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Zero Discrimination Day “When I was born, I was colored. I soon became a Negro. Not long after that I was black. Most recently I was African-American. It seems we’re on a roll here. But I am still first and foremost in search of freedom.” Harry Belafonte (1927 – 2023), born on this day

“If the two wings of a bird are devotion and spiritual actions, spiritual knowledge is its tail. Only with the help of all three can the bird soar into the heights.” Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, known as Amma

“I have something that I call my Golden Rule. It goes something like this: ‘Do unto others twenty-five percent better than you expect them to do unto you.’ … The twenty-five percent is for error.” Linus Pauling, Unitarian Universalist, chemist and peace activist (1901 – 1994), born on this day

“Revolutionary love is the call of our times. If you cringe when people say that love is the answer, I do, too. I am not talking about sentimentality or civility or thoughts and prayers. I am talking about love as labor, a conscious embodied practice. Social reformers and spiritual teachers throughout history led entire nonviolentContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 27th February”

“You who let yourselves feel: enter the breathingthat is more than your own.Let it brush your cheeksas it divides and rejoins behind you. Blessed ones, whole ones,you where the heart begins:You are the bow that shoots the arrowsand you are the target. Fear not the pain. Let its weight fall backinto the earth;for heavy areContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 26th February”

“It’s being here now that’s important… Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can’t relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don’t know if there is one… the only thing we ever experience is the now…Continue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 25th February”

“The fullness of joy is to behold God in everything.” Julian of Norwich (c.1343 – c.1416), quoted in Christian Mystics by Matthew Fox

“The truth is, I do indulge myself a little the more in pleasure, knowing that this is the proper age of my life to do it; and, out of my observation that most men that do thrive in the world do forget to take pleasure during the time that they are getting their estate, butContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 23rd February”

“Anything human can be felt through music, which means that there is no limit to the creating that can be done with music. You can take the same phrase from any song and cut it up so many different ways – it’s infinite. It’s like God… you know?” Nina Simone (1933 – 2003), born onContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 22nd February”

“The cauldron of Annwfn, the Welsh Underworld, was guarded, warmed, and inspired by the nine sisters of the cauldron – the primal inspirers of the Celtic world. The ninefold sisters were understood to take the threefold thread of each life and amplify it till its full potential was realized. They were seen as the GiftingContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 21st February”