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“To understand the world, knowledge is not enough. You must see it, touch it, live in its presence and drink the vital heat of existence in the very heart of reality.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881 – 1955), Jesuit priest, paleontologist and theologian

“I quietly gaze into the depths of a forestand see nothing save beauty and peace.Birdsong fills my ears.A gentle breeze brushes against my cheek.Seeing from inside the seeing,I drink the dark riches of the woods. Would it be that every day I could seemy own face so clearly in these still waters,And meet the emptinessContinue reading “Thought for the day, Monday 14th August”

“Every unique thing in nature is related to the whole, and partakes of the perfection of the whole. Each particle is a microcosm, and faithfully renders the likeness of the world. In geometric harmony of the cosmos there are ways that resemble, there are universal patterns, from blood vessels, to winter trees or to aContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 13th August”

International Youth Day “Please bring strange things.Please come bringing new things.Let very old things come into your hands.Let what you do not know come into your eyes.Let desert sand harden your feet.Let the arch of your feet be the mountains.Let the path of our fingertips be your mapsand the ways you go be the linesContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 12th August”

“Only the strongest people have the pluck to change their minds, and say so, if they see they have been wrong in their ideas.” Children’s author Enid Blyton, born on this day in 1897

“Action that is in accordance with duty, performed without attachment and aversion, and done without desire for rewards, is action in the mode of goodness.” Bhagavad Gita (Song of God) 18:23, composed in India in around 200 BCE

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples “In a culture of gratitude, everyone knows that gifts will follow the circle of reciprocity and flow back to you again. This time you give and next time your receive. Both the honour of giving and the humility of receiving are necessary halves of the equation. The grassContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 9th August”

“Our culture often frowns on crying, seeing it as weakness or a loss of control. But tears, like all water, cleanse and purify. When our faces are wet with tears we have been baptized in a way – a natural baptism, sometimes performed for us without our even asking. And our tears also contain theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 8th August”

“I slept and dreamt that life was joy.I awoke and saw that life was service.I acted and behold, service was joy.” Rabindranath Tagore, died on this day in 1941

“As we solemnly mark today’s anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, it is heartening to note that the most enduring symbol of healing is a symbol from nature. Centuries ago, Japanese civilization began venerating the crane, and the image of thousands of cranes became common in artwork. The crane was known for long life, and origamiContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 6th August”