21st August

[simage=342,max,n,center,] Deep in the soul, below pain, below all the distraction of life, is a silence vast and grand – an infinite ocean of calm, which nothing can disturb; nature’s own exceeding peace, which “passes understanding”. That which we seek with passionate longing, here and there, upward and outward, we find at last within ourselves.Continue reading “21st August”

19th August

[simage=340,max,n,center,] “Why should I listen to my heart?” “Because you will never be able to keep it quiet even if you pretend not to have heard what it tells you and, it will always be there inside you, repeating to you what you are thinking about the world and your life.” Paulo Coehlo – TheContinue reading “19th August”

14th August

[simage=335,max,n,center,] When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don’t blame the lettuce. You look into the reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or our family, we blame theContinue reading “14th August”

13th August

[simage=334,max,n,center,] In 1989, thirteen nations comprising 1,695,000 people experienced nonviolent revolutions that succeeded beyond anyone’s wildest expectations . . . If we add all the countries touched by major nonviolent actions in our century (the Philippines, South Africa . . . the independence movement in India . . .) the figure reaches 3,337,400,000, a staggeringContinue reading “13th August”