Transforming Our Rage (In The Mists of Avalon)

“It is in bringing the rage of what hurts you personally into the world that you have the power to bring neart, this active spirituality, out into the world.”
    ___from a speech by Nuala Ahern, Irish member of the European Parliament

   The Irish word neart (NYART) is one for which there is no English equivalent. It means ‘strength’ or ‘power’ in the sense of ‘the energy of life’. This sacred energy is the source of all movement in the universe. People who have been disconnected from the health and harmony of their neart for any length of time, lose contact with their essential power. In people who have been disconnected from their neart, rage is often a positive sign of returning life and power. People who are totally downtrodden and powerless do not have the energy to be angry. But what do we do with our rage once it is awakened? The transformative aspect of rage is found in reconnection with our neart: instead of being stuck in victimhood and persecution, we step out powerfully and acknowledge our strength. Rage can be destructive if it remains in a mentality of victimhood, for it never properly connects with the primal power of life. However, it can become a revolutionary force that rights many abuses when victims decide to band together, to blow the whistle and ensure that others do not suffer in like manner.
    But rage can be an important gauge of distress and neglecting its warning is dangerous. If rage flares out of self-protection or warning and we ignore it, we begin to lose our neart, we give it away to others and let them walk all over us. The life-power that courses through us is a gift to be protected and guarded; it cannot be taken from us unless we allow that to happen. If righteous rage arises, listen to its warning voice and act to protect your precious gift.

What kinds of things enrage you? Correlate your findings with the boundaries of your own neart.
[From: The Celtic Spirit by Caitlin Matthews]

(Source: inthemistsofavalon.blogspot.com)

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