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Episode 104: Why Amn't I In Australia?

Ireland is beautiful! The grass is always greener and so Australia may seem like the wise move if you are a young Irish person looking around at the mess our government has got us into and the many pressures and limitations one must deal with on the Emerald Isle. However, this island and this nation are precious beyond imagining and in this episode I will offer you my perspective on why Éire is the place to be! Born and raised in Australia to Irish immigrant parents, then ‘reimmigrating’ to Ireland myself as an adult, I personally prefer to live in Ireland and hope to share among the disenchanted Irish an awareness of just how magical and special this country is. Australia is a lovely place and full of potential for a great life, and very likely some Irish people are just better suited to the sunny shores of Down-Under; but I believe the majority of us are instead naturally suited to and in love with our island home in the misty north, full of history, culture, craic, colour and humour. All we need is to nurture and devote ourselves to spiritual, intellectual and political revival and with even a fraction of the population all-in with this quest, Ireland will in a few short years look far more like Australia in the best of ways, but with that home-feeling that those who go to Australia suffer missing. And the truth is Ireland is in a sticky situation, attacked by powerful forces which – for whatever motivation – are seeking to utterly vanquish what made Ireland Ireland and what so many of us feel echoing sweetly in the halls of our souls. I ask any young Irishman or Irishwoman reading this: devote yourself to a life in Éire and in your own way help our soulful island heal and flourish like we haven’t in a millennium. This generation of the Irish have the opportunity to bring our ancestral story to a glorious triumphant crescendo, making all the sufferings and struggles of our forebears worth it. The most meaningful life is in pursuing the good not only of oneself but simultaneously a greater good beyond oneself; so we can have all we dream of and more, by shouldering the burdens of the imperfect Ireland of today and giving our powers to unleashing a spiritual and political revolution that will allow our natural wealth and well-being to flower, and so inspire the whole world. We can follow our mates over to the underside of the planet, or make Ireland so damn deadly that our mates move back with smiles the size of Australia.

Episode 103: Principles Of Purpose

Last episode we got into the nature of the sevenfold awakening I am advocating for Éire and by extension for the whole planet; essentially, activating human potential in certain vital aspects which have the beautiful potential to transform the world for the better, one person at a time, starting with oneself. Today I read through the ‘Principles of Purpose’ document which is available at https://www.gaelicawakening.ie and articulates the vision for this movement, one aspect at a time. If you are curious about or inspired by this dream that inspires and captivates me, then Principles of Purpose offers you a detailed, compact, soulful pathway forward which I hope you may be moved to experiment with in your way.

Episode 102: What Is Gaelic Awakening?

Gaelic Awakening is a new political party contesting the upcoming election in Ireland; but more importantly it is a cultural movement seeking and embodying the realisation of Irish potential in a sevenfold awakening: spiritual, emotional, intellectual, physical, political, economic, and cultural. Curious about what this all means and whether you might want to be part of it? Check out www.gaelicawakening.ie to learn more about this holistic vision for the next stage in Irish destiny; freedom, justice and wellness by expanding heart and mind.

Episode 101: What Ireland Needs

Today’s episode covers the big picture of what myself and Gaelic Awakening, my newly formed political party, seek to bring to Irish politics and society at large. In a nutshell, we need liberty – saoirse. The very thing our ancestors so long laboured and died for is just what is needed to reset our country and by example perhaps help reset Europe, the West, and the whole world. The problem is too much government and the control this allows corporations and the ultra-wealthy to wield over us by using money to gain command of the expanding bureaucracy and its projects. Freedom for the individual brings natural cohesion – cooperation and competition – and the peace and prosperity we all long for. But this political awakening is only one of seven aspects of the awakening to truth and full potential that I dream of for the Irish and for humanity as a whole. Most fundamental of these is spiritual awakening, knowing Oneself; but it also includes emotional, intellectual, physical, economic, and cultural awakening. Our next episode will look at this movement I hope to inspire, beyond mere politics, to help Ireland along the healing road back home.

