Anam Cara - insight for living your spiritual journey, finding inner peace and inner beauty

This question "Who am I" is an eternal question. It is a quest that I journey on each day. This is a spiritual journey. At this stage of my life I simply feel part of this eternal creative flow we call life.

Describing myself in more conventional terms my name is Tony Cuckson. I was born the second of twins in a village outside the city of Armagh in Northern Ireland on 20^th March 1950.

I have lived with my soul companion - my mo anam cara - Barbara M. Smith for over 23 years. I have over that time also been graced with the company of many friends, both human and animal.

The work I do involves Storytelling and Writing mainly around the themes of Celtic mythology and the work of healing as an Anam Cara

I write about the The Way of Desiderata. I write about The Way of Enchantment. I write about the Way of Poetry and the 7 ways to Finding Its a Wonderful Life. I write about the many ways to cross what we in Ireland refer to a "thin places." These are places that are all around us waiting to be recognized for the banquet moments that they are.

These words are intended to give insight for living the real life. These words of wisdom are not claimed as my own. These are not the words of the limitation called "little me." They are intended for spiritual development. They are intended as a spiritual resource. These writing are pointers to finding a life that is full of meaning, purpose and passion.

The stories I tell are stories about time and timeless. They include stories about Tir Na Nog - the land of the forever young. I tell stories about the beautiful people called the Tuatha de Danaan. These stories are spiritual stories for children and adults. They are designed to touch the heart and soul of what it means to live as a human being within the limitation of time. These stories are written with a view to transporting you into the experience of the timeless. This is what we in Ireland refer to as the Land of the Forever Young. This is the experience and the meaning of Tir Na Nog. The story of Tir Na Nog is the story of the human heart longing to overcome its sense of separateness from love.

These stories are set deep in the mythology of Ireland . They are taken from both folk song and from folk lore. These stories are interweaved with the poetry of W. B. Yeats, Jelaluddin Rumi and others mystical poets. These stories help us ask the essential questions of life. Interspersed with these stories I play guitar and sing Irish folk and contemporary folk songs.

An Anam Cara is one who is a soul friend. An Anam Cara befriends the soul of others. They engage in conversation and story that directs you in answering the eternal question, "Who am I." This is an engagement in conversation at a deep level. This engagement is focused on the balance between discipline and deep surrender.

This work of storytelling for me is part of my spiritual journey. It helps give me spiritual direction and it is the work I love to do.

I believe we partake of this inspirational journey on earth to learn to give and receive love. One of the best ways to engage with this learning is through feeling this connection. We feel this connection when we meet through words and music. We learn to hear and tell our own unique stories, warts and all. In this way we get to know who we are. When we are the knowing of who we are then there is nothing more to be added. We come to know the the Blessing is already here and we are it.

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