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“A rabbi asked his students, “How do you know that night has ended and the day is returning?” One student answered, “Is it when you see an animal in the distance and can tell whether it is a sheep or a dog?” “No,” the rabbi replied. Another student asked, “Is it when you look atContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 25th July”

“The most beautiful and most profound experience is the sensation of the mystical. It is the sower of all true science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifestingContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 24th July”

“Ironic, but one of the most intimate actsof our body isdeath.So beautiful appeared my death – knowing who then I would kiss,I died a thousand times before I died.“Die before you die,” said the ProphetMuhammad.Have wings that feared evertouched the Sun?I was born when all I oncefeared – I couldlove.”Rabia al-Basri (c.717 – 801), SufiContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 23rd July”

“Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;where knowledge is free;where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;where words come out from the depth of truth;where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;where the clear stream of reason has not lost its wayinto the drearyContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 22nd July”

“When I open my eyes to the outer world, I feel myself as a drop in the sea. But when I close my eyes and look within, I see the whole universe as a bubble raised in the ocean of my heart.”Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882 – 1927), teacher of Universal Sufism, quoted in Fragments ofContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 21st July”

“These are a few of my favourite life lessons that I learned as a result of walking on the Moon and the preparation that took us there—the guiding principles that have helped keep me going since returning to Earth. • The sky is not the limit … there are footprints on the Moon! • KeepContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 20th July”

“We do not ask for what useful purpose the birds do sing, for song is their pleasure since they were created for singing. Similarly, we ought not to ask why the human mind troubles to fathom the secrets of the heavens. The diversity of the phenomena of Nature is so great, and the treasures hiddenContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 19th July”

“There is only one breath. All are made of the same clay. Light within all is the same.”Guru Gobind Singh, tenth Guru of Sikhism, quoted in Fragments of Holiness for Daily Reflection

“To give is to receive. To receive is to give.To teach is to learn. To learn is to teach.To love is to be loved. To be loved is to love.In this world, there cannot be any person or place or thing or even a moment in time that only receives or only gives.And if thereContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 17th July”

“Three things cannot be retrieved:The arrow once sped from the bowThe word spoken in hasteThe missed opportunity.”Ali the Lion, Caliph of Islam, son-in-law of Muhammad the Prophet (peace be upon him), quoted in Caravan of Dreams by Idries Shah