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“The Beloved woke. We became That, and the lake is crystal-clear.Intense cold makes water ice. Then the hard ice turns to slush and back to water,so there are three forms of consciousness: the individual, the world, and God,which in the sun of True Awareness melt to one flowing: I AM THAT.” Lalla Ded (also knownContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 25th August”

“Above all try to be kind. I have no doubt that kindness is the greatest virtue. You can find a million reasons in any one day to dislike people, to feel resentment or even loathing. But to be kind is to protect yourself from the worst parts of your own nature. You may fear thatContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 24th August”

“Earth’s body is not for saleor rent. She is realand we are her estate.But no body is property.Not even God owns any of it,but delights in its being its own. An ancient forest is alwaysin a dynamic state, halfof its body actively growing,half of it actively dying –these are the same half! The other halfContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 23rd August”

“When I was young and bold and strong,Oh, right was right, and wrong was wrong!My plume on high, my flag unfurled,I rode away to right the world.“Come out, you dogs, and fight!” said I,And wept there was but once to die.But I am old; and good and badAre woven in a crazy plaid.I sit andContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 22nd August”

“At a certain point you say to the woods, to the sea, to the mountains, the world, Now I am ready. Now I will stop and be wholly attentive. You empty yourself and wait, listening. After a time you hear it: there is nothing there. There is nothing but those things only, those created objects,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 21st August”

“Earth, in which lie the sea, the river, and other waters,in which food and cornfields have come to be,in which lives all that breathes and that moves,may she confer on us the finest of her yield. Earth, in which the waters, common to all,moving on all sides, flow unfailingly, day and night,may she pour usContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 20th August”

World Humanitarian Day “I believe that there is a greater power in the world than the evil power of military force, of nuclear bombs — there is the power of good, of morality, of humanitarianism.” Linus Pauling (1901 – 1994), Unitarian Universalist, winner of Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Peace, died on this day

“God is not a watchmaker who then periodically tinkers with the creation he long ago established. Instead, God is one with all that exists. The great miracle is the energizing force of the universe itself. One mind is everywhere active, in each ray of the star, in each wavelet of the pool.” Ralph Waldo EmersonContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 18th August”

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” Mae West, born on this day in 1893

“Though human nature has many detractors, and though we fail our own best intentions sometimes, the treasury of the soul reflects its divine origins time and again in our life’s track. True divinity of soul shines out in the most unexpected moments: when we are hard-pressed, when care and support must stretch just a littleContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 16th August”