Author Archives: Laura Dobson

“Bombs and pistols do not make a revolution. The sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetting-stone of ideas… Any man who stands for progress has to criticize, disbelieve and challenge every item of the old faith. Item by item he has to reason out every nook and corner of the prevailing faith. If afterContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 27th September”

International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons “The goal of the Christian religion is not the idolizing of Christ, not christolatry, but that we are all “in Christ,” as the mystical expression goes, that we have a part in the life of Christ. This saviour is a wounded healer, and he heals soContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 26th September”

“Drink life one sip at a time. This moment is brand new. Let it pour it’s newness into you.” Hiral Nagda

“Our Father, we thank Thee for Trees!We thank Thee for the trees of our childhoodin whose shade we played and read and dreamed;for the trees of our schooldays,the trees along the paths where friendship walked.We thank Thee for special treeswhich will always stand large in our memorybecause for some reason of our own they becameContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 24th September”

Autumn Equinox “The most dangerous psychological mistake is the projection of the shadow on to others; this is the root of almost all conflicts. Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darknessContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 23rd September”

“Don’t look down on the heart,even if it’s not behaving well.Even in that shape, the heartis more precious than the teachingsof the exalted saints. The broken heart is where God looks.How lucky is the soul that mends the heart! For God, consoling the heartthat is broken into hundreds of piecesis better than going on pilgrimage.Continue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 22nd September”

International Day of Peace “When I think of peace, I think of a world where human beings are no longer brutalized on account of such accidents of birth as sex, race, religion, or nationality. For me, peace is a way of structuring human relations where daily acts of kindness and caring are tangibly rewarded. ItContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 21st September”

“Cleaning and cleansing through movement is the pattern of earth’s nomadic peoples. They do not remain long in one place for many reasons, but chief of these is that the land on which they have rested becomes “worn out”. The act of moving on, then, is for them an act of renewal and care, allowingContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 20th September”

“Spiritual practice is not just sitting and meditation. Practice is looking, thinking, touching, drinking, eating and talking. Every act, every breath, and every step can be practice and can help us to become more ourselves.” Thich Nhat Hanh

“How can I get to know myself? Not by thinking, for thinking only reflects my conscious being, but by meditating. Meditation goes beyond the conscious mind into the unconscious. In meditation I can become aware of the ground of my being in matter, in life, in human consciousness. I can experience my solidarity with theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 18th September”