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“I feel carried away and possessed by an unutterable rapture over the divine spectacle of heavenly harmony.” German astronomer Johannes Kepler discovers the third of his three planetary laws, the “harmonic law”, on this day in 1618

“The doors to the world of the wild Self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much you almost cannot bear it, that is a door. If youContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 14th May”

“Our bodies produce a constant rhythm, which may explain why some small children and animals sleep better next to a ticking clock or metronome. Perhaps Shakespeare’s poetry is so timeless partly because its iambic pentameter mimics the steady beat of our own hearts: ba-thump, ba-thump, ba-thump.Put your ear next to someone’s heart and listen toContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 13th May”

“The word cunning is closely associated with the fox. Cunning, like foxes and women, has been given a bad rap. Many have twisted the word’s sacred origins into something manipulative and conniving. But the word cunning arrives from an older Middle English word “ken,” a range of knowledge or sight. A cunning person understands thatContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 12th May”

“God is not so much a beingas the word we use when confrontedwith the totality of all being,the unimaginable ultimacy of the universe,and the mystery of loveat work in the human heart.” Cliff Reed, retired Unitarian minister, quoted in Fragments of Holiness for Daily Reflection

“The felling of trees and the destruction of wild green places is always a sorrow. When green life is cleared for housing or landfill sites, we feel strong resentment. Human beings have been clearing the earth for agriculture and habitation from early times. Desertification began to replace habitation long ago. It is easy to waxContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 10th May”

“More sports teams are named after animals than anything else. The panther, the manta ray, and the shark lend their symbolic power to the teams; even the oriole, the blue jay, and the gopher conjure a regional pride that helps a team win for its hometown. These animals are totems. Many people identify with aContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 9th May”

“We pray for a keener delight in the world around us.Delight in its loveliness, its colours, its scents and sounds.Delight in the fascinating structure of nature and of the human form.Delight in the saga of the past, in story, song and movement, in art and science, and in good work well done.Delight in the presentContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 8th May”

“Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.” Rabindranath Tagore (1861 – 1941), Bengali polymath, born on this day

“Sometimes entering the sacred groveis easy as closing the eyes while you sitin a chair at home and let someonelead you there, their voice a path you followto a ring of trees with roots entwined.A sun-bright meadow in the middle.A group of other willing heartswho form a circle with you. How did itever feel farContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 6th May”