John O'Donohue
John O'Donohue
John O'Donohuewas an Irish poet, author, priest, and Hegelian philosopher. He was a native Irish speaker, and as an author is best known for popularising Celtic spirituality...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth1 January 1956
CountryIreland
mirrors silence soul
In our rapid and externalized world, language has become ghostlike, abbreviated to code and label. Words that would mirror the soul carry the loam of substance and the shadow of the divine. The sense of silence and darkness behind the words in more ancient cultures, particularly in folk culture, is absent in the modern use of language. Language is full of acronyms; nowadays we are impatient of words that carry with them histories and associations.
soul unity awareness
When you listen with your soul, you come into rhythm and unity with the music of the universe.
heart healing woven
May you experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder.
faces subtle autobiography
The human face is the subtle yet visual autobiography of each person,
inspirational grace promise
You can trust the promise of this opening; Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning That is at one with your life's desire.
beautiful spiritual love-you
You can never love another person unless you are equally involved in the beautiful but difficult spiritual work of learning to love yourself.
lonely pain loneliness
There is the solitude of suffering, when you go through darkness that is lonely, intense, and terrible. Words become powerless to express your pain; what others hear from your words is so distant and different from what you are actually suffering.
loyalty passion civilization
The silence of landscape conceals vast presence. Place is not simply location. A place is a profound individuality. With complete attention, landscape celebrates the liturgy of the seasons, giving itself unreservedly to the passion of the goddess. The shape of a landscape is an ancient and silent form of consciousness. Mountains are huge contemplatives. Rivers and streams offer voice; they are the tears of the earth's joy and despair. The earth is full of soul ..... Civilization has tamed place. Left to itself, the curvature of the landscape invites presence and the loyalty of stillness.
giving thanks ends
So at the end of this day, we give thanks For being betrothed to the unknown.
running emotional next
When you've gone as far as you can go, quietly await your next beginning.
spiritual skins world
Human skin is porous; the world flows through you. Your senses are large pores that let the world in. By being attuned to the wisdom of your senses, you will never become an exile in your own life, an outsider lost in an external spiritual place that your will and intellect, have constructed.
eagles views wings
As high over the mountains the eagle spreads its wings, may your perspective be larger than the view from the foothills. When the way is flat and dull in times of gray endurance, may your imagination continue to evoke horizons.
simple journey discovery
Respectability and security are subtle traps on life's journey. Those who are drawn to extremes are often nearer to renewal and self-discovery. Those trapped in the bland middle region of respectability are lost without ever realizing it.
advertising worship longing
Consumerism is the worship of the god of quantity; advertising is its liturgy. Advertising is schooling in false longing.