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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

“Winter had settled over me, The frost sealing my eyes, my mouth;My bones as ice,StilledBeneath frozen water. You cameAnd planted your sun like a seed in me,Warm,Precious,Pearl of light,And my being became the song of snow-melt,A river-burst of birdsongRising. At your touch my body is a gardenOf snowdrops;This tender bloomingThe greening of my soul.” MariaContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 1st February”

“Do not depend on the hope of results. You may have to face the fact that your work will be apparently worthless and even achieve no result at all, if not perhaps results opposite to what you expect. As you get used to this idea, you start more and more to concentrate not on theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 31st January”

“It is the action, not the fruit of the action, that is important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there will be fruit, but that doesn’t mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results comeContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 30th January”