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Monet Refuses the Operation by Lisel Mueller, “Doctor, you say there are no haloesaround the streetlights in Parisand what I see is an aberrationcaused by old age, an affliction.I tell you it has taken me all my lifeto arrive at the vision of gas lamps as angels,to soften and blur and finally banishthe edges youContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 5th December”

“I salute the light within your eyes where the whole universe dwells. For when you are at that centre within you and I am at that place within me, we shall be one.” Crazy Horse, leader of the Oglala Lakota nation, born on this day in 1840

Tripping Over Joy by Daniel Ladinsky (inspired by Sufi mystic Hafiz), “What is the differenceBetween your experience of ExistenceAnd that of a saint? The saint knowsThat the spiritual pathIs a sublime chess game with God And that the BelovedHas just made such a Fantastic Move That the saint is now continuallyTripping over JoyAnd bursting outContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 3rd December”

“Trees have desires.Rocks have knowledge.Jugs are full of emptiness and joy.All embodied ones have this in common.All are propelled by the same OneWhose pulse beats in your breast.Shed insularity.Be all-pervasive,Delighting in kinship everywhere.”From The Radiance Sutras by Lorin Roche (a contemporary interpretation of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, a 7th century Indian sacred text)

Three Step Morning Prayer by Native American Franciscan nun, Sister José Hobday (1929 – 2009),“First Step: Plant your feet firmly on the earth. Using your five senses, give thanks to our Creator God for the countless ways God comes to us through creation- for all the beauty that your eyes see, for all the soundsContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 1st December”

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”James Baldwin (1924 – 1987), who died on this day

“Keep good company, read good books, love good things, and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.”Louisa May Alcott, born on this day in 1832

“All that separates, whether of race, class, creed, or sex, is inhuman, and must be overcome.”Kate Sheppard (1837 – 1934), New Zealand Suffragette. New Zealand was the first country to grant women the right to vote and the first election in which women voted there was on this day in 1893.

“Our deeds are the medicineby which the world heals itself.It’s not size and quantity that matters.Only one small, good deedand everything could fall in place.Which deed will that be?It could be any one.Whatever you can do,do it believing thatthis is the one to tip the scales.”Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson (Lubavitcher Rebbe)

“For ages you have come and gonecourting this delusion.For ages you have run from the painand forfeited the ecstasy.So come, return to the root of the rootof your own soul.Although you appear in earthly formYour essence is pure Consciousness.You are the fearless guardianof Divine Light.So come, return to the root of the rootof your ownContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 26th November”