55 Quotes by Steve Taylor

The conventional materialist mode has very serious consequences in terms of how we live our lives, and how we treat other species and the natural world. It leads to a devaluation of life—of our own lives, of other species' and the Earth itself..a spiritual worldview can change our relationship to the world. It can engender a reverential attitude to nature, and to life itself. It can heal us, just as it can heal the whole world.

The Christian Church has put a spiritual hierarchy on jobs. Ministers and missionaries are on top, then perhaps doctors and nurses come next, and so on to the bottom, where artists appear. Artists of whatever kind have to compromise everything to entertain. Art is fluffy froth that is no good in the Kingdom of God. What nonsense.

So as evolution progresses, consciousness becomes more involved in matter: living beings become a fuller expression of spirit and move closer to the source from which they, and all things, came.

Consciousness doesn't emerge from matter because it has always been in matter. Consciousness is a fundamental quality that exists everywhere and in everything.

Bliss is the nature of spirit-force in the same way that wetness is a quality of water.

Some indigenous peoples feel that they share their identity with natural phenomena, and as a result they feel that by hurting the natural world they are hurting themselves. However, we feel that the natural world is "other" to us; we can't empathize with it, and so don't have any qualms about abusing it.

We are pleased to be selected once again by the Texas comptrollers' office. It is always meaningful to learn that our systems outperform the competition, and we are confident we will continue to provide the highest levels of support for the comptrollers' office initiatives.

We started this morning at about 7 a.m. and by noon we'll be putting sheeting on the roof, starting to slide in doors and windows.

VCG is excited to roll out the new Web-based dashboard portal. VCG Gateway will enable our clients to make critical business decisions in an efficient manner. It is our continuing goal to provide our clients with the very best technology to reach and exceed their business objectives.