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“We all have a thirst for wonder. It’s a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it. What I’m saying is, you don’t have to make stories up, you don’t have to exaggerate. There’s wonder and awe enough in the real world. Nature’s a lot better at inventing wonders than weContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 9th November”

“It seems to me that I have found my Heaven on earth, since Heaven is God and God is in my soul. The day I understood that, everything became clear to me. I wish to tell this secret to those whom I love so that they also, through everything, may also cling to God throughContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 8th November”

“If you’re smart or rich or luckyMaybe you’ll beat the laws of manBut the inner laws of spiritAnd the outer laws of natureNo man can” Joni Mitchell, singer-songwriter, born on this day in 1943 Image: Anima Mundi by Thomas Rees

“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”