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“Nothing is more important than empathy for another human being’s suffering. Nothing. Not a career, not wealth, not intelligence, certainly not status. We have to feel for one another if we’re going to survive with dignity.” Audrey Hepburn

Fifth anniversary of Manchester Arena bombing From Mother of God Similar to Fire by Mirabai Starr, “Mother of Mercy, ​​​​​​​​the cries of the world keep me awake at night. ​​​​​​​​I rise from my bed, but I cannot locate the source of the wailing. ​​​​​​​​It is everywhere, Mother, coming from all directions, ​​​​​​​​and my heart isContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 22nd May”

“The years of all of us are short, our lives precarious. Our days and nights go hurrying on, and there is scarcely time to do the little that we might. Yet we find time for bitterness, for petty treason and evasion. What can we do to stretch our hearts enough to lose their littleness? HereContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 21st May”

“Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.” Utilitarian philosopher John Stuart Mill, author of On Liberty, born on this day in 1806

“A life without love is of no account. Don’t ask yourself what kind of love you should seek, spiritual or material, divine or mundane, Eastern or Western. Divisions only lead to more divisions. Love has no labels, no definitions. It is what it is, pure and simple. Love is the water of life. And aContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 19th May”

“We cannot live without the night,gossamer veils of emptiness.The Goddess is black,but each pore of her bodyemits a rainbow.Motionless, she watchesbeyond care, yet flowslike a river of healing.Doesn’t dark energy circle us alllike Mother Raven?Take root in your grief.That is where the sun is born.Ascend through a bolder falling.Her womb is immaculate silence.Her void isContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 18th May”

“Let us be aware of the source of being common to us and to all living things. Invoking the presence of the Great Compassion, let us fill our hearts with our own compassion – towards ourselves and towards all living beings.Let us pray that all living beings realise that they are brothers and sisters, allContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 17th May”

“There are three types of people:A) There are those who define themselves by what they do.B) There are those who define themselves by what and how much they have.C) And there are those whose definition of self stems from who they are. Most people’s self-worth and confidence (or lack thereof), is based on what theyContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 16th May”

“When women understand that governments and religions are human inventions; that Bibles, prayer-books, catechisms, and encyclical letters are all emanations from the brains of man, they will no longer be oppressed by the injunctions that come to them with the divine authority of Thus sayeth the Lord.” Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who founded the National WomanContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 15th May”

“The world is new to us every morning – this is God’s gift; and every man should believe he is reborn each day.” Baal Shem Tov