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[paintmyworldrainbow]

🌹 SUFFERING 🌹

“May you be blessed in the holy names of those Who, without you knowing it, Help to carry and lighten your pain.

May you know serenity When you are called To enter the house of suffering.

May a window of light always surprise you.

May you be granted the wisdom To avoid false resistance; When suffering knocks on the door of your life, May you glimpse its eventual gifts.

May you be able to receive the fruits of suffering.

May memory bless and protect you With the hard-earned light of past travail; To remind you that you have survived before And though the darkness now is deep, You will soon see the approaching light.

May the grace of time heal your wounds.”

-For Suffering, by the Celtic poet John O'Donohue

Image: Suffering, acrylic gouache on watercolor paper, card artwork for the #MetamorphosisOracle 🦋

[unfoldingmoments]

A Morning Offering

I bless the night that nourished my heart To set the ghosts of longing free Into the flow and figure of dream That went to harvest from the dark Bread for the hunger no one sees. ​ All that is eternal in me Welcomes the wonder of this day, The field of brightness it creates Offering time for each thing To arise and illuminate. ​ I place on the altar of dawn: The quiet loyalty of breath, The tent of thought where I shelter, Waves of desire I am shore to And all beauty drawn to the eye. ​ May my mind come alive today To the invisible geography That invites me to new frontiers, To break the dead shell of yesterdays, To risk being disturbed and changed. ​ May I have the courage today To live the life that I would love, To postpone my dream no longer But do at last what I came here for And waste my heart on fear no more.​ ​ — John O’Donohue

[unfoldingnarratives]

May your prayer of listening deepen enough, to hear in the depths the laughter of god #JohnODonohue #blessings #prayer #family #ritual #candle https://www.instagram.com/p/CpYYG1WsGMi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[primordialsoundmeditation]

There is a lovely idea in the Celtic tradition that if you send out goodness from yourself, or if you share that which is happy or good within you, it will all come back to you multiplied ten thousand times. In the kingdom of love there is no competition, there is no possessiveness or control. The more love you give away, the more love you will have.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from his book, Anam Cara,

25th Anniversary Edition.

Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/anam-cara

Cliffs of Moher

County Clare, Ireland

Photo: © Ann Cahill

#johnodonohue #johnodonohuequote

[thewomenshealthclinic]

🌸✨ At The Women's Health Clinic, we believe in holistic wellness and the profound connection between body and soul. 💖 https://thewomenshealth.clinic/ https://youtu.be/eSSOfYcXo60 Join us in embracing these beautiful words from John O'Donohue: "May your body be blessed. May you realize that your body is a faithful and beautiful friend of your soul." Discover our range of services dedicated to women's health, aesthetics, and wellbeing. Let us support you in nurturing every aspect of yourself. 🌟 #WomensHealth #HolisticWellness #SelfCare #BodyAndSoul #Aesthetics #Wellbeing #InnovativeTreatments #JohnODonohue #BlessedBody #MindBodySoul #Empowerment #HealthJourney #TheWomensHealthClinic 📹 Video Clip of John O'Donohue: https://youtu.be/eSSOfYcXo60 Visit us at https://thewomenshealth.clinic/ to learn more and book your appointment today!

[mysteriouslyhercrown]

Nothing is Lost

"All through your life, the most precious experiences seem to vanish. Transience turns everything to air. You look behind and see no sign even of a yesterday that was so intense. Yet in truth, nothing ever disappears, nothing is lost. Everything that happens to us in the world passes into us. It all becomes part of the inner temple of the soul and it can never be lost. This is the art of the soul: to harvest your deeper life from all the seasons of your experience".

John O'Donohue

[stillnessforhappiness]

For many years I’ve been a fan of the Irish priest Hegelian philosopher poet John O’Donohue. This morning’s post by Lindsay Teychenne reminded me of the beauty of ‘homecoming’. YOUR TRUE HOME Each one of us is alone in the world. It takes great courage to meet the full force of your aloneness. Most of the activity in society is subconsciously designed to quell the voice crying in the wilderness within you. The mystic Thomas a Kempis said that when you go out into the world, you return having lost some of yourself. Until you learn to inhabit your aloneness, the lonely distraction and noise of society will seduce you into false belonging, with which you will only become empty and weary. When you face your aloneness, something begins to happen. Gradually, the sense of bleakness changes into a sense of true belonging. This is a slow and open-ended transition but it is utterly vital in order to come into rhythm with your own individuality. In a sense this is the endless task of finding your true home within your life. It is not narcissistic, for as soon as you rest in the house of your own heart, doors and windows begin to open outwards to the world. No longer on the run from your aloneness, your connections with others become real and creative. You no longer need to covertly scrape affirmation from others or from projects outside yourself. This is slow work; it takes years to bring your mind home. JOHN O'DONOHUE . . Pic taken during my time in Phillip Island in Victoria, Jan 2021. . . . #homecoming #yourtruehome #hegel #johnodonohue #travel #nature #alone #alonequotes #aloneness #lonely #home #nomad #nomadlife #truelove #true #spiritualconnection #creative #affirmation #photooftheday #beingalone #cominghome #beauty #beautiful #philosophy #irish #instagood #instablackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #naturelovers #philosophy #irishpoet (at Phillip Island, Victoria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYsuSJnP_hC/?utm_medium=tumblr

