Part One:
Fundamentals
Anam Cara is an anglicisation of the Irish words anam meaning "soul" and cara meaning "friend". The term was popularised by John O'Donaghue in his 1997 book "Anam Ċara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom" In the Celtic tradition "soul friends" are considered an essential and integral part of spiritual development. According to O'Donohue, the word anam cara originates in Irish monasticism, where it was applied to a monk's teacher, companion, or spiritual guide
Anam Cara is represented here as a Fundamental Process Ontology that does not presume, or embrace Cartesian dualism that makes a complete split into two separate and independent worlds: (i) The physical world where Operations implemented/represented in the "Real" (physical) world where understanding and prescriptions for operating in the "physical world'' is mediated via "scientific method"; and (ii) the Spirt world within which consciousness and spirituality is represented modelled and controlled within the domain of theologies.
Instead, Anam Cara presumes a single unified, all-inclusive world that is accessed and explored a within human consciousness that gives access to this world trough its operations. We all inhabit this world individually, whereby it is accessed through our own consciousness, and in that sense is a totally alive spiritual world. Thus, we may exhibit "spirituality" at an individual having a spiritual envelop that occupies a body (a physical dimension aeed as a function of conscious experience.
This conceptualisation of the Unified World addressed by Anam Cara was predominant in ancient history. In recent times it has been linked with the concept of "Dasein. Wikipedia explains:
"In German, Dasein is the vernacular term for "existence". It is derived from da-sein, which literally means "being-there" or "there-being".[4] In a philosophical context, it was first used by Leibniz and Wolff in the 17th century, as well as by Kant and Hegel in the 18th and 19th... recently, Heidegger (1953) used it to refer to the mode of being that is particular to human beings. It is a form of being that is aware of and must confront such issues as personhood, mortality, and the dilemma or paradox of living in relationship with other humans while being ultimately alone with oneself.
Anam Cara is represented here as a Fundamental Process Ontology that does not presume, or embrace Cartesian dualism that makes a complete split into two separate and independent worlds: (i) The physical world where Operations implemented/represented in the "Real" (physical) world where understanding and prescriptions for operating in the "physical world'' is mediated via "scientific method"; and (ii) the Spirt world within which consciousness and spirituality is represented modelled and controlled within the domain of theologies.
Instead, Anam Cara presumes a single unified, all-inclusive world that is accessed and explored a within human consciousness that gives access to this world trough its operations. We all inhabit this world individually, whereby it is accessed through our own consciousness, and in that sense is a totally alive spiritual world. Thus, we may exhibit "spirituality" at an individual having a spiritual envelop that occupies a body (a physical dimension aeed as a function of conscious experience.
This conceptualisation of the Unified World addressed by Anam Cara was predominant in ancient history. In recent times it has been linked with the concept of "Dasein. Wikipedia explains:
"In German, Dasein is the vernacular term for "existence". It is derived from da-sein, which literally means "being-there" or "there-being".[4] In a philosophical context, it was first used by Leibniz and Wolff in the 17th century, as well as by Kant and Hegel in the 18th and 19th... recently, Heidegger (1953) used it to refer to the mode of being that is particular to human beings. It is a form of being that is aware of and must confront such issues as personhood, mortality, and the dilemma or paradox of living in relationship with other humans while being ultimately alone with oneself.
You can explore the fundamental features of the Anam Cara Ontology by clicking on any of the section tiltles Identified in yellow
What is an anam cara?
Anam Cara Relationships and Transactions
Anam cara experience implemented as a contextual graph
Achieving A Shared Context for problem-solving:
Case example: Achieving a shared context with as ansam cara
Experiencing where everything is alive with a childhood anam cara.
Case example: Holding space created for relationship with his Anam Cara
Photographing Anam Cara Interactions
Anam Cara Relationships and Transactions
Anam cara experience implemented as a contextual graph
Achieving A Shared Context for problem-solving:
Case example: Achieving a shared context with as ansam cara
Experiencing where everything is alive with a childhood anam cara.
Case example: Holding space created for relationship with his Anam Cara
Photographing Anam Cara Interactions
