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“It is very important to go out alone, to sit under a tree—not with a book, not with a companion, but by yourself—and observe the falling of a leaf, hear the lapping of the water, the fishermen’s song, watch the flight of a bird, and of your own thoughts as they chase each other acrossContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 18th August”

“This is what it means to be entangled: it is to see that we are not complete, removed, or boundaried. We are not independent. To speak from a place of manicured morality, to attempt to stand outside the mess of it all, to try to be sincere, is to be blind to our rapturous entanglementContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 17th August”

“Listening is an art that comes from a quiet mind and an open heart. Listening uses all of your senses and it is a very subtle skill. Listening, just listening – not only with the ear, with your being. Your being becomes the instrument of listening. Your sensing mechanism in life is not just yourContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 16th August”

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall… think of it, always… Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life.Continue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 15th August”

For the Senses by John O’Donohue, “May the touch of your skinRegister the beautyOf the othernessThat surrounds you. May your listening be attunedTo the deeper silenceWhere sound is honedTo bring distance home. May the fragranceOf a breathing meadowRefresh your heartAnd remind you you areA child of the earth. And when you partakeOf food and drink,MayContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 14th August”

“I begin and end every day with a very old ritual that was taught to me by a gentle elderly woman who is a Tibetan nun. Each morning, the first thing after awakening, you take a small empty bowl that you keep for this purpose and fill it slowly to the brim from a sourceContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 13th August”

From The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake, who died on this day in 1827, “If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.For man has closed himself up till he sees all things through narrow chinks of his cavern.”

“The human spirit is more powerful than any drug – and that is what needs to be nourished: with work, play, friendship, family. These are the things that matter.” Robin Williams, who died on this day in 2014

“Beneath the physical form of hills and valleys, beneath the rivers and mountains, there is another appearance. It is not only in the minerals, nor in the folded rocks; it is not only in the soil, nor in the trees and plants. Yet somehow in and under and through all these things, the land hasContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 10th August”

“I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.” Hermann Hesse, who died on this day in 1962