Personal Thoughts

"Ideally, every human being should have a chance to thrive.
Why should it be otherwise?" - Maireid Sullivan, 1995

Following the launch of my Dancer CD (May, 1994) in Australia, I 'visited' the United States, in February 1995, intending to stay three months. I was swept up by the "Celtic music wave" - over seven years, which inspired my first published essay: Celtic Music for a "New World Paradigm"(1995)
In short, when the 9/11 catastrophe changed the international cultural mood, I returned to Australia.

Maireid
Personal Thoughts
Maireid Sullivan, 1995
These 'thoughts' were written as an extension
to my shorter "Personal Note" (1993).

"Gratitude is heaven itself. It is the energy
that keeps us giving all the time" - (Anon)

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 are gifted with as children of this beautiful planet.

As I grow and mature every day, I've come to realise more clearly that the way to tap into our higher intelligence is to dedicate our lives to nurturing compassion, love and playfulness.

When I began my research into ancient Celtic culture, from 1990, I discovered images and ideas that excited my imagination, supported my sense of purpose, and satisfied 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 these ideas more concisely - 'sculpting' with words and ideas.

Wisdom, thoughts, ideas, images that spring from ancient cultures can be expressed in modern concepts- renewing wonder, excitement and nourishment for the modern ear.

Celtic culture has been shrouded under centuries of subjugation to one form of imperialism or another. Many people, both of Celtic origin and from other cultures, would be thrilled to uncover the imaginatively exciting riches which ancient Celtic spirituality fostered. For instance, two particularly challenging concepts, personal sovereignty and egalitarianism, were the cornerstone of ancient Celtic ideology and philosophy.

I've heard that, as of 1995, thirty percent of Americans (forty million people directly and thirty-five million indirectly) and forty percent of Australians are of Celtic origin. There appears to be a great many more Celts in the US, Canada and Australia than there are in the "old countries".

People of Celtic origin should have an interest in 'brushing off the dust' on an historical 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 more 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 health, 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 thrive.
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' on maturity and, in the fulfillment of this goal, has a filial duty to assist the wider community. Today, this is an officially acknowledged position on human rights and responsibilities: Inshrined in International law through the United Nations, 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 world. 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.