LIR 92915 - IngwazR, and UrazR in water

If you find yourself staring at a situation, a project, an event, wondering why it's not going anywhere, this week the possibility is there are no seeds hidden under that planning. You can work and work, but nothing is going to come from it.  Most likely, this is  because of a lack of emotional connection. Whatever the situation, it's not feeding you and you feel very little for it.

The question for the week, then, is what do we do? Do we strive to plant seeds, create a connection, change the perception or the situation so we do care? Or do we move on to something that brings more zip to our personal doo-da?

IngwazR and UrazR - what is it really worth to me?

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Well last week really felt like I got little done. I think I spaced out on the focus on the work part, and got caught up in all the other drama. Hopefully, this week, I'll connect with what does feed me and quit paying attention to crap I really have no desire for.

I expect a more productive and (naturally) happier week!

I hope you have one too!

-Lila

LIR 92315 Weekly - FehuR

Fehu is the rune of the energetic flow - the energy of work flows into the matter of nourishment (money) which fuels energy for work.  FehuR indicates the cycle is not the main focus of this coming week.

For many of us, it can be easy to get caught up in the loop of wondering if we're producing enough to receive the nourishment we need. When we do that, our focus shifts away from the work, which can make the work feel meaningless or insufficient. For us, FehuR says practice just doing the work. Really doing the work. Because the more we focus, the more solid the work is and therefore, the more valuable in terms of energetic return.

On the other side of the viewpoint, some of us have already been focusing just on the work. For those "us"es, FehuR suggests it's time to come out of that cozy cocoon and see how the work translates into nourishment. (Re)establish the connection with the cycle.

FehuR - your work can feed you. Be fully present in the action of work; and let the work be an easily flowing part of the nourishment cycle.

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Hello to you! Gonna keep this one short as I'm taking this post pretty personally - it goes along with my personal reading, which I heard as an exasperated "No, you don't need any help. Just get to work!"

Of course, that's easy to say. I have created a big distraction for myself..., no, wait, I am not going to phrase it like that. Rather, I made a timely and necessary decision to replace hardware, and now I am relearning how things work. Change is good. Change is good. Release the fear!

Meanwhile, things are taking longer than usual - which is just temporary, but something I must accept at this time. So. Thank you. I'm breathing. And working. Yay us!

I hope you have a great week!
-Lila

LIR 91515 Weekly - No Rune

Yes, it's our friendly No Rune again. Yay! This means another good week to practice our tools.

Last week was about ripples. It may have felt like a small ripple. It may have been a big one. You may not be sure what the ripple was. Regardless, we reacted and acted, chose, and moved forward. And created new ripples.

These ripples may involve new tools, new possibilities, new muscles.

So this week, we practice the basics again, with this new element added. Rather like a dance or a program. Step by step we move until we are comfortable with our form, or sure that the program runs smoothly. Then, consciously, we add another step. And we check again to make sure it's running smoothly, that the form is comfortable.

It may feel like starting over, but it's actually a continuation. The best way to ensure a solid foundation is to test the basics. I expect you'll notice that many parts are easier, though there are probably one or two you'll need to really focus on again. (If you're like me, there always are.).

No Rune - you know the drill. Breathe, step, breathe, step. New steps, possibly. New muscles, even. But it's still about your choice. Your truth. Your happiness. Step by step.

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Seriously, how difficult was it to move this morning?

It wasn't that I wanted to stay in bed, exactly, it was just that getting out of bed, moving through my morning ritual, even getting myself working required conscious effort. So I am very partial to the "new muscles" interpretation of the reading. And I am grateful for another week to practice. Because I for one have had a few new things either come in or open up.

We are always influenced by outside forces. Always. Even the song we hear faintly in the distance sets up a response in our brains. We react to thing automatically all the time. It's the conscious reactions which take work. And though it feels like we're (I'm) making the choice over and over to move forward in XYZ, I wonder if I'm (we're?) actually trying to wimp out. After all, if I sit down and meditate over my choices yet again, I won't have to actually do anything. And my muscles won't be so sore. Right?

Well, I hear that the best, true way to keep your muscles from being sore is to use them until they are strong enough to do the work. If I sit yet another day, that would be like starting over. And I don't want to start over. I want to keep going. My body isn't a temple, my body is a workhorse. So is my mind. And my spirit. We are most energized when we're doing. 

So, today I may be doing a little slower. But I'm still gonna be doing. And not at all watching that clock, counting my breaths until I get to officially take a break. Not at all.

I hope you have a great week,

-Lila

LIR 9915 Weekly - Perthro

Perthro is about outside influences - they flow toward us; they happen all around us. And we have no control over them.

Perthro this week is specifically about influences from the past… more like ripples. The butterfly's wings have flapped, the pebble has dropped in the pond, and the effects are now reaching our shores. We still have no control over it.

Perthro, as you can see in the picture,
kind of resembles a cup, lain on its side. In this case, we can think of ourselves as the cup. The energies, ripples, wing flaps, are rolling towards us, rushing to fill the cup. And, again, we have no control over these energies.

Until they are ours.

Once the energy, the influence, the result of whatever past action rolls into your personal bubble and becomes part of your reality, you have plenty of choices!

How are you going to act, once you know what's going on? Are you going to block the energy, neutralize the energy, accept the energy, use the energy, pass it on?

