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“Wherever you go looking for MeI’m already always by your sideI’m not in sacred placesI’m not in temple idolsI’m not in solitary retreatsI’m already always by your side.I’m not in temples or mosquesI’m not in the Kaaba, not in KailashI’m already always by your side.I’m not in austerities, not in meditation,Not in feasts, not inContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 6th November”

“There is something insane about a lack of doubt. Doubt, to me anyway, is what makes you human, and without doubt even the righteous lose their grip not only on reality but also on their humanity.” Tilda Swinton, actress, born on this day in 1960

“We must find sources of strength and renewal for our own spirits, lest we perish…. It is very much in order to make certain concrete suggestions in this regard. First, we must learn to be quiet, to settle down in one spot for a spell. Sometime during each day, everything should stop and the artContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 4th November”

“My bare feet walk the earth reverentlyfor everything keeps crying,Take off your shoes.The ground you stand on is holyThe ground of your being is holy.When the wind sings through the pineslike a breath of Godawakening you to the sacred presentcalling your soul to new insightsTake off your shoes!When the sun rises above your rooftopcoloring yourContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 3rd November”

All Souls’ Day “When Mexican villagers celebrate Los Dios de los Muertos (the Days of the Dead), the celebrants customarily scatter finely decorated skulls made of sugar amid the feast. Kids, of course, will eat anything. But it’s striking to consider that adults, too, partake of these cranial confections. The sugar skull symbolically reminds usContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 2nd November”

All Saints’ Day “Mother Spirit, Father Spirit, where are you?In the skysong, in the forest, sounds your cry.What to give you, what to call you, what am I? Many drops are in the ocean, deep and wide.Sunlight bounces off the ripples to the sky.What to give you, what to call you, who am I? IContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 1st November”

Samhain “Four Seasons fill the measure of the year;There are four seasons in the mind of man:He has his lusty Spring, when fancy clearTakes in all beauty with an easy span:He has his Summer, when luxuriouslySpring’s honied cud of youthful thought he lovesTo ruminate, and by such dreaming highIs nearest unto heaven: quiet covesHis soulContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 31st October”

“No need to wonder what heron-haunted lakelay in the other valley,or regret the songs in the forestI chose not to traverse.No need to ask where other roads might have led,since they led elsewhere;for nowhere but this here and nowis my true destination.The river is gentle in the soft evening,and all the steps of my lifeContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 30th October”

“We are staring at the moonand I think for a second we becomewolves again.Screaming at the stars,growling at the ideathat this night might endand we will forget this moment,as in turn we will be forgotten.Our wild souls captured. We become wolves,and for once we are runningfor something.Instead of running from it.” Wolves by Ruth Awolola

“How to stop time: kiss. How to travel in time: read. How to escape time: music. How to feel time: write. How to release time: breathe.” Matt Haig