Anam Cara: 25th Anniversary Edition

’ Many of us have made our world so familiar that we do not see it any more. It is an interesting question to ask yourself at night: what did I really see this day? You could be surprised at what you did not see. Maybe your eyes were unconditioned reflexes operating automatically all day without any real mindfulness or recognition; while you looked

Often our loneliness and isolation is due to a failure of spiritual imagination.

The divine has such passionate creativity and instinct for the fully inhabited life. If you allow your nature to come alive, then everything will come into rhythm.

Perfection is the fulfilment of the fully lived and inhabited life.

We need to feel the dream with the wonder of a child approaching a threshold of discovery. When we rediscover our childlike nature, we enter into a world of gentle possibility. Consequently, we will find ourselves more frequently at the place of ease, delight and celebration. The false burdens fall away. We come into rhythm with ourselves.

Work can be an attractive way of sinning deeply against the wildness and creativity of your own soul.

When your soul awakens, your destiny becomes urgent with creativity.

There is such an intimate connection between the way we look at things and what we actually discover. If you can learn to look at your self and your life in a gentle, creative and adventurous way, you will be eternally surprised at what you find.

You only discover balance in your life when you learn to trust the flow of this ancient rhythm.