Emily's Healing Soul

11/22/2024

ANAM CARA

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. Anam is the Gaelic word for soul and cara is the word for friend. So anam cara in the Celtic world was the "soul friend."

In everyone's life, there is a great need for an anam cara, a soul friend. In this love, you are understood as you are without mask or pretension. The superficial and functional lies and half-truths of social acquaintance fall away, you can be as you really are. Love allows understanding to dawn, and understanding is precious. Where you are understood, you are at home.

The anam cara experience opens a friendship that is not wounded or limited by separation or distance. Such friendship can remain alive even when the friends live far away from each other. Because they have broken through the barriers of persona and egoism to the soul level, the unity of their souls is not easily severed. When the soul is awakened, physical space is transfigured. Even across the distance, two friends can stay attuned to each other and continue to sense the flow of each other's lives. With your anam cara you awaken the eternal.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from his book, Anam Cara,
25th Anniversary Edition.
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/anam-cara

Fanore, County Clare, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

11/08/2024

For the past month I’ve been temporarily supporting Hospice Waterloo Region full time. This place, these people, saying goodbye to loved ones in a good way and nurturing the hearts and souls of those affected, is really meaningful work for me - and everyone here.

It’s the work of kind hearts, angels, devoted clinicians and a strength of the human spirit.

Hospice is a place of gold. ✨

10/15/2024

10/01/2024

You are a soul on a personal journey.

Find the spiritual support you need ✨.

Beautifulspirit.ca

09/24/2024

Things aren’t always what we think they are.

Autumnal crocus, pictured here, isn’t actually crocus. While commonly called “crocus” it’s actually a highly toxic plant in the iris family. The flowers are solitary and they emerge before the leaves.

I was captivated by the surprise of seeing a flower bloom at this time of year. It stands out and blooms alone. For cats this plant can be lethal, but it has also been used in narrow medicinal cases for “familial Mediterranean fever”, a hereditary inflammatory disorder.

Plants can reveal so much to us on so many levels. 🌱

09/18/2024

Spirit opens when we show gratitude for life. 🩷

09/15/2024

For some of us, it’s easy to get lost in “helping” others. But when it comes all the way down to it, we can’t advance the spiritual development of others.

We can only do that for ourselves.

With this sober insight we might as well turn towards our inner path and get on with it.

Give your beloveds the freedom to choose and give yourself the freedom to grow.

This is soul school, after all. So let it be. 💕

09/02/2024

Free as a bird in the heart. 🐦‍🔥

08/15/2024

The northern lights are calling to me. ✨

This photo was taken less than a week ago just north of Edmonton. It has really stopped me in my tracks. I feel something new is trying to get through to me and I’m being called to notice and take in this magic in the sky.

They’re awesome, aren’t they? This wonder and beauty dancing in the sky. I feel a warmth and a wisdom there, like they’re speaking a language just for me.

Yes? I’m here. You have me.

Maybe you’ve had a spirit trying to get through to you lately? Are you slowing down to listen?