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Wednesday 24 September 2014

Defining 'Awen'

Awen is a complicated concept and hard to understand. Teaching its meaning is often not clear and imprecise. Every object in the physical realm holds a share of this spiritual phenomenon. 

Every tree, bird, animal, reptile, fish, every blade of grass and every other thing imaginable (or beyond imagination) possesses its own precious share of Awen. The spirit of man, if openly appearing different in form and life to these things is still, in truth, a tiny part of this greater whole. 

Awen is never born and never dies. Distinguishing human and non-human as separate existences is incomprehensible as Awen is the universal power behind all life, even beyond boundaries we can only imagine. In the physical realm we recognize Awen as nature, and humankind exists as a part of nature, not as an outside (nor superior) entity. Our physical world can therefore be characterized by this oneness of spirit, a unity where all things are related, and where all things connect. As humankind is one with the natural world, we can see that we are all spiritually forged together forever with all natural existence. 

Distinction between the natural and the supernatural also becomes meaningless, as both are the personification of Awen. Knowing Awen is empathy, not a physical unit to point at, touch or calculate. Respecting our world, especially the natural parts are endemic to proliferation of the species (all species).

The Awen can be intoned as a single monotone note using three syllables  “Ah-oo-en”