Archive for the tag 'National Trust'
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens
The Walled Garden…
…Attingham Park, July 2015
8 Comments CherryPie on Sep 15th 2015
Just as a flower gives out its fragrance to whomsoever approaches or uses it, so love from within us radiates towards everybody and manifests as spontaneous service.
Swami Ramdas
4 Comments CherryPie on Sep 13th 2015
Offer unto me that which is very dear to thee – which you hold most covetable. Infinite are the results of such an offering.
Bhagavatam
8 Comments CherryPie on Sep 6th 2015
Filed under Heritage, Out & About
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Do not let your peace depend on the hearts of others; whatever they say about you, good or bad, you are not because of it another, for as you are, you are.
Thomas A Kempis
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 16th 2015
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
A human being is part of the whole, called by us “universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest – a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires [...]
19 Comments CherryPie on Aug 2nd 2015
I am the song
I am the song that sings the bird.
I am the leaf that grows the land.
I am the tide that moves the moon.
I am the stream that halts the sand.
I am the cloud that drives the storm.
I am the earth that lights the sun.
I am the fire that strikes the stone.
I am the [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jul 26th 2015
