Anam Cara

Anam Cara:

• Acts as a teacher, companion or spiritual guide
• You are understood as you are without mask or pretense
• A gift from God
• A soul bond that exists as a recognized and admired social construct
• A person to whom you could reveal the hidden intimacies of your life.
• An act of recognition and belonging
• Cuts across all catagory and convention and morality
• Joined in an ancient and eternal way
• Is not wounded or limited by separation or distance
• Half-truths of social acquaintance fall away; you can be who you really are.
• Allows understanding to dawn.  When you are understood you are home...understanding nourishes belonging.
• You feel free to release yourself into the trust and shelter of the other person's soul
• Discloses the special and sacred identity of the other person
• The honesty and clarity of true friendship also brings out the real countour of your spirit.