Author Archives: veerjih

“Psalm 34: Taste and See that God is GoodHow exactly do I do this?By opening my heart in gratitude and praisefor all the gifts of life.By focusing on the astounding intricacy of the world.By attending to the still small voices of healing and renewalwhich save me in times of trouble.And by loving life and honoringContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 18th August”

“The need comes on me nowto speak across the yearsto those who will finally live hereafter the present ruin, in the absenceof most of my kind who by noware dead, or have given their mindsto machines and become strange,“over-qualified” for the hardhandwork that must be doneto remake, so far as humanscan remake, all that humanshaveContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 17th August”

“In this quiet place, O God, help us to find quiet for our souls. For we need quietness. Shouting and tumult are always about us, and the noise of the world never dies down. Even in the night-time when we seek rest, the voices of the day go on. But in your presence, there isContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 16th August”

Indian Independence Day, 1947 “Freedom of mind is the real freedom.A person whose mind is not free though he may not be in chains, is a slave, not a free man.One whose mind is not free, though he may not be in prison, is a prisoner and not a free man.One whose mind is notContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 15th August”

“O, Great Spirit,Whose voice I hear in the windsWhose breath gives life to the world, hear meI come to you as one of your many childrenI am small and weakI need your strength and wisdomMay I walk in beautyMake my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset.Make my hands respect the things you haveContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 14th August”

“Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it. For the greatest things grow by God’s Law out of the smallest. But to live your life you must discipline it. You must not fritter it away.. but make your thoughts, your acts, all work to theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 13th August”

“Any step we take in mindfulness that brings us a little more solidity, freedom, and joy also benefits society and our ancestors. Don’t think that what you do to yourself doesn’t affect the rest of society and the world. Peace and freedom always begin with our own practice. If transformation takes place in us, itContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 12th August”

“We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become. If we love things, we become a thing. If we love nothing, we become nothing. Imitation is not a literal mimicking of Christ, rather it means becoming the image of the beloved, an image disclosed through transformation. This means we are toContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 11th August”

Traditional date of the Laylat al-Qadr, when Muhammad began to receive the Qur’an, in 610 “God calls.The bells ring in the temple;The perfume rises from the aloes;The sage in meditation sits.Om! Tat! Sat!The nothingness of the now;The Everythingness of Eternity.God calls. God calls.The muezzin’s voice from minaret tower cries:“Come to prayer, come to prayer, comeContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 10th August”

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples “Remember the sky that you were born under,know each of the star’s stories.Remember the moon, know who she is.Remember the sun’s birth at dawn, that is thestrongest point of time. Remember sundownand the giving away tonight.Remember your birth, how your mother struggledto give you form and breath. YouContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 9th August”