--ST Columba of Scotland, was of Irish origin, being a prince of the O'Neil who is probably the only Irish saint. ST Patrick being a Roman from Britain and ST Brigid being a made-up story.
--''Since all the world is but a story, it were well for thee to buy the more enduring story, rather than the story that is less enduring.''
< ST Columba. >
--''A king is a king, but a bard is the heart and soul of the people, he is their life in song, and the lamp which guides their steps along the paths of destiny. A bard is the essential spirit of the clan; he is the linking ring, the golden cord which unites the manifold ages of the clan, binding all that is past with all that is to come.''
--''Tend the fire of loving. Call upon the flames of joy. Sweep the hearth with songs. Stir the coals of memory. Hear the ocean's song. And the dark sea swell. Drink the cold wave spray. Taste the water in the well. Bless the stones of waiting. Bless the certainty. Bless the bread of friendship and the sands of the centuries. The mouth of the saint tells the world as it should be. The lonely heart of grieving will mourn eternally. An eye of compassion watches over earth and sea. The lively heart of giving will sing eternally. I tend the fire of loving. I call upon the flames of joy. I sweep the hearth with songs. I stir the coals of memory.'' {On the day you work out the meaning, your life will be given to the Draoi.}
--''An Té a bhi agus atá'' ~ He Who Was And Is.
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--I put up a post : Lucifer, God's Favourite. Old Envelopes 61 - #0585. As like these above notes, it too was scribbled on the back of an old envelope, at a dojo training session or in the truck between jobs, or beside the bed awakening from a dream. I found another envelope about The Frighteners, and it might be that some of these notes are excerts from Caìsal Môr in one or several of his books, but I found a reference to The Well of the Goddess.
--I have not claimed any of the excerts in my posts except those poems or paragraphs with < Simon.T. > behind. These contemplative sayings and excerts, are those truths that I have found that stand the tests of time and practice. From novels, from history, and from authors ancient and modern in English, or as strange as Latin or Sanskrit. Some quotes are worth repeating in their context, and in your head about your daily path, such as this Latin. 'Omni quaecunque vultistit facient homines ita et vos faecatis illis. - Every good deed you desire to be done to you by men let it be that you do unto them.' Or this Irish Blessing : 'May Sea calm before your bowsprit. May Earth firm your mooring. May Sky lift your spirit. And may the Wind of good fortune carry you home.'
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''A Small Tear Relieves A Great Sorrow.''