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“All beneficent and creative power gathers itself together in silence, ere it issues out in might.” Unitarian minister and theologian James Martineau, born on this day in 1805

From The Rose Garden by Saadi Shirazi, 13th Century CE, Persia, “Someone asked a wise person, “Of the many celebrated trees that Allah has created, some are very lofty, some wonderfully shady or fruit-giving. But people call none of them azad or free, except for the cypress, which is none of these. Can you explainContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 20th April”

“When you drive your automobile in the Gobi desert, you can go everywhere. There is no one-way road.So the nature of your mind pervades in all directions at once, evenly, as light or heat penetrates evenly.The original nature of human beings is this even nature, but we are now in uneven nature, and our automobileContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 19th April”

An Upside-Down Easter Meditation by Parker J Palmer, “Years ago, I stumbled upon a little book by Julia Esquivel, the Guatemalan poet and social justice activist, titled “Threatened with Resurrection.” Those few words had a huge impact on me. I’d been taught that death is the great threat and resurrection the great hope. But atContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 18th April”

From Easter at the Forge Cross by Father Daniel O’Leary, “Resurrection is as earthy, local and intimate as our sweat and blood, our dreams and nightmares, our drives andpassions. It is as real as whatever or whoever drives and drains us, draws and drags us. Resurrection, in fact, is thedeepest meaning of everything that bringsContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 17th April”

From Circle of Grace: A Book of Blessings for the Seasons by Jan Richardson, “In the Breath, Another BreathingFor Holy Saturday Let it bethat on this daywe will expectno more of ourselvesthan to keepbreathingwith the bewilderedcadenceof lungs that will notgive up the ghost. Let it bewe will expectlittle butthe beating ofour heart,stubborn inits repeating rhythmthatContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 16th April”

From Julian of Norwich, The Showings: A Contemporary Translation by Mirabai Starr “Next, I had a physical vision of the face on the crucifix. As I stared at it, the face began to shift and change. I beheld aspects of his passion: vile contempt, spitting and pummelling, and more excruciating wounds than I could possiblyContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 15th April”

from The Radiance Sutras by Lorin Roche (translation of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra), “The air I am breathing was exhaled in ecstasyBy an ancient sun.This earth I am standing onWas born of cosmic fire.The blood flowing through my veinsIs as salty as the primordial ocean.The space permeating my bodyIs as infinite as the space allContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 14th April”

“When I hear people talk in reverence of far-off goddesses, angels on high and light beingsI often wish, that they would instead, turn their sacred reverie to the bone like roots, the dark fecund earth, the insects and the worms, the weeds and fungiFor they are the ones that carry the spirit of angel, theyContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 13th April”

“When water is still, it is like a mirror, reflecting your chin and eyebrows, everything. And if water obtains lucidity from stillness, how much more will the faculties of the mind do the same? The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, of all creation. Repose, tranquillity, stillness, inactionContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 12th April”