In the Celtic tradition there is a beautiful understanding of love and friendship. One of the fascinating ideas here is the idea of soul love; the old Gaelic term for this is Anam Cara.

- John O’Donohue, Anam Cara: Spiritual Wisdom of the Celtic World
In the work of The Anamcara Experience there is a beautiful understanding. This is the understanding of soul love or sole love – love of the One by the One to the One for the One.

The word understanding here does not mean a more intellectual understanding but means seeing. It means insight. This is an understanding that is holistic, whole and holy. This understanding is not something you get; it is given. To be given such understanding is a great grace and a great responsibility.

To be given this understanding is to walk in beauty. This means a personal commitment to be faithful to that understanding that has come through you. It is always looking for you. The Beloved in you is looking to unite with you – is longing for you to come in sight and to see each other.

This is a quiet beauty but is nonetheless powerful for all that. It does not have a political agenda. It is not out to save the world. It is, however, out to empower creativity innate in all form. It is out to express the beauty in form that friendship with the soul gives. The world is not saved but the world is known in a way that empowers justice to be in the world

John O’Donohue says in Anam Cara: Spiritual Wisdom of the Celtic World, that we are here on this planet to be creators with the divine. We are not here to be dominators as is demonstrated by our present relationship with Mother Earth.

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