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“Stepping through the gate into Chatsworth Park early this morning, I saw the yellow, brown, and golden leaves quietly swirling to the ground, glinting in the sun that was just breaking through the cold, damp mist of morning. I crunched through the dead leaves piled at the bottom of the great gnarled trees with theirContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 24th October”

“Instead of “I love you,” it would be better to say “I am love-I am the embodiment of Pure Love.” Remove the I and you, and you will find that there is only Love. It is as if Love is imprisoned between the I and you. Remove the I and you, for they are unreal;Continue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 23rd October”

“We do not have to build a church. Let us be complete in ourselves. Let us drink ourselves empty, give ourselves fully, extend ourselves outward – until, at last, the waving treetops are our own gestures and our laughter is resurrected in the children who play beneath them…” Rainer Maria Rilke, quoted in A YearContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 22nd October”

DIWALI “The light is not in the stars, but in the lamp that burns in our hands.” Rabindranath Tagore (1861 – 1941), Bengali polymath

“One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as though there aren’t enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will getContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 20th October”

“I lift my eyes to the hills.From whence will my help come?My help comes from the creativity of the cosmosWhich is making the heavens and the earth.It comes also from the core of myself.It is my guide and hope.On this path I am safeWhatever befalls me.” Psalm 121 The Hills by Christine Robinson Image: NewContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 19th October”

“In an age of speed, I began to think, nothing could be more invigorating than going slow. In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention.” Pico Iyer, travel writer

“It is better to keep quiet about our beliefs, and live them out, than to talk eloquently about what we believe, but fail to live by it.” Saint Ignatius of Antioch (died c. 107), Feast Day today

“It will be a marvellous thing–the true personality of man–when we see it. It will grow naturally and simply, flowerlike, or as a tree grows. It will not be at discord. It will never argue or dispute. It will not prove things. It will know everything. And yet it will not busy itself about knowledge.Continue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 16th October”

“I believe natural beauty has a necessary place in the spiritual development of any individual or any society. I believe that whenever we destroy beauty, or whenever we substitute something man-made and artificial for a natural feature of the earth, we have retarded some part of man’s spiritual growth… As human beings, we are partContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 15th October”