[soulawakeningblog]

[shawnparell]

When near the end of day, life has drained Out of light, and it is too soon For the mind of night to have darkened things, No place looks like itself, loss of outline Makes everything look strangely in-between, Unsure of what has been, or what might come. In this wan light, even trees seem groundless. In a while it will be night, but nothing Here seems to believe the relief of darkness. You are in this time of the interim Where everything seems withheld. The path you took to get here has washed out; The way forward is still concealed from you. "The old is not old enough to have died away; The new is still too young to be born." You cannot lay claim to anything; In this place of dusk, Your eyes are blurred; And there is no mirror. Everyone else has lost sight of your heart And you can see nowhere to put your trust; You know you have to make your own way through. As far as you can, hold your confidence. Do not allow confusion to squander This call which is loosening Your roots in false ground, That you might come free From all you have outgrown. What is being transfigured here in your mind, And it is difficult and slow to become new. The more faithfully you can endure here, The more refined your heart will become For your arrival in the new dawn.

[jeannenewhall]

When you travel, A new silence Goes with you, And if you listen, You will hear What your heart would Love to say… #johnodonohue #travel #silence #intogreatsilence #listen #understanding #compassion #waterfalls #waterfall #heart #musiciansofinstagram #composer #songwriter #singer #piano #pianocover #pianomusic #pianoplayer #producer #musician https://www.instagram.com/p/CiEo2J4v8hh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mwlsn]

Donegal, Ireland

“One of the sad things today is that so many people are frightened by the wonder of their own presence. They are dying to tie themselves into a system, a role, or to an image, or to a predetermined identity that other people have actually settled on for them. This identity may be totally at variance with the wild energies that are rising inside in their souls. Many of us get very afraid and we eventually compromise. We settle for something that is safe, rather than engaging the danger and the wildness this is in our own hearts.”  - John O’Donohue/ Walking in Wonder

[kimeupton]

“May you experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder.” John O'Donohue . Day 2 of #liturgyofthelittlethings . A tiny drop of dew in a magnificent yellow zucchini blossom. #nature #garden #hope #anamcara #johnodonohue #liturgyofthelittlethings https://www.instagram.com/p/CfbtP1KOwEb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[abouthelight]

“ . . . in conversation with itself.”

[unfoldingnarratives]

Well, I think it makes a huge difference, when you wake in the morning and come out of your house, whether you believe you’re walking into dead geographical location, which is used to get to a destination, or whether you’re emerging out into a landscape that is just as much if not more alive as you, but in a totally different form, and if you go towards it with an open heart and a real, watchful reverence, that you will be absolutely amazed at what it will reveal to you #johnodonohue #Patonesdearriba #hike #16km #reveal #landscape @madrid_expats https://www.instagram.com/p/CnHvOFCsXuN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[primordialsoundmeditation]

The dead are not distant or absent. They are alongside us. When we lose someone to death, we lose their physical image and presence, they slip out of visible form into invisible presence. This alteration of form is the reason we cannot see the dead. But because we cannot see them does not mean that they are not there. Transfigured into eternal form, the dead cannot reverse the journey and even for one second re-enter their old form to linger with us a while. Though they cannot reappear, they continue to be near us and part of the healing of grief is the refinement of our hearts whereby we come to sense their loving nearness. When we ourselves enter the eternal world and come to see our lives on earth in full view, we may be surprised at the immense assistance and support with which our departed loved ones have accompanied every moment of our lives. In their new, transfigured presence their compassion, understanding and love take on a divine depth, enabling them to become secret angels guiding and sheltering the unfolding of our destiny.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from his books, Beauty: The Invisible Embrace (US) / Divine Beauty (Europe)

Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/store

County Clare, Ireland

Photo: © Ann Cahill

#johnodonohue #johnodonohuequote

[thewomenshealthclinic]

🌸✨ At The Women's Health Clinic, we believe in holistic wellness and the profound connection between body and soul. 💖 https://thewomenshealth.clinic/ https://youtu.be/eSSOfYcXo60 Join us in embracing these beautiful words from John O'Donohue: "May your body be blessed. May you realize that your body is a faithful and beautiful friend of your soul." Discover our range of services dedicated to women's health, aesthetics, and wellbeing. Let us support you in nurturing every aspect of yourself. 🌟 #WomensHealth #HolisticWellness #SelfCare #BodyAndSoul #Aesthetics #Wellbeing #InnovativeTreatments #JohnODonohue #BlessedBody #MindBodySoul #Empowerment #HealthJourney #TheWomensHealthClinic 📹 Video Clip of John O'Donohue: https://youtu.be/eSSOfYcXo60 Visit us at https://thewomenshealth.clinic/ to learn more and book your appointment today!