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

LIR 82615 - LaguzR in Fire

If you're like me, you're itching for things to get started. To be able to test theories or practices. To be in the possibilities. To do SOMETHING with your dreams.

LaguzR is implying we'll get a chance to do something, but it's not going to be the big rush of a grand opening we might think we want.

Laguz itself is about that rush - being carried away by the force of the birth; being swept along once things have begun. But LaguzR says nope, not this week.

This could mean that this is another week of making sure we have everything in order; of practicing our steps and creating more product.But I feel LaguzR pertains more to the start - saying it will be slow, but it definitely will be. We will have time to practice as we begin our takeoff. Time to correct the position of our wings. Time to jump out of the plane and run back and get one more tool. Time to use the restroom. Time to make sure all of our thoughts are aligned, and we're happy with our course.

With LaguzR being in Fire this may feel especially relevant for the creative parts of our projects.  This week, this slow start, could be a creative step. A slow step. A small step. Not the leap, not the flight, not the rushing downhill. But a step, finally a step, towards our awesome future.

Happily, since we're stepping slowly and surely, we'll be able to see more possibilities, make choices in line with our truths, not feel pressured by anything other than our own desire to release our gifts into the world.

LaguzR in Fire. A slow start is a good start. A slow start gives us time to practice and place our steps carefully, so that when we are running, rushing, flying, we will do so with confidence. 

Ready, set, walk!

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Oh, I am amazed at how things flow, one into another. How one practice can influence ten different events in a day. And those events influence the next week, which influences another practice.

The connectivity is astounding. And easy to miss, especially when I'm revving to go.

Happily, I actually believe I am grateful for the slow steps. However much I am wishing to be in the thick of things, I know that I am still practicing my decision making processes; and that I work best and most happily when I am doing one thing at a time.

But I am also grateful that there is finally a step. There is only so much one can plan, or do, without an audience or client or agent, or whatever and whoever is the next step to bringing creativity to life. When two cymbals crash together, the vibration is not a sound until it interacts with eardrums.

On a side note, I also feel like I've done this reading before. Which would bother me, a little, except I know things go in stages also. Stop and start. It's all forward movement, as long as the intent is growth. 

I hope you have a great day!

-Lila

LIR Gemini 2015 - No Rune, with Ur (Ogham)

So, this coming month is going to be one of practice. Focusing on our truths, on the steps and rituals and habits which bring us happiness in every moment. There is no general storm, or transition period, or bridge to cross. Just practice, as each moment arrives, as each event unfolds, as each question comes up. Breath, find your truth, your balance, and move, speak, act, be.

Of course, the reason we call these things practice is because we're still working out what form of behavior, action, or speech brings us happiness. If you're like me, there are plenty of opportunities to practice and improve, each time coming closer to a moment, a behavior, a response or action which brings you that deep sense of beauty and rightness. Happily, if you're like me, there are more moments of beauty now than there were a month ago, but there are still plenty of places to practice.

So Ur (which is Ogham for Heather) is going to pop in - through dreams, sparks of inspiration, the careless word of another, a passage in a book or show - and give us a little sparkle to add to our practice. A little twitch to help bring more beauty to the truth. A little nudge to get us exactly on the pitch we're striving for. Yay, Ur!

The trick to playing with Ur is to allow it to be an addition to the practice, and not the basis of the practice. For example, the rune reading this month is still the rune reading. The addition of the Ogham gives it a little more depth. I will not be switching to Ogham readings all the time.

So, let each moment be what it is. Remember your personal version of grounding (mine is: step back, breathe, center, and find my truth of the moment.) Practice it in every situation, let it be flexible in every situation. See how the inspiration nudges, see if you like it. Just because you think of something doesn't mean you have to do it. Or that it's right for you!

Practice makes anything possible.

video is available HERE

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Personally, I'm looking forward to a quiet month of practice. I have plenty of things to practice on, and I expect, as I practice they will become easier to do, and therefore less looming! Which will finally leave  me time for practicing what I really want to do - more writing, more singing, more coaching, MORE!

I hope you have a great month!

-Lila

LIR 42215 IsaR & Ansaz in Air

(no pictures this week, cuz they're on the other computer)

This will not be a week of isolation, hibernation. It is a week to expect all sorts of energy interactions.

   If the question is to stay home or to go out? Go out.

   If the question is "whose energy is this?" The answer might be, someone else's.

Remember, there are many ways to leave our happy hidey holes. One good way is communication - through writing, social media, phones, videos, packages. Even meditation.

