The reality of the invocation is when the Invoked takes possession of the heart, and He is One. Separation and multiplicity exist before that for as long as the invoker is in the station of invoking with the tongue or with the heart.
Quotes about invoking (16 Quotes)
Never appeal to a man's 'better nature,' he may not have one. Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage.
Invoking the nickname of Deep Throat, ... who may sit among us this morning.
It is impossible, in principle, to explain any pattern by invoking a single quantity.
Invoking removes darkness and brings forth radiant lights.
It is really quite amazing that all of the folks supporting privatization, from the president on down, keep invoking the name of my grandfather, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Talk to a youth, at a very early age, about the idea of peace. Let that idea be deeply rooted in him. Maybe by the time he's involved in the proceedings about the very decision of invoking a war, that childhood idea would weigh in.
To invoke the Buddha's name you have to understand the dharma of invoking. If it's not present in your mind, your mouth chants an empty name. As long as you're troubled by the three poisons or by thoughts of yourself, your deluded mind will keep you form seeing the Buddha and you'll only waste your effort. Chanting and invoking are worlds apart. Chanting is done with the mouth. Invoking is done with the mind. And because invoking comes from the mind, it's called the door to awareness. Chanting is centered in the mouth and appears as sound. If you cling to appearances while searching for meaning, you won't find a thing....
As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him, he is lost.
Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on the other hand, is invoking, only the witness of a spirit to an statement you wish to make.
It's hard for me to listen to President Bush invoking my father's memory to attack John Kerry. Senator Kerry has demonstrated his courage and commitment to a stronger America throughout his entire career. President Kennedy inspired and united the country and so will John Kerry. President Bush is doing just the opposite.
Invoking brings the heart closer to the hereafter and keeps the world away from the heart, even though the world is around it. Invoking warns the heedless heart to abandon its pleasures and deceptions.
In course of time, religion came with its rites invoking the aid of good spirits which were even more powerful than the bad spirits, and thus for the time being tempered the agony of fears.
My aim is to show that those governments that violate the rights of people by invoking the name of Islam have been misusing Islam.
For the one who remembers God, invoking unites his dispersed heart and pervades his will and his broken resolve.
Invoking the letters of God's Name without presence of mind is invocation of the tongue invoking with presence of mind is invocation of the heart and invoking with an absence of self-awareness because of absorption in the Invoked is the invocation of the Self this is the hidden invocation.