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“To have humility is to experience reality, not in relation to ourselves, but in its sacred independence. It is to see, judge, and act from the point of rest in ourselves. Then, how much disappears, and all that remains falls into place. In the point of rest at the center of our being, we encounterContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 29th July”

“What we call the highest and the lowest in nature are both equally perfect. A willow bush is as beautiful as the human form divine.” Beatrix Potter (1866 – 1943), writer, artist and Unitarian, born on this day

“The awareness of being a child of God tends to stabilize the ego and results in a new courage, fearlessness, and power. I have seen it happen again and again. When I was a youngster, this was drilled into me by my grandmother. The idea was given to her by a certain slave minister who,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 27th July”

“It’s dark because you are trying too hard.Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly.Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply.Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. I was so preposterously serious in those days, such a humourless little prig.Lightly, lightly – it’s the best advice ever given me.When it comesContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 26th July”

“In my view, all that is necessary for faith is the belief that by doing our best we shall come nearer to success and that success in our aims (the improvement of the lot of mankind, present and future) is worth attaining.” Rosalind Franklin (1920 – 1958), chemist, whose work contributed to the discovery ofContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 25th July”

“The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one’s appreciation of fundamental things like home and love, and understanding companionship.” Amelia Earhart, aviator, born on this day in 1897, disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on 2 July 1937

“When we know how to nourish our love, we can heal ourselves and those around us. When love grows, it naturally embraces more and more. If your love is true love, then it will continue to grow until it includes all people and all species. Your love will become a river, wide enough to nourishContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 23rd July”

“Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,With conquering limbs astride from land to land;Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall standA mighty woman with a torch, whose flameIs the imprisoned lightning, and her nameMother of Exiles. From her beacon-handGlows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes commandThe air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.“Keep, ancient lands, yourContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 22nd July”

“Live the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the romance of the unusual.” Ernest Hemingway (1899 – 1961), born on this day

“”Each man is in his spectre’s powerUntil the arrival of that hourWhen his humanity awakeAnd cast his own spectre into the lake.” William Blake Long before Freud and Jung, William Blake coined the word spectre to signify the illusory self that, by its appetites and desires, overrules and dictates to the true self. The illusoryContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 20th July”