There have been few times in my life when I truly feel that I've met a kindred spirit...someone I'd never met, but once introduced, I felt as though I'd known them before, or a deep part of me knew our paths would someday cross and so, without surprise, they did. Such is my experience with my new friend, William Bruin.
While we admittedly hail from different walks, we nevertheless have converged our paths, and at least for a season are sharing the same road... The Path of Awen.
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So... What is the "Path of Awen"? Having previously defined Awen according to my own understanding, I will simply say that first, the path is my own personal journey to leave the safe, comfortable, self imposed boundaries of a fairly predictable life of going where others go, walking as others walk, saying what others say, and contenting myself with a mere glimpse of truth, light and God in order to seek more fervently, dig more deeply, live more deliberately... LIFE.
I have been searching, studying and contemplating the traditions and myths of the Bard, the historical foundations of the Druid and of the Ceile De (Companions of God), which was the Celtic Spirituality/Pre-Roman Christianity of Ireland and Scotland as exhibited in the lives of St. Patick (Padraic) to Ireland, and by St. Columba (Columcille) to what is now Scotland and the Scottish Isles.
I am coming to the realization that much of what was good and true, and blessed of God prior to the Pope exerting power and stomping it out, is still alive...and still good, true and blessed of God.
As I continue my journey, I seek to remain guided by conscience and God's Spirit with the hope that truth and enlightenment may be revealed to me, and that my tongue may be loosed to speak, sing and write of the greater mysteries of creation, the Creator and His people.
~Raevensong
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