Let's look at it this way. A box arrives at your doorstep. This is the outside influence. Obviously, it's a past influence, for the box was sent (or ordered) a few days ago. You decide to open the box. Or not. You decide to bring the box into your home. Or not. You decide to keep what's in the box. Or not. You decide to use what's in the box. Or not.

Let's say it's clothes in the box and, in your opinion, they're too ugly to wear. Do you wear them? Return them? Donate them? Stuff them in the back of your closet? Pull out the sewing machine, the bedazzler, and the dye packets?

Let's say, in your opinion, the clothes are perfect! Do you wear them? Return them? Donate them? Stuff them in the back of your closet? Pull out the sewing machine, the bedazzler, and the dye packets?

Stuff is going to come in. We have no control of the influences, ripples, responses, energies flowing toward us. We can control what we receive, what we keep. And we can definitely control what we do with the gifts that arrive upon those ripples.

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This one was difficult to interpret. There's so much trepidation, for me, around other people's choices. I expect part of this is because I have learned a distrust of the human powers' that be. After all, any good story has to have something to struggle against, doesn't it? And oh, the bad guys we have created for our heroic journeys.

So I think I am going to practice changing that perception. For example, I know I'm not the only hopeful, bright-eyed, optimist who believes in unicorns. I know many people have at least one of those traits.

I also know that many people strive to become a power for the express purpose of affecting the world in a positive, hopeful, unicorn friendly fashion.

So I am going to practice believing in those energies, the bright shiny energies. If the government, and the world, is made up of humans (which, yes, is also a belief system), then i am going to make my "Vote" in the energetic world and support the positive. I am going to believe in fairies and other supposed mythical creatures like honest politicians and CEO's who work for and with their employees. And by this belief, this support, I am going to help create more!

And, yeah, I am going to color all of the ripples that come my way with my rainbow marker even before I decide what to do with them.

It sounds flighty, I understand. That's because I do like sparkles. But, really, what it is, is love. A deep, connected with everything, accepting everything, awesome love. It does require practice to stay aware of (hence the rainbow markers), but it's the most influential power I know. 

I hope you have a great and positively influential week!
-Lila

LIR 9215 Weekly - TaiwazR

Yup, pretty sure we've had this one before. And the meaning hasn't changed.

There is no need to give anything up. For most situations.

I'll grant you - there could be some situations where this rune is saying, "If you're looking for a particular XYZ, you aren't finding it because you’ve already used it." This is the day, event, situation, future you traded for.

But for most situations this rune is saying we can fit it all. Rather like one of those puzzles where you have to get all of the blocks into the box - there is a way for everything to go in. Whether you're talking about schedules or projects or getting one more thing into your suitcase for the trip, there is a creative way to include everything you really want. Everything that feeds you, or that answers to your truths, or that sparks your passions. You can, we can have everything we want this week. There is a way.

Even those situations where this is the day you traded for, you actually have the funds or the energy or the means to replace what you used previously. No hardship. No "gasp" SACRIFICE.

The final corallary - if something doesn't fit, really doesn't fit, if there is no way to eat the cake and have cake next week, then maybe cake isn't really needed, in either situation. I know it sounds like a divination cop-out, but it doesn't change the truth of our lives. If we are living our truths, practicing our passions, and every day making choices for our happiness, we KNOW that we can do and have and be everything we want. We know this is just a reminder. And we know that if something doesn't work, doesn't fit, doesn't feel right, then  it's not for us at this time, no matter how much we wish we wanted it.

TaiwazR - there is no need to choose. What you need will fit in your life. There are no limits to your truths.

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yes, it's really nice to hear "I can make it work." Yay me! 
The question I ask myself is how? How do I make it all work? I understand I can fit it all in, but HOW?

And it always, still, all comes down to practice. 

Wait! Before you throw your hands in the air and swear never to read my blog again, just... wait.

And breathe.

And remember. Did anything you do ever NOT require practice? From crawling to walking to reading to zinging that look at errant transgressors, some of it is skill, yes, but there was still and always practice. Even habits are made automatic by practice. Years of practice. And repetition.

Each time we work on something, do something, we achieve more knowledge and more skill. We understand a little more about the process, and about the way we (individually) do it best. 

If you're like me, you have realized that creating a HOW TO sheet is the best way to start anything new! I use it for my daily schedule and for all of my work. (How to pay bills. How to practice voice. How to do my fantasy writing time.)

This helps me a) know what all the involved steps are, so I don't conveniently forget to stretch in the morning; and b) change old habits by reworking the steps, so I can be consistent in my practice; and c)when the practice doesn't work, I can try a different way there on paper, and remember what I did differently.

I'll be honest, it is a guide. Somedays I do jump right over the "tidying up" because I really need / want to get to the "work". And I keep changing when I exercise. It is a learning process, learning to balance what I want with when I do it best.  I actually do pretty good grunt work during a specific time. And practicing breathing techniques as soon as I wake up in the morning is an excellent way to stay in bed for a few more minutes and still feel productive, with the side benefit of starting the blood flowing. Yay!

Practice. For me, it is the only way to fit everything in. Last month, I was calmly breathing over my sorting and filing. This month it is a smooth process, even when I skip a day. And I'm actually accomplishing things. Next month, I expect the sorting will be so easy I won't even need an in-box. And I'll be happily accomplishing my passions and my chores.

Because I can fit it all in. I can do all the things that really matter to me. With practice.

I hope you have a great week, and a happy practice!

-Lila