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“Why is it that so many of us persist in thinking that autumn is a sad season? Nature has merely fallen asleep, and her dreams must be beautiful if we are to judge by her countenance.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 – 1834), poet and one-time Unitarian minister, born on this day.

“To re-experience the integration of ourselves with nature, we have to take ourselves out of our four walls and set our life-story in the context of nature’s terms. This means becoming especially aware of one area of the natural world – an area that is our listening place, an area where we tune out theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 20th October”

“Sunlight made visiblethe whole length of a sky,movement ofleaf, flower, all six colourson tree, bush and creeper:all thisis the day’s worship. The light of moon, star and fire,lightnings and all thingsthat go by the name of lightare the night’s worship. Night and dayin your worshipI forget myselfO lord white as jasmine.” Mahadeviyakkha (12th Century SouthContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 19th October”

“Three things differentiate living from the soul versus living from ego only.They are:the ability to sense and learn new ways;the tenacity to ride a rough road;and the patience to learn deep love over time.” Clarissa Pinkola Estés

“Everything changes, everything passes,Things appearing, things disappearing.But when it is all over –everything having appeared and having disappeared,Being and extinction both transcended –Still the basic emptiness and silence abides,And that is blissful peace.” Maha Prajna Paramita Hridaya (The Heart Sutra)

“Nonviolence requires of those who practise it, from whatever religious or cultural background they may come, an extraordinary commitment. It requires nothing less than the transformation of ourselves. We have to look deeply into our own anger, our aggressiveness and our fear. It’s no less arduous than training for the Olympics. And the results areContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 16th October”

““Give thanks to God, who is goodwhose mercy endures forever.” We stand in awe of an infinitywhich we cannot begin to comprehendWe set ourselves to live in tune with the universe—that we may be glad with the gladness of people of faith. Yes, time and time again we have gone astray,We have despoiled this beautiful,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 15th October”

“Often when with deliberationI set out to enjoy nature with a capital ‘N’,my eagerness and expectationlead to disappointment once again.But if, without intent, I step outsidemerely to hang washing on the line,I am completely overwhelmed by the fineOctober day:the singing birds, the sparkling light,the falling leaves put to flightall introspection, I belongto the simple lifeContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 14th October”

“The value of a human beingcan be measured by what he or shemost deeply wants.Be free of possessing things.Sit at an empty table.Be pleased with water,the taste of being home.People travel the world lookingfor the Friend,but that one is always at home!” Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (1207 – 1273)

“The circuits of the soul during sleep enter into a timelessness in which our past and future are inextricably mixed, in which we meet the dead, encounter the expected, and fly and dance and swim through elements that we normally do not move within. Whether or not the daytime consciousness has a spiritual framework ofContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 12th October”