LIR Weekly 62315 - Ingwaz

Yay! Let there be bloomage!

Ingwaz is the rune of the seed - as it sits underground, being nourished, the object of our hopes and fears, full of possibilities; and as it springs forth, seemingly overnight, and we begin to get an idea of what it will become.

The energy required for each situation is different. The care of feeding of something in gestation is more focused on beginnings, and there are a lot of liquids involved. But something which has form, something which is now growing and showing itself, that something can have more solid food, more physical energy. Because it is more solid itself. It is an actuality. 

Yes, there are still options, differing outcomes, possibilities… but with this physical form those misty futures are already  coalescing into actualities. And the energy required to feed this seedling is about blending what you have with what you want, seeing how it works.

So, whatever situation this brings to mind, the question now is… does it appear to be going in the direction you want it to? Is it what you were hoping for? Is it time to repot? Do you need to thin out the blooms? Is some weeding required? What kind of food do you want to give it? What do you have available? Is it time to let it grow on its own? Does it require less obsessive focus?

And, most importantly, is your truth, are your dreams, the same as they were when the seed(s) was planted? Do the seedlings still serve a purpose? Or are they simply ornamental proof that things do eventually come into being?

Ingwaz - Yes! There is growth in our garden. Possibilities are taking form. Now, watcha gonna do? Watch Video

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I guess I can only repeat, yay! My work is taking form, I am giving it serious energy. It will be interesting to see what it becomes. I have no preconceived thoughts for this week.

So I reread last week's reading, about Gebo. In Air. Because last week was a pretty heavy week, especially the week end. And I wonder. Because the thing which sticks out about energy exchanges in air, last week, is a feeling of being bombarded by words. Discussions, casual meet and greet, sounds in a restaurant that had nothing to do with me. The weekend was full of loud and passionate voices

And I wasn't prepared. I did not want to give my fair share (listening or talking), I wanted to not be involved. So a lot of energy went into shielding, hiding. Which turns out wasn't productive at all. And I don't think that was productive at all. It left me exhausted. Like I expended too much energy for the situations. And it brings to mind another lesson I love to teach (so listen up, Lila.)

Resistance takes a lot of energy. And that's what I have been doing, resisting the words. Actively putting up barriers. Which gives the words form and power. Which makes them more solid.

What is there besides resistance?

Acceptance, first. Everybody has the right to their words, and they get to express them as they desire.
And then, filtering. Like meditation in a way. The object of the focus is what is important, and that exchange of energy continues despite attempted distractions. I don't have to catch all the words, thoughts, intents which come into my sphere. I can just let them fly harmlessly past, keeping my focus on what I want to interact with.

Hmm. I think there's still  more work to flesh out that idea. But thanks for listening, if you were.

I hope you have a great day! And may your garden grow, beautifully.

-Lila

Life in Runes Cancer 2015 - UrazR

UrazR is telling us that in the coming month, some of our foundations are going to shift.

We get energy from many different places: our clan, our homes, our jobs, our cars, music, books, television, classes. We extend our roots into them, make them part of our support group, our comfort patterns, our safe havens or our learning centers.

But Uraz is saying that some of those foundations, even ones that worked so well in the past, are no longer going to be  comforting, supportive, educational.

This is natural. Everything grows and changes. Things wear out or run down. Batteries drain. Patterns become ruts. People grow and expand and evolve.

And as we change, our needs change. Or our way of fulfilling needs changes. The blanket fort gave way to the plush couch. Now the couch is only comfortable in memories and needs to be replaced. Perhaps by a recliner. Which will break down or become uncomfortable to your body in its turn.

Even in a metaphysical sense, places we connected to and grounded ourselves in are shifting; the calm place that  recharged your core is now a seething volcano. The soothing white noise is now an irritating buzz. Mother Earth is busy revamping herself and do you want to ground in a vortex?

It is time to find the foundations that need to change and begin uprooting ourselves. Time to actively try new connections. Celebrate the transformations, give thanks to the old forms of support, and move on. Happily, this is a reading that spreads over the month so we have time to test the various waters, or soils, or rooftops. Play a little. Explore a little.

And the calmer you are in this change of location, the easier the transfer will be. Even if it's fast, it doesn't have to be painful or stressful. Hence the advice from the runes.

UrazR - foundations which served us well in the past are no longer supportive. It is time to find new connections and make an easy transition.

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Whenever a rune reading is about something I'm experiencing, I wonder if it's going to apply to more than what is currently in progress. For example, if I were preparing to get a new vehicle, and this rune appeared, I'd wonder if it meant it's time to sell my house also. (happily I rent, so it's not actually an issue. To my knowledge. Hmm. Grrr.)

However, even if there is nothing else (or nothing other) than the foundations currently being repotted, it is a good time to reflect on what I do consider my foundations. Am I getting bored with the music I have? Is it time to find a new author to read? Perhaps I should get out of the house (apartment) and visit parks, or take day trips to "exotic" places. Even my decision making process could be a foundation in need of change.

