heavy emotions do ‘we’ need to ‘heal’ ‘them’

heavy emotions have been my key to something that looks like happiness, i faced them, felt them, named them and loved them, the longings, traumas and fears, uncertainties, frustrations and jealousy, which arise for me more intensely in close relationships….  in this practice of facing, naming and loving them, i was ‘doing’ something to ‘them’,Continue reading “heavy emotions do ‘we’ need to ‘heal’ ‘them’”

the entertainment ‘business’

this is a comment i wrote on the below podcast thank you david hanna aideen daniel and jack for this wonderful show…. i woke this morning at 6am thinking about the show and why i was still so impressed by it, was it just that i find aideen and hanna so attractive or was thereContinue reading “the entertainment ‘business’”

IT’S ALWAYS ME

No matter what I do, where I go, who I meet, what age I am, what I call myself, whether I succeed or fail, I always seem to be the same person. This sea is crossed, that mountain is climbed, this is where I live, that is where I used to live, this depression isContinue reading “IT’S ALWAYS ME”

May

I continue to be amazed at the great winds of energy that blow through me during the great Celtic/pre-Christian festivals of the year. Bealtaine for me, which I have written about in a recent blog was no exception. On the first of May, I renewed my commitment to music, to which the universe responded to by sendingContinue reading “May”

NEW HOUSE CONCERT TOUR

  FIONNTÁINS NEW HOUSE CONCERT TOUR    Over the last year a lot of changes have occurred in my life which have inspired me to write new songs and create new sounds. With these my body, mind and spirit open fully to the world. With these I bathe in beauty. With these I travel to the four cornersContinue reading “NEW HOUSE CONCERT TOUR”

Bealtaine

Why am I drawn so much to these ancient festivals of life. I don’t know. But I do know I love the ritual, the symbolic marking of a change in the seasons. I feel it in my bones, which im getting in touch with much more these days. I feel in my heart. The sunsContinue reading “Bealtaine”

The Body’s Bursting with New Life Again (ode to the spring equinox)

And my body feels it all, Is joyful with it all, Is resisting it all, Is bursting through it all. Please be with my body in this pregnant moment of such potent, Tipping the equatorial balance in favour of bliss. Please be with my emotions in this pregnant moment of such potent, Tipping the equatorial balanceContinue reading “The Body’s Bursting with New Life Again (ode to the spring equinox)”

THE GREATEST, THE BRAVEST, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL

‘And now stays faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.’ St pauls letter to the corinthians 13:13 Who is the bravest, the fairest, who is the greatest, what is the greatest? Are not all men and women equal in the sight of god. Are not all things equal in theContinue reading “THE GREATEST, THE BRAVEST, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL”

Voices In My Head

I watched a wonderful talk in the TED series given by Eleanor Longden which touched me very deeply. She spoke of her childhood abuse, hearing disturbing voices in her head as a young adult, dealing with psychiatric misdiagnosis and further abuse and thru the help of compassionate loving people finding the power within to healContinue reading “Voices In My Head”

The Light

I post this message from my mountain retreat in the Glen of Aherlow, Tipperary. The light is fading and the sounds of distant motors are ever present. The clouds brush along the ridge of ancient Crotta Cliach. The light is still fading. What then do I need? Only to breathe and smile, be and receive,Continue reading “The Light”

Fantasy

Oh Jesus i’m tired, tired of trying Trying to control certainty in unpredictability Give me fantasy All that i want i have Let me live in fantasy All the pleasure i can dream is mine I will follow the instincts and intuition of my omnipotent heart and only my omnipotent heart And live On thisContinue reading “Fantasy”

I AM

I am the sun that dances through the skies, bouncing on the moon, a mavericks high noon I am that moon too, I am, and though I’ve forgotten why, I’ve shoved and pushed and kicked myself higher and higher in the sky, tired I am the day which I now shall stretch and the treesContinue reading “I AM”

IT’S ALWAYS ME

No matter what I do, where I go, who I meet, what age I am, what I call myself, whether I succeed or fail, I always seem to be the same person. This sea is crossed, that mountain is climbed, this is where I live, that is where I used to live, this depression isContinue reading “IT’S ALWAYS ME”

The God Song inspired by Wilfred Pelletier and Ted Poole

Wherever you are is home. And the earth is paradise. Wherever you set your feet is holy ground………. You don’t live off like a parasite. You live in it and it in you, Or you dont survive, Or you dont survive And that is the only worship, Of god there ever is, The one aboveContinue reading “The God Song inspired by Wilfred Pelletier and Ted Poole”