And there may a lot of ideas, a lot of inspiration this week. Do you have a good system for filing it? Cataloging? Putting it someplace you can easily find it again? Because when there's a stream of thoughts, sometimes it's all we can do to write them down. We'll have to flesh them out later.

Chances are it will be difficult to find a minute of peace this week. So be ready. Make your own. Know when you absolutely need to have a few minutes of mindlessness.  And know when you're just nervous or unsure. Is it truth or fear which is keeping you and your thoughts tucked inside?

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So how was your week, last week? Did you make it through with your truth intact? With your peace?

Mine went by so quickly, so fully, I can analyze it completely. But I can say there was a moment of despair as I contemplated this trip I am currently on... the Threshold Choir gathering. For no good reason, of course, except those last minute... I don't want to say dragons of despair, because I think of dragons as majestic and forceful and kind of imminent... and these thoughts are less solid, so they kind of slide around the daily thoughts and preparations until suddenly I'm sitting in front of the computer thinking, do I really want to do this? What kind of person will I be at this event?

But obviously, I did travel. I did not stay in isolation. And I'm sure I'll be glad I did, once I find my voice. (But that's a topic for another blog.)

As for the inspiration, I felt I came closer to getting all my ideas organized. I feel compulsively that I must gather them all in one place, before I get started on the writing part of the writing again. Not only to try and find the lost pieces of ideas, but I think, so that I can write with the confidence that I will always be able to find what I've done. As I type this out (Hoping i actually sound coherent) I realize it's a form of honoring my work. It is important enough to me to be filed with as much care as the taxes. Or the medical files. These are my babies.

Beyond the reading, since I have you here, I have to say I feel like I'm slamming into all these realities, and truths. Solidifying things. Not becoming so much as discovering. Fulfilling? manifesting! It's a bit disconcerting from the inside and I often revert to old patterns, but oh, the glory and freedom of remembering, it's all practice.

I hope you have a great week!
-Lila

No Rune

Hello to you!

I just wanted to let you know, I am changing the rune reading time frame for general readings. I am going to try it on a weekly basis, and see if I can be more consistent.

Thank you for being part of the practice!

I hope you have a great day!

-Lila

LIR 41515 - No Rune

Yup, again. Another good day to expect the basics. Stick to your truths. Just take one step at a time. And remember. It's practice. It's all practice.

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I think the last time the rune came up as no rune, I had the same challenge I faced with this day. Groggy, plan for the day all twisted up. Not inclined to do anything! Definately a time for practice.

Happily, my peeps helped me over the hurdle - one friend talked about having the same issues (lying back or stepping forward); and another refused to validate my need to be a couch potato. So, yesterday I worked through it. And I'm so glad I did! I have a project which really needs finishing tomorrow (preferably today) and I did a big chunk of it yesterday.

Further happiness, this two week span (from day off to day off) has been more productive, on the whole, than previous 2 week spans. I often get to the middle and throw my hands up in the air and laze around. This set, I only sat mindlessly in front of the tv for a 1/2 day. I think.

Well. I choose to believe this is so. I choose to believe my stamina is increasing. Because that is what I need for the future.

So, no rune for me is coming to mean, keep your nose to the grind stone. You're going to have enough challenge just focusing on the basics. 

Moving on!

I hope you have a great day!

-Lila

LIR 41114 No Rune

Yay, everything is moving smoothly!

 You have enough information; 

and if you have a question, you also have the answer.

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Hmm. I don't know about smoothly. I would really like to practice getting to bed sooner so I can get out of bed sooner. I prefer having 2 to 3 hours to wake up and stretch all my muscles, including my brain. And my body obviously prefers to have 8 to 10 hours to sleep. Dilemma. Then there's the 6 to 12 hours worth of production I'd like to achieve in a day. Oh, yeah. No problem. That's 24. Why am I so behind?

Oh, maybe it's because there's other people involved in my life. Or my life involves other people. What!ever.

Even with the reluctant beginning, I did start my "work" day on time. And I do feel I have accomplished much. Including an interesting meditation - which I postponed on impulse, doing a different task instead. Which enabled me to answer a call, and then do meditation uninterrupted. Yay me, for interpreting my questions and answers correctly.

This practice is so exciting, isn't it? Every day things fall into place, more things work and other things change, and when it "just works", it's amazing. And the most amazing part is the feeling while we're doing it...not excited, really; not nervous; certainly not disbelieving... but casual and powerful at the same time.

A very good day.

I hope today is even better!
-Lila

LIR 32915 - No Rune

Looks like everything is  moving along smoothly. And we know what we're doing. 

