Personal Thoughts:
by Mairéid Sullivan, 1995

I want to share my gratitude and my energy with others on the path to discovery. I want to touch people and be touched in a way that increases the value of the short life we have been given on this beautiful planet.

As I grow and mature every day, I have come to realize more clearly that the way to tap into our higher intelligence is to dedicate our lives to nurturing love and playfulness in the world.

When I began my research into ancient Celtic culture I discovered images and ideas that still excite my imagination, support my sense of purpose and satisfy my feelings for the way I like to sing.

As a student of history, with a special fascination for my Celtic roots, I have been able to play with bringing ancient images and ideas, which I find relevant and "alive" today, into my song writing and poetry. I am constantly looking for ways to express and share these ideas more concisely.

I have discovered that the ancient thoughts, ideas, images and wisdom, which may be considered cliché today, are brought to life again when expressed in words and concepts that reflect Celtic style - renewing wonder, excitement and nourishment for the modern ear. I see myself sculpting with words and thought.

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Powerful concepts such as personal sovereignty and egalitarianism are two challenging ideas that have become vitally relevant today and which held great significance in ancient Celtic ideology and philosophy.

Celtic culture has been shrouded under centuries of subjugation to one form of imperialism or another. I have found that many people, both of Celtic origin and from different cultures, are thrilled to uncover the imaginatively exciting riches which ancient Celtic spirituality held.

I have been told that thirty percent of Americans (forty million people directly and thirty-five million indirectly) and forty percent of Australians are of Celtic origin. There are a great many more Celts in the US, Canada and Australia than there are in Europe.

People of Celtic origin would have an interest in "brushing off the dust" on an ideology which is worth celebrating today.

I personally believe that observing the movement of people of different ancient cultures is a great and fascinating way to become objective about modern social experience. Learning from history can help those, like myself, who want to feel empowered to play a greater part in supporting efforts that nurture love, happiness and peace in the world; to confidently uphold a strong understanding of basic human rights as a universal concept for all people.

Ideally, every human being should have a chance to be uplifted. Why should it be otherwise? This approach to community is typical of ancient Celtic culture which upheld the view that each person is born an embryonic God or Goddess with a capacity to achieve Godhood and, through the fulfillment of this goal, has a filial duty to assist their "kith and kin." Today, this is an officially acknowledged position on human rights and responsibilities since we have instated in International law, through the United Nations, that every nation and cultural community has a right to self-determination.

We are more people on the planet than ever before, part of a living, beautiful, passionate earth. More people to hear inner voices of love calling out to kindred spirits - people who have not forgotten where we came from and with whom we go - all hand in hand - across space and time.

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