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“All religions seek to demonstrate the reality of God through symbols. These symbols are seen as pointers to a transcendent reality beyond themselves. Symbols are necessary, for they make the reality present to us. Every word we use is a symbol. God is a symbol. These are symbols we use to point to something whichContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 11th July”

“When all thoughts are exhaustedI slip into the wood and gatherA pile of shepherd’s purse.Like the little stream making its wayThrough the mossy crevicesI, too, quietly turn clear and transparent.”Ryokan (c.1758 – 1831), Zen master

Your Life is a Mirror – a Sufi story from an unknown author “A stranger enters a village, and immediately looks for the Sufi master to ask advice. He says, ‘I’m thinking of moving to live in this village. What can you tell me about the people who live here?’And the Sufi master replies, ‘WhatContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 9th July”

From The Prophet by Khalil Gibran, “And a poet said, Speak to us of Beauty.And he answered:Where shall you seek beauty, and how shall you find her unless she herself be your way and your guide?And how shall you speak of her except she be the weaver of your speech? The aggrieved and the injuredContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 8th July”

Living Poetry by Christopher Chase“Every body has a story.Every atom has a story.Go back 100 million yearsand your atoms were therein dragonfly wings,in trees and oceans,in prehistoric forests,as steam swirling fromdinosaur dung…Go back 6 billion yearsand most of “you” wasfloating asintergalactic dust,or buried deepin the cores oflong gone stars…Even as recently as a year ago,mostContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 7th July”

From The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation by Thich Nhat Hahn, “Worrying does not accomplish anything. Even if you worry twenty times more, it will not change the situation of the world. In fact, your anxiety will only make things worse. Even though things are not as weContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 6th July”

“Negative thoughts Oh, they come and they goAnd sometimes they comeA lot more than they go For thoughts create feelingsAnd feelings then feelAnd that’s why it’s easyTo feel that they’re real Because when they arriveThey suggest they’re youAnd you should do justWhat they say you should do Then slowly the negativeThoughts can beginTo widen thatContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 5th July”

As well as being American Independence Day, today is the anniversary of Transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau moving into his log cabin in the woods at Walden Pond in 1845. In Walden he wrote,“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see ifContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 4th July”

“A candle is a small thing. But one candle can light another. And see how its own light increases, as a candle gives its flame to the other. You are such a light.” Rabbi Moshe Davis

“Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life.A tree says: A kernel is hidden in me, a spark, a thought, I am life from eternalContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 2nd July”