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In MacLennan’s A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, the word neart is defined as “force, pith, power, might, energy, vigor; vast quantity; number, superabundance.” As the dictionary attests, it’s a wonderful word that represents how a variety of spiritually-meaningful concepts intersect within the Celtic mind. Neart represents the life-energy of abundance. It signifies the fundamental energy that flows at the heart of all things—an energy that not only keeps things going, but also fills everything with potential and possibility. If you want to look at it spiritually, it is the energy of Divine love. If you prefer a more non-theistic approach, neart could symbolize something akin to the impersonal “Force” of Star Wars fame. Except that there’s no dualism within neart—no “light side” and “dark side.” In the words of a new and delightful idiom that has surfaced in contemporary American speech: “It’s all good.” Neart is the energy of Celtic non-duality: it holds all things together in its flow of power and prosperity.