Rings being updated for exchange on the beach
Since Rob and I are in a new phase, and really a new relationship, we didn't just want to put the same old rings back on. So we took them to the jewelers yesterday to have them cleaned, re-antiqued, and have symbols of each other inscribed inside each ring. My ring will have 20/19 inscribed in it because it is Rob's personal symbol concerning better than average vision, truth-seeking. Rob's band will have the Celtic Awen symbol inscribed in it to represent me. So we will carry a symbol of each other and what the other stands for all the time. Awen means "inspiration" and represents balance, truth, and stages of life. It represents balance of opposites and air, water, earth. Next I have posted the Awen symbol with its various interpretations below it. It usually has 3 circles above the lines...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Awen_symbol_final.svg
Awen Symbol: many interpretations, all about balance and truth...the three lines as rays emanating from three points of light, with those points representing the triple aspect of deity and, also, the points at which the sun rises on the equinoxes and solstices - known as the Triad of the Sunrises. The emblem as used by the OBOD is surrounded by three circles representing the three circles of creation.[2]
Various Neo-druid groups and individuals have their own interpretation of the Awen. The three lines relate to earth, sea and air; body, mind and spirit; or love, wisdom and truth. It is also said that the Awen stands for not simply inspiration, but for inspiration of truth; without Awen one cannot proclaim truth. The three foundations of Awen are the understanding of truth, the love of truth, and the maintaining of truth.
Awen ...
is the energy of divine inspiration, the flow of spirit, the essence of life in motion. It is the exquisite power of sacred relationship, the power that floods through the body and soul when spirit touches spirit, life is acknowledged, a moment's experience shared, divine energy exchanged. Awen is the focus of the deep inner quest; it is what we all seek as we stumble through life, that which brings us wisdom, clarity, freedom, ecstasy, the joy of being alive, simply being, peaceful, presence. It is fire in the head, poetic frenzy, lust for breath, complete purpose in perfect serenity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Awen_symbol_final.svg
Awen Symbol: many interpretations, all about balance and truth...the three lines as rays emanating from three points of light, with those points representing the triple aspect of deity and, also, the points at which the sun rises on the equinoxes and solstices - known as the Triad of the Sunrises. The emblem as used by the OBOD is surrounded by three circles representing the three circles of creation.[2]
Various Neo-druid groups and individuals have their own interpretation of the Awen. The three lines relate to earth, sea and air; body, mind and spirit; or love, wisdom and truth. It is also said that the Awen stands for not simply inspiration, but for inspiration of truth; without Awen one cannot proclaim truth. The three foundations of Awen are the understanding of truth, the love of truth, and the maintaining of truth.
Awen ...
is the energy of divine inspiration, the flow of spirit, the essence of life in motion. It is the exquisite power of sacred relationship, the power that floods through the body and soul when spirit touches spirit, life is acknowledged, a moment's experience shared, divine energy exchanged. Awen is the focus of the deep inner quest; it is what we all seek as we stumble through life, that which brings us wisdom, clarity, freedom, ecstasy, the joy of being alive, simply being, peaceful, presence. It is fire in the head, poetic frenzy, lust for breath, complete purpose in perfect serenity.