tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.comments2011-03-23T10:07:56.051-07:00Lindaanoreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.post-66647314440536947712011-03-16T19:56:10.161-07:002011-03-16T19:56:10.161-07:00I like you Seamus, had to pull over to the side of the road to let John&#39;s words wash over me. This was after the tragic loss of my niece, as I was coming to the place of her fatal collision. I believe it was no coincidence as the universe is unfolding as it should (I hope)(faintly at times)<br />Then again recently upon the death of a friend who like John was a former priest who enjoyed challenging beliefs...we were comforted and brought closer by the Anam Cara message...<br />I am still feeling the effects of Johns words in amazing life altering ways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.post-26980738849930408312010-06-02T16:03:03.152-07:002010-06-02T16:03:03.152-07:00I had never heard of John O&#39;Donohue until last evening. Our PBS station showed &quot;A Celtic Pilgrimage with John O&#39;Donohue&quot;; it was a lovely and peaceful film that I enjoyed very much. He must have been a real blessing to know.vnv4http://www.blogger.com/profile/12952992786808386154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.post-41160951247129393632010-05-03T12:28:46.020-07:002010-05-03T12:28:46.020-07:00Thank you for running this again in LA this past weekend, the first in May 2010. I enjoyed it very much and am saddened to hear on this website<br />of his passing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.post-4072174877245078172009-11-21T09:01:11.916-08:002009-11-21T09:01:11.916-08:00Miss him every day.<br />Mostly when I pray.<br />Perhaps the longing<br />IS the love, <br />perhaps the gap is<br />smaller than we think.<br />Blessings flow and he&#39;s<br />still here. Closer than<br />our breath. And as dear.<br />Martina Straub<br />NC - USAMartinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17604478921315126180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.post-90342120732792033532009-10-30T16:38:59.122-07:002009-10-30T16:38:59.122-07:00This is a wonderful site. Thank you for keeping it alive.<br /><br />I have shared this page with friends who lost their brother, son, and friend to suicide. He was my friend too and would have liked Anam Cara. He was a sensitive soul with a wonderful sense of humour and so smart; the kind you will always love. Once when a friend (also suffering from depression) called for help I went over and I felt my deceased friend right by my side, &quot;we can handle this&quot; he seemed to say to me.<br /><br />I also sent this link to a friend who is writing poetry exploring impermanence and uncertainly and wrote about his parents&#39; grave and about how the earth &#39;reabsorbs&#39; life -- again an example of how &#39;death&#39; is not going some place but rather shape-shifting.<br /><br />Best regards from Canada<br />RLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.post-6655438635640328412009-10-07T16:31:30.194-07:002009-10-07T16:31:30.194-07:00Listening to John&#39;s brother Pat and friend Leila talk about John, the family and read several poems, takes me directly back onto the Burren, that limestone valley where we met his mother Josie at their home -- back into the great laughter, into the heart of John, into the bear hug and blast of a blessing that was John.Barbara Katznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.post-122596034235380592009-09-22T03:05:31.415-07:002009-09-22T03:05:31.415-07:00Keep it up Nice blog .Your text is really awesome!Robert p Caruccihttp://www.clickhappiness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.post-39926148739320522362009-09-17T00:07:03.216-07:002009-09-17T00:07:03.216-07:00.....it&#39;s all around if we could but perceive....Harvey Milkman,clinical psychologist, Boston Uni, talks (beautifully) about &quot;The <br />Ecstacy of Consciousness&quot;, wherein the mind, connecting with the all,awakens the passion of at-one-ment ....&quot;the passionate melt of the stars&quot;Liamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.post-15055885506887338102009-09-15T06:45:59.941-07:002009-09-15T06:45:59.941-07:00Thank you for this. I only wish that I had met this great sage in person. Fortunately, his spirit carries on, and I find myself crossing his path again today. I woke up this morning, and followed my urge to write down a mantra for myself. Happily, it is along the lines of what you shared here. I have a ways to go, but I have a better idea of how to get there. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for keeping John O&#39;Donohue&#39;s loving, and beautiful mind available for us to return to.pvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06405789500969501619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.post-10788010837804441622009-07-05T19:39:01.153-07:002009-07-05T19:39:01.153-07:00This is so simple and yet so profundly beautiful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.post-13078138872057777032009-05-25T14:29:29.523-07:002009-05-25T14:29:29.523-07:00Thank you for blessing Barrack Obama with the deep wisdom of John O'Donohue - calling forth his presidency into the light peace today <br /><br />deirdre kearnsdeirdre kearnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.post-47892544343078830352009-04-18T18:59:00.000-07:002009-04-18T18:59:00.000-07:00I hope that the concert in Ennistymon, Co.Clare was a real success. I have come to know John through his books, all of them. Such a beautiful writer. He will be missed but he is with us still as he has taught us so often. I feel his presence everyday here in Canada. Thanks. Walter.