Thoughts 2008

January - quote from William James on the importance of the small forces that can achieve huge changes.

February - verse “The Perfect Way” by So-San. Reproduced courtesy of TRANSCENDENCE: PRAYER OF PEOPLE OF FAITH, by Brother Daniel Faivre & Dr Tony McCaffrey, a collection of prayers and verses drawn from all traditions.

March - The Song of Creation by Max Muller: reproduced courtesy of HINDU SCRIPTURES, Everyman’s Library, Dent, London.

April - Meditation by Bodel Rikys: reproduced courtesy of MEDITATION IS by Bodel Rikys, Deep Books Ltd.

May - Mind without fear by Rabindrinath Tagore.

June - quote on the path of grace from Katha Upanishad, reproduced courtesy of 1001 PEARLS OF YOGA WISDOM by Liz Lark, published by Duncan Baird Publishers and available on SPECIAL OFFER to readers of Yoga & Health magazine. See page 2 of the June 2008 issue for details.

July - The peace of wild things by Wendell Berry, reproduced courtesy of the book RISKING EVERYTHING: 110 POEMS OF LOVE AND REVELATION ed Roger Housden, Harmony Books, New York 2003.

August - The secret within translated from the Katha Upanishad by Swami Ambikananda Saraswati, Frances Lincoln, 2001.

September - from Stray birds by Kabindranath Tagore, reproduced with kind permission from THE SUN IN ME: poems about the planet, compiled by Judith Nicholls and illustrated by Beth Krommes.

October - quote from Paracelsus, reproduced courtesy of HEALING MANDALAS by Lisa Tenzin-Dolma, Duncan Baird Publishers and available on SPECIAL OFFER to readers of Yoga & Health magazine. See page 2 of the October 2008 issue for details.

November - quote from an early Irish text, reproduced courtesy of the CELTIC MANDALA COLOURING KIT by Lisa Tenzin-Dolma, Duncan Baird Publishers and available on SPECIAL OFFER to readers of Yoga & Health magazine. See page 2 of the November 2008 issue for details.

December - quotes from Brother Lawrence, a 17th Century French monk, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, reproduced courtesy of 1001 PEARLS OF BIBLE WISDOM by Malcolm Day, with illustrations by Jenny Reynish, Duncan Baird Publishers. Available on SPECIAL READER OFFER to readers of Yoga & Health magazine. See page 2 of the December 2008 issue for details.