Author Archives: Laura Dobson

“”Speak to the earth,” says the Book of Job, “and it will teach thee.” All things are known to and made by God, Job tells us. Some of us do speak to the earth and learn proof of God’s hand in everything, while others speak to the earth and learn more about the divinity ofContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 28th August”

“The little cares that fretted me.I lost them yesterdayAmong the fields above the sea.Among the winds at play;Among the lowing of the herds,The rustling of the trees,Among the singing of the birds,The humming of the bees. The foolish fears of what may happen,I cast them all awayAmong the clover-scented grass,Among the new-mown hay;Among the huskingContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 27th August”

“Sing to Life a new song!Sing of Life, all Creation!Sing of compassion andtemper your deeds with kindness.Sing to all the world andtell of the miracles that sustain us daily.Yet Wonder is greater than praise,no words can capture its Essence.All words are idols, all ideas snares –Truth is beyond opinion,Reality lies beyond thought’s last horizon.Splendour andContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 26th August”

“The Beloved woke. We became That, and the lake is crystal-clear.Intense cold makes water ice. Then the hard ice turns to slush and back to water,so there are three forms of consciousness: the individual, the world, and God,which in the sun of True Awareness melt to one flowing: I AM THAT.” Lalla Ded (also knownContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 25th August”

“Above all try to be kind. I have no doubt that kindness is the greatest virtue. You can find a million reasons in any one day to dislike people, to feel resentment or even loathing. But to be kind is to protect yourself from the worst parts of your own nature. You may fear thatContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 24th August”

“Earth’s body is not for saleor rent. She is realand we are her estate.But no body is property.Not even God owns any of it,but delights in its being its own. An ancient forest is alwaysin a dynamic state, halfof its body actively growing,half of it actively dying –these are the same half! The other halfContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 23rd August”

“When I was young and bold and strong,Oh, right was right, and wrong was wrong!My plume on high, my flag unfurled,I rode away to right the world.“Come out, you dogs, and fight!” said I,And wept there was but once to die.But I am old; and good and badAre woven in a crazy plaid.I sit andContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 22nd August”

“At a certain point you say to the woods, to the sea, to the mountains, the world, Now I am ready. Now I will stop and be wholly attentive. You empty yourself and wait, listening. After a time you hear it: there is nothing there. There is nothing but those things only, those created objects,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 21st August”

“Earth, in which lie the sea, the river, and other waters,in which food and cornfields have come to be,in which lives all that breathes and that moves,may she confer on us the finest of her yield. Earth, in which the waters, common to all,moving on all sides, flow unfailingly, day and night,may she pour usContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 20th August”

World Humanitarian Day “I believe that there is a greater power in the world than the evil power of military force, of nuclear bombs — there is the power of good, of morality, of humanitarianism.” Linus Pauling (1901 – 1994), Unitarian Universalist, winner of Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Peace, died on this day