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“Matter is energy (light) whose vibration has been so lowered as to be perceptible to the senses. There is no matter…We are slowed down sound and light waves, a walking bundle of frequencies tuned into the cosmos. We are souls dressed up in sacred biochemical garments and our bodies are the instruments through which ourContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 14th November”

From Earth Bound: Daily Meditations for All Seasons by Brian Nelson,“As the autumn air grows chill, take this opportunity to become more mindful of the air itself. As David Abram writes in The Spell of the Sensuous, “the air is the most pervasive presence I can name, enveloping, embracing, and caressing me both inside andContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 13th November”

“The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.” Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American Unitarian social activist, abolitionist, and leading figureContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 12 November”

From All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque“Comrade, I did not want to kill you… But you were only an idea to me before, an abstraction that lived in my mind and called forth its appropriate response. It was that abstraction I stabbed. But now, for the first time, I see youContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 11th November”

“The dog is the most faithful of animals and would be much esteemed were it not so common. Our Lord God has made His greatest gifts the commonest.”Martin Luther, theologian and instigator of the Reformation, born on this day in 1483

“I wonder why space and emptiness are almost always seen as loss, as missed opportunity, as the unknown in need of labelling. Yet nothing much can ever happen without them. Rather are they the necessary conditions and context for imagination and understanding. Without the blank margins on this page, or the spaces between the lettersContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 9th November”

What the Day Gives by Quaker poet Jeanne Lohmann (1923 – 2016), “Suddenly, sun. Over my shoulderin the middle of gray Novemberwhat I hoped to do comes back,asking. Across the street the fiery treeshold onto their leaves,red and gold in the final monthsof this unfinished year,they offer blazing riddles.. In the frozen fields of myContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 8th November”

“As long as coal miners die young and in agony so that we can have cheap electricity; so long as farm workers and their children become desperately ill because of exposure to deadly chemicals that help make our food cheaper; as long as workers at our favourite ‘big box’ store can be forced to workContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 7th November”

“The people never got used to Egypt. They never felt they belonged there.They never said, “They are the masters and we are the slaves and that’s the way it is.”So when Moses came and told them that they were going to leave, they believed him.Everyone has their Egypt. You’ve got to know who you areContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 6th November”

From Earth Pilgrim by Satish Kumar,“My life is an unending pilgrimage – I have no destination. Touching the earth – being connected to the soil, being mindful of every step – is how I practice eco-spirituality. Walking in the wild is my meditation. Walking in nature is my prayer, my peace and my solitude. Breathing,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 5th November”