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“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

“The reality of Divinity is like an endless ocean. Revelation may be likened to the rain. Can you imagine the cessation of rain? Ever on the face of the earth somewhere rain is pouring down.”Abdu’l Baha (1844 – 1921), head of the Baha’i faith from 1892 to 1921

From The Celtic Spirit: Meditations for the Turning Year by Caitlin Matthews, “The Language of the Birds“Birds now represent the continued presence of the past, evoked by the singing, whistling and calling that fell into millions of ancestral ears and there left images that we all inherit.” Jacquetta Hawkes, A LandThe Celtic peoples held birds in high esteem,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 14th July”

“Life is a gift which we have not earned and for which we cannot pay. There is no necessity that there be a universe, no inevitability about a world moving towards life and then self-awareness. There might have been … nothing at all. Since we have not earned J. S. Bach – or friends orContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 13th July”

On this day in 2013, her 16th birthday, Malala Yousafzai delivered this speech to the United Nations,“Bismillah hir rahman ir rahim.In the name of God, the most merciful, the most beneficent…Today, it is an honour for me to be speaking again after a long time. Being here with such honourable people is a great momentContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 12th July”