“Summoned from sleepin the heart of nightmy name is calledand, like Samuel,I rise from my bedseeking the caller.Summoned from sleepI am drawn intothe beating heartof the Onewho called me.The angel of nightlights a candle in my soulinviting me to listento the wordless songof Divine Union.Deep healing.Deep listening.Deep waiting.Deep watching.All of these becomea part of myContinue reading “Words for the week beginning Monday 19th January”
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Words for week beginning Monday 12th January
“I know this happinessis provisional: the looming presences —great suffering, great fear — withdraw onlyinto peripheral vision: but ineluctable this shimmeringof wind in the blue leaves: this flood of stillnesswidening the lake of sky: this need to dance,this need to kneel:this mystery.” Of Being by Denise Levertov (1923 – 1997)
Words for the week beginning 5 January
“You have looked at so many doors with longing,wondering if your life lay on the other side.For today, choose the door that opens to the inside.Travel the most ancient way of all:the path that leads you to the center of your life.No map but the one you make yourself.No provision but what you already carryandContinue reading “Words for the week beginning 5 January”
Happy New Year
With a new year comes a new expression. Thought for the day will cease and will be replaced by Words For The Week. These will posted once a week on Monday mornings. Thank you for reading and expressing your appreciation on Thought for the day.
Thought for the day, Wednesday 31st December
“Lost in awe at the beauty around me, I must have slipped into a state of heightened awareness. It is hard – impossible really – to put into words the moment of truth that suddenly came upon me then. Even the mystics are unable to describe their brief flashes of spiritual ecstasy. It seemed toContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 31st December”
Thought for the day, Tuesday 30th December
“Where are you now, my good friend? Are you out in the field, in the forest, on the mountain, in a military camp, in a factory, at your desk, in a hospital, in prison? Regardless of where you are, let us breathe in and out together and allow the sun of awareness to enter. LetContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 30th December”
Thought for the day, Monday 29th December
“”In all things we should try to make ourselves be as grateful as possible. For gratitude is a good thing for ourselves, in a manner in which justice, commonly held to belong to others, is not. Gratitude pays itself back in large measure.” Seneca, Moral Letters, 81.19 Think of all the things you can beContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 29th December”
Thought for the day, Sunday 28th December
“Real rest feels like every cell is thanking you for taking care of you. It’s calm, not full of checklists and chores. It’s simple: not multitasking; not fixing broken things.” Jennifer Williamson, writer
Thought for the day, Saturday 27th December
“O noble Love, do in me Your holy will in all thingsMy life and my death belong to you.May you make of me one of those spirits tuned to perfect praiseWho let God be God in silence.” Hadewijch of Antwerp, 13th century mystic
Thought for the day, Friday 26th December
“If you have patience, then you’ll also have love. Patience leads to love. If you forcefully open the petals of a bud, you won’t be able to enjoy its beauty and fragrance. Only when it blossoms by following its natural course, will the beauty and fragrance of a flower unfold.” Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, knownContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 26th December”