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“We’ve got some difficult days ahead, but it really doesn’t matter to me now, because I’ve been to the mountain top, and I don’t mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life – longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will. AndContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 4th April”

“I try to be as uncomplicated as possible. The important thing in life is just living and loving.. I love to laugh. It’s the only way to live. Enjoy each day – it’s not coming back again!” Doris Day (1922 – 2019), born on this day

“If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.” Marvin Gaye (1939 – 1984), born on this day “Peace begins at home. Many of us have peaceful intentions regarding the world at large, but what is the use of feelings of cosmic peace if our own heart is troubled? ..PeaceContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 2nd April”

“That the first breath will come without fear.That the second breath will come without pain.The third breath: that it will come without despair.And the fourth, without anxiety.That the fifth breath will come with no bitterness.That the sixth breath will come for joy.Breath seven: that it will come for love.May the eighth breath come for freedom.AndContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 1st April”

Easter Sunday “Weeping may last for a night.Weeping may last for a thousand nights.But joy comes in the morning.That morning we went to our beloved teacher’s tomb.We went to anoint his body.We carried oil and cloths.We came to the tomb in sorrow, heads bowed low.But hope does not die so easily.It flickers inside, buried somewhereContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 31st March”

“I believe the most important thing for humankind is its own creativity. I further believe that, in order to be able to exercise this creativity, people need to be free.” From Freedom in Exile by the Dalai Lama, who fled to India and was granted political asylum there on this day in 1959

“When we practice looking deeply into our body, we discover its nature of interbeing. It’s made of all the elements: earth, water, fire, air, space, and time. And we begin to see the mountains, the rivers, the trees, the flowers, the dew, the stars, the galaxies – everything in our body. The whole cosmos isContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 29th March”

“The goal of all religion is not to prepare us to enter into the next life; it is a call to live now, to love now, to be now – and in that way to taste what it means to be a part of a life that is eternal, a love that is barrier-free, andContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 28th March”

“No person is in such darkness as to be completely devoid of divine light. The divine light shines in the darkness and radiates upon all.” Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225 – 1274), quoted in Christian Mystics by Matthew Fox

“Whether we’re seeking inner peace or global peace or a combination of the two, the way to experience it is to build on the foundation of unconditional openness to all that arises. Peace isn’t an experience free of challenges, free of rough and smooth, it’s an experience that’s expansive enough to include all that arisesContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 26th March”