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

LIR 4915 NaihwazR in Earth

Did you remember your car keys and the notes?  

What else do you need today? 

What tools, what steps, what physical aspect do you need

 to move the situation to its completion?

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Early PM: Since Naihwaz also stands for the end of the storm & the Reversed would be Not the end of the storm, I have been obsessively watching the weather. Happily, in this part of the world, the weather was fine. 

But so far, it being a slow moving day, and me having to really concentrate to do the next step, I haven't forgotten anything. I don't think.

End pm: I have made to the end of the day feeling much accomplished. I did have one moment. I had Threshold Choir rehearsal today, and desperately desired some food for a quick grounding after. My tongue has been sore lately (did you know you could overdose on ginger snaps? Me neither), so pudding was the snack of choice. I stopped into a store, grabbed a six pack of chocolate for ease of holding while driving, and so I wouldn't eat the whole tub. But the little containers, being plastic, had sharp little edges on them. And when I blithely stuck my tongue in (best way to eat pudding while driving, yes?), the nasty mean pudding scratched my poor defenseless tongue right on the sore spot. Aaargh!

So, what i really needed that I didn't have was a short straw. Or a place to put down my pudding cup as I was driving 65 on the highway. In a manual shift vehicle.

yeah, fine, maybe common sense is the tool I was missing there. Told ya' I needed grounding.

I hope you  had a great (and safe driving) day!
-lila

PS - funny moment. Hubby came home for lunch; because of rune, I queried him as he left again to make sure he had everything. An hour later he came back to fetch something - not something he knew he'd need, but still... *G*

LIR - June 2014: NaihwazR

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Also seen as Nauthiz, nydth, Nawt, and Naudhiz

It's a lot of work pursuing our goals, isn't it?  Manifesting our dreams.  Water it now; cover it later; feed and nurture and think this way and move that way and…  I'm tired!

Sometimes, just contemplating the energy output required to achieve happiness can feel overwhelming and exhausting!  And we wonder, is it all worth it?  Do I really want to finish this journey?  Do I really want to reach the shore?  What am I really going to have to show for all of my work?  Wouldn't it be easier to just let go, sit down right here and go no further? 

The answer is no.  It really wouldn't be easier to stop now.  Really, it wouldn't.  We have the forward momentum, we have all those skills we've been practicing.  We have the shore in sight!  So really, stopping would be soul shattering.  It might feel good for a moment, but then would start the recriminations and the regrets.

No to regrets.

No to all the fears.

No to the doubts trying to steal energy from the dream.  

Making dreams come alive is work, yes, but it's fun, fueling, passionate work.  If we're tired, we take a break, and then we're itching to get up and get going again.    We feed our dreams, which feed us, so we can feed the dreams that feed us…  It's a big happy, rejuvenating circle.

And for anything that doesn't fit in that circle, "Just say no!"  A doubt comes up, squash it.  A thought of failure?  Release it.  Fears have no place in our dreams.  We don't need to fight them, beat them, conquer them or overcome them.   They have no power at all.  They do not exist.

The rune for June is Naihwaz R off the mat.  Way off the mat.   We let the happiness of our manifestation feed us.   There is NO room for anything else.

I hope you have a great month!

-Lila

written for the Spirit Wise newsletter