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“Someone once asked me what I regarded as the three most important requirements for happiness. My answer was: A feeling that you have been honest with yourself and those around you; a feeling that you have done the best you could both in your personal life and in your work; and the ability to loveContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 11th October”

World Mental Health Day “There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in … There is a crack in everything that you can put together: physical objects, mental objects, constructions of any kind. But that’s where the light gets in, and that’s where the resurrection is and that’s where the return, that’sContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 10th October”

“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannotContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 9th October”

“The heavens declare the glory of the Creator;the firmament proclaims the handiwork of Love.Day to day speech pours forthand night to night knowledge is revealed.There is no speech, nor are there words;their voice is not heard;Yet does their music resound through all the earth,and their words echo to the ends of the world. In themContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 8th October”

“The Dead Sea in the Middle East receives freshwater, but it has no outlet, so it doesn’t pass the water out. It receives beautiful water from the rivers, and the water goes dank. I mean, it just goes bad. And that’s why it is the Dead Sea. It receives and does not give. In theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 7th October”

“I have never been able to grasp the meaning of time. I don’t believe it exists. I’ve felt this again and again, when alone and out in nature. On such occasions, time does not exist. Nor does the future exist… I also believe that when one dies, one may wake up to the reality thatContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 6th October”

“We must approach mysticism, which comes closest to overcoming the hierarchical masculine concept of God – a mysticism to be sure, in which the thirst for real liberation does not lead to drowning in the sea of unconsciousness… The mystical certainty that nothing can separate us from the love of God grows when we ourselvesContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 5th October”

World Animals Day (Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi) “How it is that animals understand things I do not know, but it is certain that they do understand. Perhaps there is a language which is not made of words, and everything in the world understands it. Perhaps there is a soul hidden in everythingContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 4th October”

“God has implanted in your heart his wisdom. So throw out of your heart everything that contradicts this wisdom. While foolishness overwhelms wisdom, you are like a deep dark lake where true life cannot survive. When you have thrown out foolishness, follow the path that leads to freedom. This means obeying the wisdom that alreadyContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 3rd October”

International Day of Non-Violence “Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.” Mahatma Gandhi, born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, on this day in 1869