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“In India we always pronounce the word peace three times: shanti shanti shanti – peace, peace, peace. Why three times? Because peace has at least three dimensions: inner peace, social peace and ecological peace – making peace with yourself, making peace with the world and making peace with nature.”Satish Kumar

“Let love continue. If we agree in love, there is no disagreement that can do us any injury; but if we do not, no other agreement can do us any good. Let us keep a secret guard against the enemy that sows discord among us. Let us endeavour to keep the unity of spirit inContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 20th September”

“We eat foods whose cells are filled with water that has travelled thousands of miles airborne in flying rivers from the rainforests.We drink that waters that have been circulating through earth, body, river, ocean and cloud upon our planet since water began here billions of years ago – it’s all the same water and waterContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 19th September”

“We are not alone.There are many others,here, alongside of us.Some are just like us.Some are very different.Some are somewhere in between.Some are wiser than us.Some are more intelligent.Some are more advanced.Many are none of these.Minds think.Hearts feel.Bodies move.As it is with us,so too is it with them.Many are just like us on the insidehowever differentContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 18th September”

“Humanity finds itself in the midst of the world.In the midst of all other creatureshumanity is the most significantand yet the most dependent upon the others.Humanity is small in stature,but powerful in strength of soul.With head directed upward,with feet on firm ground,humanity can set all things in motion,things above as well as things below.”Hildegard ofContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 17th September”

“The way we see the world shapes the way we treat it. If a mountain is a deity, not a pile of ore; if a forest is a sacred grove, not timber; if other species are biological kin, not resources; or if the planet is our mother, not an opportunity – then we will treatContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 16th September”

“There are barriers which divide the righteous and the unrighteous. But we know that each of us is both. There is within us the impulse to be generous, kind, worthy, and decent. And there is within us the impulse to be cruel, mean-spirited, and vengeful. Help us not to see people, ourselves included, as eitherContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 15th September”

“Around us, life bursts forth with miracles—a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops. If you live in awareness, it is easy to see miracles everywhere.Each human being is a multiplicity of miracles. Eyes that see thousands of colors, shapes, and forms; ears that hear a beeContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 14th September”

“Keep a clear eye toward life’s end. Do not forget your purpose and destiny as God’s creature. What you are in his sight is what you are and nothing more. Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take nothing that you have received, but only what you have given; a full heart enrichedContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 13th September”

“God is not what you thinkor even what you believe,because God isa word unspoken,a thought unthought,a belief unbelieved.So if you wish to knowthis God, practice wonder,do what is good, andcultivate silence.The rest will follow.”Meister Eckhart