Yehuda Berg Quotes

The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him.

Kabbalah is all about change. It isn't about being proud of our good qualities: the wisdom is about transforming our darkness into light.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

You can't have a physical transformation until you have a spiritual transformation.

If, then, faith widens the connections, it elevates the man.

For the majority of mankind, religion is a habit, or, more precisely, tradition is their religion. Though it seems strange, I think that the first step to moral perfection is your liberation from the religion in which you were raised. Not a single person has come to perfection except by following this way.

We learn this by the precepts that Jesus left. He observed that the people were looking outward, and assured them that the kingdom of God cometh not with outward observation; and for this reason, that it was only to be known in man.

My guru said that when he suffers, it brings him closer to God. I have found this, too.

The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.

Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.

There is only one issue: man's lack of experience in feeling his Divine self and his innate connection with the Divine. All other issues stem from this.

There is a Mount Sinai for every child of God if he only knows where to find it.

A sincere seeker knows what his goal is: the highest Truth. He will not delay his journey. In spiritual life, we aspire for the highest Truth, for God, nothing else.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

I want to tell people how to live spiritually. After you've bought all your houses and your clothes, you want something bigger.

Whether we call it religion or faith, we all battle for a balanced integrated soul.

I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.

To me, growing into spiritual maturity is becoming less self-conscious and more God-conscious.

What's different about the Gospel of Thomas is that, instead of focusing entirely on who Jesus is and the wonderful works of Jesus, it focuses on how you and I can find the kingdom of God, or life in the presence of God.

People just overshoot trying to find God. They're going outside and trying everything. They don't realize that it's right inside themselves.

A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.

Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by, and turned to, the infinite.

There's something cool, even on a philosophical level, about understanding the bigger picture and exploring faith, if you will, in a very real way. The more you delve into it and give into it, you just have to have faith. The more you invest in faith, wherever it takes you, some of those jagged edges become less sharp.