Episode 100: Vote Jamie McGlue

I am running for elected office! Ireland is in crisis. Europe is in crisis. The West is in crisis. The Earth is in crisis. You might think we deserve this or that it doesn’t matter, but both are wrong – both are untrue and unjust to proclaim. The systems of liberty and limited government upon which you and I have depended for almost every joy we have been graced to experience, are now under extremee pressure from a combination of confusion, incompetence, ideology, corruption and psychopathy. We need not get ourselves worked up and divided over the cause; let us focus on solving. Gaelic Awakening is a new political party in Ireland for whom I will be running for office, to shift the political conversation to the true sources of our sufferings, and hopefully to take power on behalf of awareness, to connect soulful and sane philosophy to the high peaks of politics so that our destinies shall not be wasted upon the unlearnt lessons of yesterday but instead given with consciousness and triumph to our own highest callings – to peace, to love, to living in whatever way one chooses so long as allowing others the same right. Will you help me? Registering (for free!) as a member at www.gaelicawakening.ie will help give me the numbers to officially appear on the ballot papers in the coming elections and so give me a voice to raise issues the status quo have been so long dodging or clouding with lies and omissions. Even if you only agree with me on a few core issues, if you believe in personal liberty you are welcome in Gaelic Awakening and by joining will boost dicussion of these vital issues, so truth can set us free. You can be a member of another party, even vote for them, or you can seek to roll up your sleeves and help me take back our birthright; either way, I gratefully embrace your help. Ireland being my home, I am rising to serve our local awakening to truth and sovereignty, but I am also a human being and extend the hand of friendship to all around the world in search of the same liberty and soul. Wherever you are, I encourage you to stand for truth. Information on the policies and principles of the party is available at gaelicawakening.ie

Episode 99: Ninety-nine Problems (But There’s Only One)

On one level there are many problems that confront us; some being life and death, torture and freedom. But ultimately there is only one problem: believing that problems exist. For in truth there is only the Now, including those things out of power to change (which the sane simply accept) and those things in our power to change – which the sane carefully but playfully guide and control, modifying and creating, empowered by alignment with life. Yet the plot twist is that even this problem of believing in problems is itself not a problem! It merely is as it is; from the highest perspective, whether you fall for this illusion or not, the universe and your higher self remain always inevitably and invincibly at peace. Amen!

Episode 98: Assume You Can

When in doubt, assume you can do it – whatever it is. Happiness and success arise from having the wisdom to ask the question ‘Is this thing within my power?’ and if it is not, then to leave it be and fully accept – even embrace – it. Or if you decide you do indeed have control over the thing in question, then act and wield that power as wisely as you can. Once we are already on a path of action, it is purely beneficial to assume we can do what we aim to, and purely self-destructive to question one’s ability at all. We can keep an eye out for new information that might cause us to change path, but otherwise we must focus on our task and cultivate the belief that we shall achieve our goal. Living like this makes us happier and more successful, which takes pressure off of others, making life easier for all.

Episode 97: Humility

Being down to earth is heavenly high! Thankfully a big part of humility is being humble enough to accept that you’re not perfectly humble yet. These things take time, and you are not God! (So to speak.) In all aspects of life, from learning, to leadership, to true kindness, our ability to help ourselves and others depends so deeply upon how well we can keep in mind that we may not know everything and we may not be able to overcome our limits. With this accepted in our hearts, our full potential becomes open to us, to strive our best.

Episode 96: Criticism, Suspicion And Complaining

Negative energy is that which shrinks the potential of life for creativity, higher-order complexity, harmonious interconnectedness, and the experience of love, joy and being. Positive energy is that which uplifts, expands, grounds, nourishes and enlivens the living. But there is a time and place for negativity; sometimes it is healthy and even inevitable to feel or express negative emotion, words and actions. Criticising and complaining can be a trap and egoic indulgence in one’s addiction to negativity and its sense of being right; but these can also be done consciously so as to communicate what is fair and so restore order and balance in a system of people or things. Suspicion is more subtle, being the critiquing one explores within oneself as potential grounds for criticism, complaint or resistance. This too is healthy as a response to true danger and injustice – to notice it – but can easily get out of hand. Especially in public communication, we should err on the side of trust, for this will often be jusitified, or sometimes will even be false but paradoxically become true.

Episode 95: Why You Really Want A Relationship

Companionship, affection, romance, sex; it can all come from casual connections. But a true long-term relationship offers all this and more: not only in spite of, but also because of the difficulties of adjusting one’s ego and habits to the ways of another wilful individual, living together inevitably means learning and growing together. Not only from inspiration and example but from the necessary patience, negotiation, empathy, kindness and respect that a relationship demands in order to remain happy and nourishing. Where a couple is out of sync, they must determine if the subject of disagreement is merely divergent wants or if it relates to needs; does it relate to the non-negotiable core essence of one’s nature? These we must accept, or else walk away. But where mere wants are concerned, through honest conversation in search of truth, harmony can always be found; and so we grow.