New Life
I woke early yesterday morning and got up to open my window wide, as usual, to see what the day looked like. It was a dull morning, with a gunmetal grey sky and a cold Easterly wind blowing on the snow drifts that still lie, fixed like white lace on the hillside.
The sheep and lambs were lying quietly in the field by my house - a peaceful time then, before the early morning chorus of birdsong and lambs’ cries for milk. I saw several mothers lying with their lambs tucked into their sides – shielding them from the wind’s icy blast. It is deeply moving to witness this innate loving attention of a mother to her young. Quietly and calmly, the ewes took the full force of the wind against their woollen backs, tenderly nuzzling the tiny lambs as they slept.
The start of May will soon be here - May Day or Beltane, which brings the celebration of the fullness of life. It has been a harsh spring time here. And yet the 'greening energy' - 'Viriditas' - of the Divine life force continues to pulse in the land, whatever the weather. A spiritual practice that is close to the land opens the heart to this power within our own lives. As I walk in the Dene among the lambs and the nesting birds, my own creative spirit begins to unfold as I hears the song and respond to the divine light of our land.
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I woke early yesterday morning and got up to open my window wide, as usual, to see what the day looked like. It was a dull morning, with a gunmetal grey sky and a cold Easterly wind blowing on the snow drifts that still lie, fixed like white lace on the hillside.
The sheep and lambs were lying quietly in the field by my house - a peaceful time then, before the early morning chorus of birdsong and lambs’ cries for milk. I saw several mothers lying with their lambs tucked into their sides – shielding them from the wind’s icy blast. It is deeply moving to witness this innate loving attention of a mother to her young. Quietly and calmly, the ewes took the full force of the wind against their woollen backs, tenderly nuzzling the tiny lambs as they slept.
The start of May will soon be here - May Day or Beltane, which brings the celebration of the fullness of life. It has been a harsh spring time here. And yet the 'greening energy' - 'Viriditas' - of the Divine life force continues to pulse in the land, whatever the weather. A spiritual practice that is close to the land opens the heart to this power within our own lives. As I walk in the Dene among the lambs and the nesting birds, my own creative spirit begins to unfold as I hears the song and respond to the divine light of our land.
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Music from The DeneListen with headphones to get the best sound and enter a space of peace with harp music and images of new life unfolding in nature.
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The words of the Gaelic chant are used with kind permission of the The Order of Céile Dé.
For more information on ancient Gaelic mantras go to http://www.ceilede.co.uk/company/the-fonn
For more information on ancient Gaelic mantras go to http://www.ceilede.co.uk/company/the-fonn
