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About Author Richard F Holmes

I was born in London in 1955 and have lived a very topsy turvey life. I left school at 15 with no qualifications, and had I not left voluntarily, I would have been asked to leave. I always felt that I didn't fit in anywhere, and as a result, by the time I reached the age of 17 I'd had 24 jobs. I joined the army in 1976 hoping that it would give me a purpose in life but instead I became even more disillusioned and turned to alcohol. I hated the army because I found it to be such a hypocritical organisation and as soon as I was eligible to do so, I bought myself out. Whilst in the military however, I did enjoy my experiences in Germany and in 1980 went back there to work, staying for six years. My heavy drinking continued during my time in Germany and by the time I returned to the UK in 1986 I was heading down into a deep depression. I managed to haul myself out of it in the mid-to-late 1990's but my life hit an all time low in 2000. In early 2001 I found my spiritual pathway and started to turn my life around. I now live in Gloucestershire in the UK and I'm a successful medium and healer. I'm also the author of ten spiritual publications and have produced five meditation and three chanting CDs. I'm a workshop facilitator in various spiritual topics and I also give profound interpretations of dreams. There are plans in 2014 for another book, provisionally entitled "An Idiots Guide To Spiritual Law" and a series of audio books in CD form. Connect with me on facebook https://www.facebook.com/authorrichardfholmes

Thought For The Day #106

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I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can’t make it through one door, I’ll go through another door – or I’ll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present – Rabindranath Tagore

Thought For The Day #105

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Today’s Thought For The Day is dedicated to my Sai Sister Nelline Naidoo who is currently in the throes of illness.  May Swami’s love forever touch your heart sweet soul.

See with the eyes of love

Hear with the ears of love,

Work with the hands of love,

Thinks thoughts of love,

Feel love in every nerve.

~ Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Thought For The Day #104

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When the power of love replaces the love of power, man will have a new name: God – Sri Chinmoy

Thought For The Day #103

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Arise, transcend Thyself, thou art man and the whole nature of man
Is to become more than himself – Sri Aurobindo

Thought For The Day #102

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A leader is a ladder. Indeed, a leader is he who lifts his followers up, and not he who pushes his followers down. A supreme leader is he who has the dreamer’s eyes and the doer’s hands – Sri Chinmoy

Thought For The Day #101

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Hope
Is not just a word.
Hope
Is today’s beautiful plant.
Hope
Is tomorrow’s fruitful tree.

Sri Chinmoy

Thought For The Day #100

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This Self is neither born nor dies, neither grows nor decays, nor does it suffer any change.
When a pot is broken, the space within it is not.  Similarly, when the body dies the Self in it remains eternal – Ramana Maharshi

Thought For The Day #99

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It is so important that you are grateful for everything in your life. Many people focus on the one thing they want and then forget to be grateful for all the things they have. Without gratitude you cannot achieve anything through the law of attraction, because if you are not emanating gratitude from your being, then by default you are emanating ungratefulness. Be proactive and use the frequency of your being to receive what you want – Rhonda Byrne

Thought For The Day #98

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Love adorns itself; it seeks to prove inward joy by outward beauty.

Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.

Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.

Love’s gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.

Rabindranath Tagore

Thought For The Day #97

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If you can let go of imperfection, perfection will appear by itself – Deepak Chopra