It is not a question of learning, but of remembering. Begin by being still. Quiet the outer world, so that the inner world might bring you sight. This in-sight is what you seek, yet you cannot have it while you are so deeply concerned with outer reality. Seek, therefore, to go within as much as possible. IF YOU DO NOT GO *WITHIN, YOU GO WITHOUT. (Conversations, p44)
All this Jesus did and more, not as a god but in fulfillment of a known path of self-mastery, a natural soul-evolution unto the unleashing of the imprisoned splendor within. And within in the secret chamber of Jesus own precious heart where burns the threefold flame. And Self-discovery was the key to Jesus' strength that endured while carrying the full weight of world karma - the Piscean cross. (Lost Years, p399)
And I will pray the Father and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you forever. Even the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him, for He dwelleth with you and shall be in you... At that day ye shall know that I AM in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. (John ) (Lost Years, p411)
We can only confirm the immortal Truth that within us this Son also dwells: within us this Sun of Righteousness shall also rise! We shall see the Daystar from on high appearing in the beautiful Presence of the I AM THAT I AM. He speaks no longer in parable but tells us: We can set the goal of Christhood for our life. We can follow Jesus - awakened at last to the kingdom (consciousness) within. (Lost Years, p412)
Find more within. (Randy)
For where your treasure is there your heart will be also." (Luke 12:34)
At first the prophets had believed that their revelations had come from a force outside themselevs, but gradually they understood that they were not dependent upon a wholly external God, but were inspired by their own Spirit-filled nature. (Hist, p368)
Martha served, but Mary's listening was more important. ( )
For the kingdom of God is within us, and for a man who has seen it within, and having found it through pure prayer, has experienced it, everything outside loses its attraction and value. It is no longer unpleasant and wearisome for him to be within. (Zen, p80)