What distinguishes a Bardic event from similar evenings of entertainment is how we open and close the night. After a certain amount of kafuffle as we gather ourselves, everyone is invited to form a circle. We stand hand-in-hand. Together we sound the Awen and invoke peace. Ah, how I love the moment when we are sounding the Awen together, inviting in the spirit of creativity we are honouring into this gathering. And I love the ritual of affirming peace and opening the evening with the phrase “Since there is peace, then let us begin”. At the end of the night we once more affirm peace that we may take it out into our worlds, our lives, then sound the Awen in gratitude to the creative flame. Sometimes we finish with “Merrily meet, merrily part, merrily meet again”. (more…)
Archive for February, 2011
Happiness is a state of mind
Sunday, February 13th, 2011Happiness is a state of mind not a set of circumstances. I know that. And I’m responsible for the contents of my mind. I know that too. But I still had a grim week, a miserable, unhappy, unproductive, ‘what the fuck am I doing on the planet?’ week. Monday was my first official day of business as a self-employed person but I finally succumbed to the cold I’d been fighting off for days on Sunday. I failed to achieve anything resembling functioning consciousness for most of this week, never mind do any work. (more…)