<br />wdoherty@persona.caWalter Dohertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00575911547106205380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.post-49498051994360727652009-03-18T18:13:00.000-07:002009-03-18T18:13:00.000-07:00Ah, thanks for that Lindaa. Just bought Anam Cara yesterday, barely started it but feel very much on John's wavelength. There seems to me also a cultural affinity of the kind of mystical sense of being inherent in the Irish Celtic sense, and the Russians, each on either side of a northern 'materialist' infected Europe.Andrew Kenneallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708539533684206357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.post-13263340751245214662009-03-18T14:25:00.000-07:002009-03-18T14:25:00.000-07:00Hi Andrew, <BR/><BR/>You might want to check out: http://jodonohue.blogspot.com/2008/09/johns-favorite-films-works-of-tarkovsky.html<BR/><BR/>warmly,<BR/>Lindaa<BR/>Business Manager<BR/>John O'Donohue Literary Estate<BR/>linda@johnodonohue.comLindaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13384804133020738875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.post-63809580977212932872009-03-18T10:39:00.000-07:002009-03-18T10:39:00.000-07:00Kieslowski is a great director, full of genuine humanity and intelligence. I wonder if John was acquainted with the films of the Russian Andrei Tarkovsky, who I would consider deeper again- his films genuine mystic art, for me perhaps the greatest artist of the 20th century.Andrew Kenneallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708539533684206357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.post-1413982139450548922009-03-10T21:01:00.000-07:002009-03-10T21:01:00.000-07:00John was and still is one of our greatest teachers. I miss him but I know that he is still looking after us and teaching us still. I used to meet him now and again in Ennis, Co. Clare when I lived there and I always came away from a conversation with him feeling good about myself, the world and life. Thanks for this podcast...it made me cry but I feel such gratitude for this lovely man who gave us a glimpse into the beautiful heart of God.Friar Adrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875158477933764242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.post-90836682555386258212009-02-07T09:21:00.000-08:002009-02-07T09:21:00.000-08:00I recently discovered John's wisdom and felt he was speaking directly to me. I have never felt this way about any author.<BR/><BR/>I was very saddened when I found out he had passed January 2008 and treasure all that he has brought to our lives.Toni Jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.post-10811708084000892722009-01-18T05:13:00.000-08:002009-01-18T05:13:00.000-08:00Thank you for sharing this moment and John O´Donohue´s blessing with people from all over the world.<BR/>I am Brazilian and live in Brazil and along with a worldwide choir also say `Amen´.<BR/>Marcia Contador.Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12469317672733394131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.post-84191740447620747172009-01-05T21:31:00.000-08:002009-01-05T21:31:00.000-08:00Deepest thanks and blessings.Renahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08671037221337928642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.post-4367240622310853092008-12-30T19:10:00.000-08:002008-12-30T19:10:00.000-08:00Thank you so much for posting this lovely podcast. As with all the gifted beings that we have had the pleasure of having in this world, John is with us, he remains with all of the lucky ones who wish to have him near. Thank you!Catalinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09820154726589117165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.post-6369069816694808462008-12-02T16:31:00.000-08:002008-12-02T16:31:00.000-08:00I love Blue. I own it, have watched it many times, and have the poster up at school... How interesting to discover that someone I always felt to be a kindred spirit shares a passion for a film, a book, a flower... it drives the thought home that had the distances not been there, I'd have been a friend as well... Thank you for keeping up this blog... It is always comforting to hear about John O'Donohue.Gaylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08065012721158735975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.post-67212419434997953282008-09-19T13:27:00.000-07:002008-09-19T13:27:00.000-07:00I saw `Solaris´ some years ago, and by some reason I did not understand back then, I felt my soul deeply embraced and sheltered at the end of the film.<BR/>I never did understand why exactly I felt that way when the film was over, but even today I can recall that feeling.<BR/>I am going to see it again. This time being capable to understand and to go even deeper in my inner reaction to it.<BR/>Thank you.<BR/>Marcia Contador.Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12469317672733394131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.post-30943271880398115922008-08-29T14:21:00.000-07:002008-08-29T14:21:00.000-07:00I am so happy to have come across this blogspot! Having been present at John's last retreat on the Oregon coast, and taking particular note of his favorite films, I am grateful to be reading your reviews, Gareth.<BR/>When I went to see the film, "Into Great Silence" several months ago in our local art theatre, there were a few folks who actually got up and walked out within the first fifteen minutes. It's very telling, isn't it, when there are no words and certainly no high speed action?<BR/>With gratitude and apprectiation,<BR/><BR/>Joyce BuschJoycenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.post-65567753145008069192008-08-27T09:25:00.000-07:002008-08-27T09:25:00.000-07:00A big thank you !<BR/>I´ll try to find `Into Great Silence´ here in my country.<BR/>I do wanna see it.<BR/>All the best,<BR/>Marcia Contador.Marciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12469317672733394131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6518570667179086852.post-75376150950390825452008-05-03T08:21:00.000-07:002008-05-03T08:21:00.000-07:00I was so touched by your soft words about John and your memories of a special man. We might have known that this good man would not be allowed to stay long with us ... what blessings he has left in his writings and in the memories of those fortunate enough to have met him and been with him ... and I thank you for sharing with us ... God bless you John.woppoknoreply@blogger.com