And. Or. Maybe I don't have new systems to replace ones that were already released. Like comfort eating. I'm about 50/50 - oh, all right, 70/30 - in my practice to not turn immediately to food in times of sorrow, boredom, frustration, happiness. But I haven't actually found a good substitute, or new practice.

I have to admit, though, I think it will be a nice day when we get a general reading which does NOT indicate change, growth, reattachment. Not that we ever stop growing, but resting on my laurels sound nice and peaceful.

At least I also now I am 70/30 successful at flowing easily and gracefully through situations. Which means, whatever the changes, I know happiness is a byproduct.

I hope you have a great day!

-lila

LIR 61715 weekly - Gebo off the mat, in Air

Gebo is about the exchange of energy - an equal and balanced exchange. Two (or more) sides giving equally, receiving equally, holding equally. While this energy could be money, it can also be time, attention, "vibration" energy… any form or representation of being energetically present and involved. 

Off the mat indicates something subconscious - a thought that affects our decisions without our knowledge. An underlying truth we don't know about. A desire or a fear.

So what forms of partnership, collaboration, exchange are we hoping for? Or hoping against?

Gebo landed on the side of air, so it is possible this exchange will be in a field of communication. Perhaps an idea exchange, or a committee to discuss something. Maybe it's a writing group or a conference call.

Personally, I can think of many things in the Air vector which I hope will be situations of equal energy exchange - writing, a party, a coffee date, an email correspondence, a  music collaboration, a book I just purchased. In all of these situations I expect to be an active participant - talking and listening, being present, giving ideas, expressing my truths, or (in the case of the book) spending money I expended energy to earn.

And so I hope to get an equal amount of energy back - enjoying the book; someone talking to my listening, and listening to my talking; others accepting my truths and expressing their own; maybe even a melding of our ideas to create a new story.

So, the question comes in many layers. What forms of communication, inspiration will you be participating in this week? What level of energy do you desire to contribute, and what form will that contribution take? What form of exchange or return are you willing to accept?

Remember, we are each allowed to say what we want and what we don't want. Perhaps there's a situation coming up where you don't want any return energy. Is the answer then is to limit the amount of energy you expend?

And one more reminder - the energies exchanged need not be similar, for all they are equal. Money is an exchange for therapeutic listening; a player provides as much to the song as the singer does; the architect gives as much of her energy as the builders. 

Gebo, off the mat, in Air. An equal exchange of energy is possible, in a communication situation. Know what you want to accept, and what you're willing to give in exchange, and allow the possibilities to flow.

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All the other possibilities aside, is this, for me, about my ebb and flow in communication?

Sometimes I am so wordy - they just speed out from under my fingers. And they're long and involved words, and sometimes they even say what I want them to say.

Sometimes I'm short and to the point. Spare and sparse. And sometimes it even sounds like I want it to sound.

The post of this reading was originally very wordy. So dense, even I couldn't figure out what I was trying to say.

So I imagine one of my balances, at least in writing, at least if I want some energy returned (like repeat customers and word of mouth) - one of my balances needs to be between how I want to say it, and how I think it will be understood. I imagine it's like that for any person who has written something down (say in an email or text?); thinking a sarcastic font as she types, but being read in literal script.

But the people I want to exchange with, the people I expect to enjoy my writing, and understand my ideas, and not dismiss me immediately, and thus, perhaps, find some happiness, those people would be looking for the sarcastic font. They, you, like words (long or short) and can feel the mood in which they are meant. So the balance is more flexible than "300 rough draft words need to become 200 final words." Like a reading, it may depend on the situation, the phase of the moon, the amount of caffeine someone has inbibed.

And, one of my collaborations is with myself. Honoring the words written by the me of yesterday, but rearranging them so they are still understandable today, and will express all facets of the truth the reading needs expressed.

Yup, I do love my work!

I hope you have a great day.

-Lila

LIR 61115 Weekly - Fehu

Fehu, this week, is about the energy exchange from us to the community and back again. It does most often represent the energy used in work - as that is what we do to provide for ourselves and our clan. It is an exchange - we put out energy (work), we receive energy (money) in return. We use the energy to provide nourishment, and we maintain the strength to put out more energy. It is a cycle.

This is a good week to look at your interaction with your community -- whether it's job or volunteer work, church or social engagements. What energy do you put out, and how is it repaid to you? How are you fed? Who are you feeding? What do you provide and what is provided to you?

Are you getting enough energy in return? Too much? Too little? The wrong sort? Is your form of energy output one that matches your passions, your fire? Is there a joyous, happy spark in what you do in your community?

This may be the week where projects start moving forward and producing an actual exchange between you and the community you're working with. If ideas are put into action, or have been floating out there like lures in a fish pond, this week may provide some nibbles.

