I discovered John's poems today, the first day of 2024 - and his birthday. I think of this coincidence as a gentle yet powerful blessing for the year. I will carry his incredible insights with me in the journey of becoming who I am and living the life my heart wants. Blessings to you forever, John.

Blessings John. The world is completely different without you. Thank you for leaving behind this soft place in my heart.

We’re all addicts. My addiction is thinking. When I frantically listen to political, economic, sociological talks I feel satisfied, but mildly edgy. I listen to John O’Donohue talks and my whole body relaxes.

Absolutely dripping in wisdom. Always exquisitely beautiful words and incredible insights. Every time I read or hear John my heart sings so much louder.

“I would love to live Like a river flows Carried by the surprise Of its own unfolding” 💚

gosh, what a beautiful soul he was. his laugh is everything. 💚✨🍀 ...I wish I could've met him. 😞

12:00 I'm marking this so I can come back and listen for the 100th time.

What a prescient talk - about John’s own life, as well as ours. What a gift he left us with his writing and his speaking. I can’t imagine anyone not benefitting from this talk.

Bursts with wisdom, fun and Beauty. Thank you John. Wish you're still with us ❤

I have been immensely gifted to find John O'Donohue, his poetry and being, and I am so grateful for this opportunity to open new doors for myself through his work.

I feel like I have met an awesome friend, that we sat by the Sea and drank tea with cream, and left to be with an elderly woman who needs encouragement, then, I sent him my book of poetry when I arrived back in the states-what a sunset! May the protection of the ancestors be yours, John..

always an amazing sail with this wonderful man's glorious mind and heart i regret i never had a talk with him.

Thank you for bringing John "back" to us all. What a gift, what truth with an Irish lilt.

Only became acquainted with his writings recently, which drew together lots of threads for me. Although he is now dead, reading his stuff feels like a wise and encouraging hand on the shoulder.

I used to be fortunate to live by the sea. Sheltered by sweet smelling evergreens on one side of a gravel road my dog and I would walk listening to John’s words on beauty as I gazed onto the nearby islands and shimmering waters. His voice was soothing to my spirit and his words resonated in the deepest way as I experienced my surroundings . Thank you for posting this. I miss him and hope to see more of his works on your site.

Wow! I have a few of his books, but to hear him speak with such beauty, wisdom & humour has utterly stunned me. I'm already searching for more of these talks❤

"To be honest, I don't think the will of God is that interesting, whereas I think the imagination of God is absolutely fascinating. In mediaeval scholastic times they used to have huge arguments about whether God HAD to create or not. And I always think God HAD to create because otherwise He'd be in some divine lunatic asylum, if he didn't express the plenitude of possibility that was within Him." A beautiful mind at work . . .

I was recently introduced to the wonderful words of this beautiful soul through a book leant to me by a friend. The words truly channel God's intention. John wherever you are in spirit world, I am immense grateful for finding your voice.

Shame that we can't learn from him as much now. But we can live through him. He carried my soul when i had to carry my dead across the thresshold.

Always Wonderful to hear John speak, my resonance with the essence of this deep subject of imagination and life. Thank you for sharing this. God rest his beautiful soul.

So much wisdom to take with me in these tumultuous times.

So much food for thought and reflection here. Tomorrow 14 years ago John's life here on earth at least ended,however may he have experienced being known as intimately by God in God's presence as he shared in his talk here. He continues to be a blessing through his writings and recordings such as this. Thank you.

His words speak to my soul...miss him, but so grateful his words live on through his writings and videos

I would love to see more of his appearances on here...I cherish his teachings.

A wonderful, enriching, moving and funny talk from John. Thank you so much. 🙏❤

I just discovered and began absorbing by bits and pieces...the astonishing thing is that every thought, such as on birth and death I have had those thoughts too...l can't get enough...thank you John for for immortality

34:41 - .."one of the real difficulties in a relationship is to keep the crust of familiarity from forming over it completely"

Perhaps the greatest sermon ever written

Thank you John for sending these words of Grace with humor, kindness and wisdom 🕯🌟💛

"we never see anothers experience. all we see is theyre behavior RDLang" "everything we do is guided by thought"J O'donahue Know and love your inner self..".to thine own heart be true"... " the mind altering alters all." " never be beset by others expectations.".... thank you John

53:25 you predicted what's going on today 🤔 😳 👀 I am totally with you and if you can hear me, on my birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 today, I received the message I've been waiting all my life. I'm awake and aware a ready to write ✍ in that journal my real biography, not the people's perception of me. In the second scene of my journey in my late 50s, I'm grateful with a contented heart ❤ to thank my God for creative minds like you. I came to awareness not by chance But by choice And every time I chose something I know I missed out on something else But I know deep down I walked on this earth 🌎 With an awaken heart ❤ Love&peace to all

A treasure ❤️

Love this about listening to the 7 thoughts we have getting a blank white page so I can and enjoy my feeling s of aloneness ☘️

An amazing man. Loved the celtic traditions and had such spiritual wisdom and insights. Sorely missed

My "HUMANOID" heart has been opened even wider by this Avatars wisdom! xooxxo

Life is meant to "be" lived...in this human body....Find the abundance, beauty and wonder!! :)

I am a humanoid and a former baby, I'm off to write my diary of most dangerous thoughts :)

This man brings me to tears

There are a lot of people who don't get to live the life the want and It's not their fault.

Thanks so much for downloading this.I have read some of his books but listening to him and the true Irish accent really have a great impact.Love him, such a shame he died si young.Thanks.Felisa

wonderful to watch again and again

When the pain of staying the same is great er than the pain of change...... we emerge awakened........ this comes form Alcoholics Anonymous!

Thank you soooo much again for having this available online... love you for it! Bless you for it!

Wow. Wow. Wow.

Ohh, fall in love with this Words 🙏🏼💛🧡❤️♥️

The guts of life for reflection.

Another beautiful mind. Thank you so much for sharing this video.

Thank you so much for this. His brilliance is very much missed. Blessings~

To be authentic ❤ 22:56

Thank you so much.......

Marvelous. Thanks.

Blessed

So lovely, thank you for posting.

thankyou so much - an absolutely wonderful wonderful amazing talk

20:40 because an awful lot of people, if you give them a comfortable pillow, they'll sleep their way through most of it. Honest to God!

I love his voice!!

Wonderful! Thanks for sharing.

Many blessings

For Buffy. ❤

Thank you!

Excellent mind beautiful man :)

AMEN BRO.

Check out the Beautiful music of Clannad, an Irish group. Their music is a lovely accompaniment to O’Donohue....it carries me to a higher level of peace and contentment.

Kandungan video sangat baik, tahniah

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The way to the truth.

Interesting.

Thank you SO much for putting this up and giving us such a blessed gift. Is there a CD of this? I can't believe that it hasn't been either viewed or liked more often.

Here from mollywhoppery

"Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare. The gateway to infinity. The taste/opinion of the pudding is in the tasting ❤. Love ya

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Thanks so much for posting this. It's a treasure I didn't know that we had. Does anyone know where was he speaking? I'm guessing UK.

How does this APPLY to people like to Jeffery Dahmer, Ted Bundy, or John Wayne Gacy?

14:50

Anyone know how he died?

Speaks just a priest