LIR Weekly 5615 - EihwazR, EhwazR, JeraR, Perthro

I forgot to take a picture when I did the reading, so I'm hoping to link to the video. 

Runes are read from bottom to top

From the position of the runes (EihwazR being below the chain,) it appears this is a continuation of last week's work with projects or divisible worlds - worlds which need bridges, connections. Last week we decided if they needed bridges, or if it was better to let them - each world, each part of the project, each section of the choir - work alone.

This week is a good time to look at those disparate worlds and see what it is that keeps them from flowing together. Is every part operating under the same goals, the same culture, the same language? Is everyone singing the same song? Comparison and judgment can be good tools.

And, again, do you (do we, do I) want it to be in flow? Is the discordant effect wrong, or right for the truth we're seeking?

This week will probably not produce anything, for all the work and effort we're putting into this project; perhaps it's not time for it to produce anything yet. (so, don't sing the song for the public, don't present the report). There may be another question to ask. Is all this work worth the expected harvest?

It is a good time to get some outside opinions, however. A dress rehearsal, beta testing, or even taking a perception of the project(s) from the overview, instead of from the inside. Recording, practicing, seeing the piece as a whole can help wiggle out where some tuning might be helpful.

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Of course, my own insecurities do pop up immediately - OH NO! What am I doing wrong? Why won't it fit together? Why doesn't anything go the way I want it to?

Then my inner coach gives me my pillow pet and reminds me, there are no mistakes. This is all practice. Big and small, stage show and outfit, final test for college and new business launch. You can only do what you can do. I cannot do your best. You cannot do my best. WE can each only do our best. So how much do I want to give to this project, regardless of its production value? How much time, energy, love, passion, do I want to exert?

And when I put it that way, I can think of a few situations which might fall into this reading very nicely. I'll have to think about the outside influence though. That's something which will require practice… well, I guess it depends on which situation I'm in.

Hmm. I wonder if I can apply the accepting attitude of a place where I request outside information (like voice lessons) to the places I don't want it so much (like when I'm talking about writing and everyone wants to tell me how to get things published.)

Thank you, and I hope you have a Great week!

-Lila

LIR 42815 Weekly

    Hagalaz                                                             

Eihwaz R

EihwazR is about connections, bridges, the middleman standing between two (or more) worlds.

   This week, Eihwaz asks us to contemplate the connections in the situation.

   Does there need to be a bridge or a mediator? Could the situation be helped with an extra step, a translation, a primary overseer?

   Does the situation have a bridge that is not needed? Would the various groups in the project do better to work on their own piece before trying it as a whole?  Can the training wheels come off?

   And the final question: Are you being asked to be the bridge? Do you want to do it?

Hagalaz is the storm, the change, the traumatic change.

   It being spring, Hagalaz could symbolize an actual storm or natural event which causes change - even a small storm can blow away an unneeded piece of paper. Though we may have thought we really needed that paper!

   It could be an emotional or spiritual or situational storm - because something as simple as a haircut can be a traumatic change. Which is redundant. Change is Traumatic, even when we're prepared.

   Perhaps Hagalaz is a question. What could stand to be shaken up? What change in routine, diet, clothes, place, could help release something we no longer need?

EihwazR and Hagalaz could be connected - the decision about the connections or bridges will effect a change.

Whatever the situation, the question, or the answer, remember your truth. It may be different from everyone else's, but it is just as right, for you. And that, standing for yourself, can be the biggest, most traumatic, most simple act of them all.

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Welcome to the transitional post!

Though I suppose the next one will be the actual transitional one.

This month at least, I am finding it difficult to analyze the week previous. I'm very busy looking ahead. So I have changed the style of the post for the next coming week, and I am putting my observation and thoughts about the reading in when I write it.

It's interesting how things transition, isn't it? And is this just for this post, this month? Or for moving forward?

I can tell you, quickly, before I move on, that there were storms in nature last week, as well as a huge shift in myself. I went to the Threshold Choir International Gathering, and in reviewing my actions, it rather feels like I crammed all my years of growth and change into 3 days.

It felt like an Up With People gathering, so on day 1, my automatic defenses rose to people pleasing, bright and shiny Lila. By day 2 (with some deep breathing and permission to remember it is only practice) I had brought myself to vocational Lila - still a little unsure how to present herself directly to people, but much more comfortable exploring her options and space. And then, glorious day 3, (despite the misread as described in the last post), ah, day 3 was the first formal appearance of Lila Unic Allen, Happiness Coach, Story Teller, & World Creator. When I spoke, I spoke from my truth. When I listened, it was without judgment. It felt pretty awesome. She stayed for day 4.

As for the worlds to straddle, or the bridges to burn - I'm not sure. There are so many aspects it could apply to. So, I'll just keep moving forward. 

I hope you have a great week!

-Lila