In short, it's a good time to really focus on the cycles of energy exchange you are part of in your communit(ies). Does it / do they fit with your truth, your passion, your happiness? 


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Yup, it's pretty straight forward. As we give out our energy, our hands are open to receive. I accept.

And yes, I do hope the lines I have floating in the water (books published, blogs written, classes and coaching offered) will find the fish they're meant to feed. Or vice versa. We are taught not to be selfish, not to want money. Yet, money is how we provide for ourselves. So, yeah. And I'll keep repeating this until I believe it and the universe believes it and money believes it. I like money. I want money. I accept money.

Let there be money. For all. Or the equivalent exchange of energy and provisions, comfort and feeding and return on our passionate investments in our communities. 

I hope you have a great day!
-Lila

LIR 6415 Weekly - Eihwaz & WunjoR

It's a good time to bring all the pieces together. To look at them assembled. To call the board together, start the group rehearsals, put the chapters in order. It's a good time to see how all the different pieces (or persons) of the situation flow together, cycle together. How do they interact?

This week, Eihwaz is about melding the pieces to create whatever vision is in your head. It's not so much about the finished product (or final event) or even about making things work together… it's about figuring out how they work together. Creating a plan. Putting the notes in various orders to see what sounds most like your song. How do all your different projects blend into a whole? How do you make time for everything? Can all the ingredients together create a delicious dish? If you mix the molecules differently, what do you get?

This situation is your situation, your project. It's your idea, or your leadership, or your rehearsal. Your mad science creation. You don't need to discuss the excitement, the feeling of creation, the assembly, the way things are moving forward, with your clan. This is your perception - and anyone else, no matter how we love or respect them, is going to have a different way of believing in the outcome and therefore, could cloud your vision. Let them do their own projects and you do yours.

If fact, it may be a good time to lock yourself in your basement 'til the thinking, arranging, rearranging, outline, recipe, translation, mediation, rehearsal, first draft is done. Until the foundation is laid. It doesn't need to be perfect, naturally. But it does need to be solid.

Eihwaz - it's time to bring the pieces together, time to figure out how they flow together, time to find the way the various cycles link. WunjoR - it's also time for a little solitary confinement, keeping your focus, and your thoughts, on the project and on your perceptions. So don your thinking cap, pull out your conductor's wand, find that drafting table, that sewing machine, that typerwriter - and let's get busy, baby.

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Whoo hoo! I'm anxious to get started already. I think this is speaking to all the various hats I wear. I've discarded a few, and now I have a burning desire to get "serious" about the ALL of the others. And yeah, I'm going to have to break down what I want to accomplish in all the different areas, and then see how it flows into a schedule.

Hmm, does this count as communicating with my clan about it? Nah. I'm not discussing my hats, or what I picture as the final outcome. And hey, if I don't read any comments, then I won't be receiving any input from anyone else *Grin*.

'Kay, gotta go play!

I hope you have a great day!

-Lila

PS - I have to wonder - How many times have I called this blessed rune Perthro? Just cuz it looks like a P. It IS Wunjo. Wunjo. Wunjo.  Just so you know.

LIR SW June 2015 (for the Spirit Wise Newsletter)

NaihwazR & EihwazR

Things are changing fast. It seems we make a decision and then a whole new set of possibilities opens up.  Whether it's technology or food or fashion (or gas prices), there are no ceilings.

So perhaps, say NaihwazR & EihwazR, it's a good month to practice adaptability, flexibiity. Playability?

NaihwazR says we don't need to stick with just what we have - we can explore a little, splurge a little, try a little, play a little.  EihwazR says we don't have to do things strictly for the long term, or even to expand our dreams. We don't have to balance practical and desirable. We can play a little.

Between them, we get a picture of taking each day as it comes. Trying new things. Doing something that brings happiness in the moment irrelevant to long term goals.  Letting the feelings of the day, the weather, the schedule, the truths, and the curiosities choose how you will practice, how you will grow your dreams. Loosen the reigns, relax the plans, and explore. Play.

Naturally, you want to follow your truth of the moment. The runes aren't advising us to throw our dreams out the window and run amuck. No. But in June, even the flow of society changes because of vacations & reruns & closed schools. Staying indoors, staying "on task" might be difficult. And it is entirely possible that allowing the play, the flexibility, the possibilities into our work will spark new ideas for growth, for dreams. Because, if you're like me, you're always working on your dream, connecting with your goal, even when you relax or look away.

So let's not be stodgy and tied down by the "needful" and the careful balancing of worlds. Let's be nice to ourselves. Let the sunshine in. Use a purple crayon. Do a little dance. Release the kraken! Throw off the shackles & run naked…

Ahem. I mean, Let's Play!

I hope you have a great (and responsibly playful) month.

-Lila