Episode 121: Do The Irish Government Ever Question Themselves?
Release Date: 09/05/2024
Rendezvous with Jamie McGlue
I played a solo set of my own original songs at the wonderful Mise Éire festival in Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland this past weekend and am delighted to share it with you. There were many amazing musicians, speakers and artists present, so it was an honour to be part of it. Gach beannacht to all you attended, all who wanted to, and even those who wanted to shut it down! May the beauty of Irish culture shine true and bring all together. My poetry books are available now on Amazon: "Homecoming To A Foreign Land" https://amzn.eu/d/3bC29Lu and "Aye Am: Poems in Search of Spiritual Awakening"....
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This is a talk I gave at the recent Mise Éire festival in Co. Mayo, where I presented the Three Steps To Peace, being my simple framework for how the Irish can ignite a cultural revival that will restore balance and sanity to our individual lives and society as a whole. Step 1 is Awareness, Step 2 is Communication, and Step 3 is Action. Awareness is the key; when a significant minority of the public are relatively wise and aware, only then do the truly gamechanging actions become available for us – and we will take action organically, spontaneously, in ways that right now we may not even be...
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My brother and myself went on NearFM 90.3, a local Dublin radio station, with the lovely Mary Oyediran of Northside Today for a chat about creativity and art, and shared some of our poetry and music on the air. Great craic! My poetry books are available now on Amazon: "Homecoming To A Foreign Land" https://amzn.eu/d/3bC29Lu and "Aye Am: Poems in Search of Spiritual Awakening". https://amzn.eu/d/7cotrgb Paperback for €10 and Ebook for €5. https://jamiemcglue.com https://twitter.com/JamieMcGlue https://howthwarts.com https://www.instagram.com/jamie_mcglue?igsh=MTNxNmdrdjZmaXczMg== Audio:...
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My brother Mark and myself will be on the radio today 12pm-1pm Dublin time with Mary Oyedin of Northside Today on 90.3FM to share our art (my poetry and Mark's music, which we'll be reading and playing in studio) and discuss art, creativity and our journeys. It's gonna be good fun so tune in for some rambunctious dialogue and uplifting expression. You can listen / watch live here: https://nearfm.ie/livestream/ My poetry books are available now on Amazon: "Homecoming To A Foreign Land" https://amzn.eu/d/3bC29Lu and "Aye Am: Poems in Search of Spiritual Awakening". https://amzn.eu/d/7cotrgb...
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I go through 10 examples of hypocrisy by those who have attempted to cancel this Irish cultural festival, and succeeded in forcing it to be relocated at the last minute from Leitrim to Mayo. I then also give an overview of what I'll be speaking about at the festival – the Three Steps To Peace – and read a poem from my latest poetry book, which I'll also be sharing at the festival. Mise Éire tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/miseeire/1705323 My poetry books are available now on Amazon: "Homecoming To A Foreign Land" https://amzn.eu/d/3bC29Lu and "Aye Am:...
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A festival of Irish culture and wholesome community has been placed in jeopardy by extremists who have ironically labelled the festival goers and organisers as 'fascist' extremists lacking in 'inclusion' and 'throwing their weight around' even while they themselves use deception and intimidation to shut down free expression, thus threatening democracy and reducing diversity of perspective by aggressively pressuring all to conform. Is this compassion? Is this love? Is this enlightenment? Or is it hateful prejudiced narrow-minded thuggery, ultimately in the service of true fascism – forcing...
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I lay out the core concepts of A Manual For Living, the amazing little book by Roman philosopher Epictetus; in particular the translation by Sharon Lebell. The main idea is that we must accept all that is out of our control, take full control of what is in our power, and determine which is which by that most vital of things: wisdom. Wisdom is the highest goal. Get your paperback copy of my debut poetry book, "Aye Am: Poems in Search of Spiritual Awakening" on Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/7cotrgb https://jamiemcglue.com https://twitter.com/JamieMcGlue https://howthwarts.com
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I have just published my debut book of poetry, "Aye Am: Poems in Search of Spiritual Awakening". In this episode I read 7 of the poems as a taster, and if you enjoy them you are warmly welcomed to head to Amazon and purchase your own paperback copy of the book. https://amzn.eu/d/2qgeKEw Also, for those in Ireland, this Friday July 4th there will be a music and poetry evening at Saint Columbanus Hall in Howth, at which I'll be reciting poetry and my brother Mark will be performing music, among other poets and musicians – come join us if you're free! The craic will be mighty and for €10...
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A song we of The Flamin' Babies recorded recently.
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There's a paradox: it seems undeniable that we must help love overcome ignorance, aggression, exploitation and evil – but it also seems to many of us undeniable that ultimately all is well in the universe and inner peace is the only sane response and worthy aim for the individual seeking to be helpful. I discuss why each is a valid perspective, containing half the truth, and how I feel together they can be reconciled so we get the full picture, the balance. Audio: (And the usual places.)
info_outlineI doubt it. Or if some of them do, they dishonestly hide it – which might be even worse. But we simply cannot trust any person who pretends to know everything and to always be right. That is the perspective of someone who will be blind to incoming information that could uplift and expand, clarify their models of reality. Ironically, the loudest and most confident people in Irish politics – overwhelmingly the Establishment parties in government and ‘opposition’ – are in fact those we should listen to least. While those who speak seldom and quietly, carefully, due to not being totally sure if they are correct – these are the people most likely to make the necessary adjustments with evidence, logic and experience to have an accurate mental map of reality in terms of what is real and what we should do about it. Yet these people are often cowed and impressed by the confidence of the arrogant and never-self-questioning. Ireland must find a balance between questioning ourselves and ALWAYS keeping an open mind to the possibility that we are mistaken about even things very fundamental and dear to us – and yet on the other hand also committing ourselves to standing on our instincts, to say that for now this is what I’m believing and until further notice I will argue for it without fear. A key transformation in this landscape could be if enough people realise the government are always certain they’re right – they NEVER say ‘maybe’ or ‘I don’t know’ or ‘Our opponents might be right’ – and so they thus disqualify themselves from being taken too seriously. If the middle-ground of Irish voters can realise their self-questioning and uncertainty is a sign that they can be trusted better than the Establishment about what’s what, sanity rises.
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