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Today is the feast day of Irish Saint Gobnait. Her legend tells that she was born in County Clare in the fifth or sixth century, and went to study the monastic life on Inisheer in the Aran Islands. Here an angel appeared and told her that this was “not the place of her resurrection” andContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 11th January”

Returning Home by Kashmiri mystic and poet Lalla (1320 – 1392), “I rushed here and there, longing,seeking and searching, day and night.At last I returned home and foundwhat I was looking for—the guru inside!Like grasping a star, I held on.Controlling my breath,like fanning a flame with a bellows,my heart-lamp came alight.Breathing on that light,the chaffContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 10th February”

For Beauty by John O’Donohue, “As stillness in stone to silence is wedMay solitude foster your truth in word. As a river flows in ideal sequenceMay your soul reveal where time is presence. As the moon absolves the dark of distance,May your style of thought bridge the difference. As the breath of light awakens colourMayContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 9th February”

An Invitation to Give Up Being Advanced by Fred Lamotte, “Spiritual egos make a distinction between “beginner’s techniques” and “advanced techniques.” Their intellect wants something difficult to do, a sense of accomplishment. That is why so many new age teachers speak of their spiritual “work.” Do they ever speak of their spiritual “play”? Ease isContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 8th February”

“Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.”Charles Dickens, born on this day in 1812

From Honoring the Body by Christine Valters-Paintner, “Chronic illness asks you to navigate between worlds, the vertical land of the well, or “temporarily able-bodied” as those in the disability community say, and the horizontal world where most hours are spent in bed. This forced convalescence offers a new perspective on the world of rushing andContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 6th February”

“To me, Imbolc is such a powerful mystery of time because it is like the space between thoughts. If there’s nothing I need to think about right now, then I just stop thinking. Start listening. Listen to the music of awakening seeds, the whisper of creation bubbling out of silence all around me. The wordlessContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 5th February”

“To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.” Rosa Parks, civil rights activist, born on this day in 1913

“How ought we to live in the world?Do all your duties, but keep your mind on God.Live with all – with spouse and children, father and mother – and serve them.Treat them as if they were very dear to you, but know in your heart of hearts that they do not belong to you.” SriContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 3rd February”

“An Irish triad tells us that of the three candles that illumine every darkness: truth, nature and knowledge. Nature is our guide to the common law; knowledge is our guide to the reservoir of received law; but truth must be the discriminating force by which everyone illumines dark places.”Caitlin Matthews