"When you cease to fear your solitude, a new creativity awakens in you. Your forgotten or neglected wealth begins to reveal itself. You come home to yourself and learn to rest within. Thoughts are our inner senses. Infused with silence and solitude, they bring out the mystery of inner landscape."
- - Anam Cara, p. 17
Born 1956 to 2008 was an Irish poet, priest, author and theologian who popularised Celtic Spirituality. He was a doctor of philosophy and studied Hegel and the works of the 13th century mystic Meister Eckhart. His book Anam Cara (meaning Soul Friend) made him a household name. He left the priesthood to be involved more fully in ecological and environmental campaign and later in life became involved in creativity in the workplace.
May the nourishment of the earth be yours, May the clarity of light be yours, May the fluency of the ocean be yours, May the protection of the ancestors be yours.
And so may a slow Wind work these words Of love around you, An invisible cloak To mind your life.
JOHN O'DONOHUE
Excerpt from 'Beannacht' in his books: Benedictus (Europe) / To Bless the Space Between Us (US)
"Part of understanding the notion of Justice is to recognize the disproportions among which we live...it takes an awful lot of living with the powerless to really understand what it is like to be powerless, to have your voice, thoughts, ideas and concerns count for very little. We, who have been given much, whose voices can be heard, have a great duty and responsibility to make our voices heard with absolute integrity for those who are powerless."
By Wendy Stokes https://Wendystokes.co.uk
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