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“We are vanishing from the earth, yet I cannot think we are useless or else Usen would not have created us. He created all tribes of men and certainly had a righteous purpose in creating each… There is one God looking down on us all. We are all the children of one God. The sun,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 17th February”

“We live within an earth full of wild reciprocity, each being- the rooted, feathered, winged, furred and scaled all bring their own medicine, their own purpose to themselves and to their wild community.Our bodies, woven from nature, are made of this love.So gifted are we with tools that show us our care, that speak ourContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 16th February”

“In meditationmy mind wanders,but I don’t. In meditationthe moth keeps dancingaround the flame.The moth is the Lord.I am the flame. In meditationthe sea is wildand the boat is small.It is a dangerous crossing.The ferryman paddlesfuriously. My back to the waves,I sit in the bowcalling to the boatman,“Follow me!I will lead you to the other shorewhereContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 15th February”

Second Sight by David Whyte, “Sometimes, you need the ocean light,and colors you’ve never seen beforepainted through an evening sky. Sometimes you need your Godto be a simple invitationnot a telling word of wisdom. Sometimes you need only the first shynessthat comes from being shown thingsfar beyond your understanding, so that you can fly andContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 14th February”

“Each individual experiences life in two worlds. There is the outer world and there is the inner world. One is the realm of the effect while the other is the realm of the cause. When we surrender to the sensory impressions of the outer world, then life is in the realm of effect, and weContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 13th February”

“To say that we are the presence of God in this world is not a metaphor. We are the face of God in this world, and God’s voice and hands. God changes outcomes in this world only as we change them. God is not an independent agent, in other words. God is dependent upon us.Continue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 12th February”

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”