The Upanishads 

There is a Spirit who is awake in our sleep and creates the wonder of dreams. He is Brahman, the Spirit of Light, who in truth is called the Immortal. All the worlds rest on that Spirit and beyond him no one can go: This in truth is That 

As fire, though one, takes new forms in all things that live. He is within all, and is also outside. As the wind, though one, takes new forms in whatever it enters, the Spirit, though one, takes new forms in all things that live. 

There is one Ruler, the Spirit that is in all things, who transforms his own form into many. Only the wise who see him in their souls attain the joy eternal. 

He is the eternal among things that pass away, pure Consciousness of conscious beings, the ONE who fulfills the prayers of many. Only the wise who see him in their souls attain the peace eternal. 

The Teachings of the Compassionate Buddha 

Our original Buddha-nature is, in all truth, nothing which can be apprehended. It is void, omnipresent, silent, pure. It is glorious and mysterious peacefulness, and that is all which can be said. You yourself must awake to it, fathoming its depths. That which is before you is it in all its entirety and with nothing whatsoever lacking.... 

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This day my birth is fruitful, my human life a blessing; this day have I been born in the race of the Enlightened, now am I their son. And henceforth mine is the task of them who work worthily for their race. 

The Zend Avesta of Zarathustra 

And do Thou, O Mazda! A great Creator! Come to me with Thy Creative Mind! And do Thou, Who bestoweth gifts through Thy Cosmic Order, bestow alike, long-lasting gifts upon us, that this life may be spent aright! ........ 

All these gifts of the Good Spirit are offered back in gratitude unto Thee, by the Mind and the Deed of the generous man whose Soul goeth forth hand in hand with the thoughtful man, whose life progresseth in harmony with the Cosmic Order. 

What is, then Thy Kingdom, O Mazda? What are Thy riches? 

Thine Own, in my actions, that I may become Living with the Cosmic Order and Thy Good Mind.

Psalm 40 

Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after false gods! Thou hast multiplied, O Lord my God, thy wondrous deeds and thy thoughts toward us; none can compare with thee! Sacrifice and offering thou dost not desire; but thou hast given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering thou hast not required. 

Then I said, "Lo, I come; in the roll of the book it is written of me; I delight to do thy will, O my God; thy law is within my heart." 

[Psalm 116:15 ] O Lord, I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid.

John 14 

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I go to the Father. ........... And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him; you know him, for he dwells with you, and will be in you. 

I will not leave you desolate; I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more, but you will see me; because I live, you will live also. In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.

THE KORAN 

Allah will bring all things to light, be they as small as a grain of mustard seed, be they hidden inside a rock or in heaven or earth. 

Be steadfast in prayer, enjoin justice, and forbid evil. Endure with fortitude whatever befalls you. That is a duty incumbent on all. Do not treat men with scorn, nor walk proudly on the earth: Allah does not love the arrogant and the vainflorious. Rather let your gait be modest and your voice low. He that surrenders himself to Allah and leads a righteous life stands on the firmest ground. To Allah shall all things return.

The first birth is the birth of man; the second birth is the birth of God. 

The human heart is the womb from which the Lord is born. 

Thou art my spirit, I am Thy body, my Holy one. 

Let the sun of Thy divine spirit rise from my heart, that morning may break out of the darkness of life. 

My life is a wave of the ocean of thy eternal life. 

Let my soul become thy life. 

The image of Christ is in the Church, the book of Christ is with the clergy, the love of Christ is in the heart of his worshipper, but the light of Christ shines through the illuminated soul.