So let's keep practicing our truths, and take time to appreciate every moment.

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It was an interesting day. And one of practicing different forms of adaptability. But, for all the disjointedness of it - nothing quite followed my daily calendar today - it was a good day. Nothing really required a lot of extra work or attention or focus.

So, yay! Happy day!

I hope you had a great day, too!
-Lila

LIR 8114 - WunjoR

Today is about what you can do for yourself. It’s not about the clan or family, regardless of how you love them.

Do it for yourself.

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Does make me wonder who I think will "interfere" today.

Hello!  And welcome back.  This rune, for me, spanned the whole of the week I have been otherwise occupied.  So let's talk about "family time".

First, examine the perception of family time.  I see a group of people gathered around the table, eating, laughing, talking...  or drinking, talking, crying, laughing.  I see the group expanding and contracting, breaking into little groups and coming back together again.  I see events, and plans, and people doing things together.

I had a family event - kind of a family vacation - this last week.  It adapted and grew in the planning to become a working vacation, retreat, family event.  

In the retreat/ working vacation, I did some stuff for me, and some stuff because I thought it could be for me, and some stuff for my clan.  Sometimes the question was not "Do I want to?", it was, "do I really not want to?"  Compromise.  I think it went well, for that part finished with the feeling of accomplishment and purpose.  There are places where, looking back, I can see that exerting myself could have been helpful for the clan as a whole.  I hope to remember this next time.

The family event also finished with purpose, though the original feeling of accomplishment was missing.   There was gathering and eating.  There was some expanding and contracting.  There was even some doing things together.  Yes for the laughter and yes for a few tears.  But the  purpose, the connecting of family in depth does feel lacking.

I realize, as I write this, I have a lot more practice flowing in my truth with my clan than with my family. 

There is a feeling of accomplishment now, however, a few days later.  Because I did practice some.  And I recognize some of the places I could improve, be firm but fair so I can receive what I need and allow others to be themselves also.

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LIR 81114 - No Rune

Says the Universe, “I think you have enough to process right now; You need no further input from me!”

Breathe. Step. Breathe. Step. We’ll get there.

I hope you have a great day!
-Lila

LIR 3514 - Wunjo

Today is a good day to reflect on the clan's triumphs & sorrows.  Celebrate the past so we can move cleanly into the future.

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Dear all:

This has nothing to do with the last reading.  I just wanted to let you know, the whirlwind, which has been gearing up and taking practice runs, is about to start in earnest.  While I hope and expect to do a daily rune reading (which will appear on twitter, tumblr, and facebook - for links, go to the Home page on this website) I don't know if I'll do any posting here for the next week.  

We have been practicing and practicing, calm and breathing and truths.  And now it's time to practice with other people and other locations.  Expand the horizons.  Open myself up.  Right?  Right.  There are no mistakes.  My truth is my truth regardless of location and company.  And a deep breath, stepping back, and focusing on what's immediate -- these are the steps that will help me return to this blog in a relatively sane frame of mind.  *wry grin*.

Interestingly, today's reading speaks to that.  At least I think so.  

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LIR 3814 - Sowelo

To achieve your goals today, remember what worked successfully in the past.

You have done it.  You can do it.  You will do it.  You are doing it.  You have done it!

See you on the flip side!  And I hope you have a great day.

-Lila

111313 - Blank (Odin's Rune)

"Just go about your business."  So much going on, there's no particular item on which to focus.  Keep practicing.  Keep breathing.  Keep choosing.

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Right.  Well, I chose to finish a project (making a rune set out of sculpy clay.  Yay!).  Then, I chose to clean the little kitchen.  Then I chose to sit down and do nothing.  I am exhausted.  I expect it's from all the projects.

So, tonite I'm choosing to go to bed early.

I hope you have a great day!

-Lila

102713 - ThurisazR

Aggression, resistance, protection.  These can be lower than expected today, in you or in another.  Is this good?  Is more shielding required?  Or perhaps less?

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It's difficult to express this one easily.  I have doing a lot of practicing with believing in myself, being true to myself.  A lot of this practice requires positive thinking, or, at the least, a release of negative thinking.  Which means I am working on NOT anticipating any outcome or reaction from others, only focusing on my goals and being open to the possibilities that feed everyones' truths, instead of projecting reactions.  So, in that sense, there was no expectation of resistance in the parts of today which were ...

Today I asked for help.  This is something I have been practicing, and I am still practicing.  In the past, I would have projected various actions, reactions and scenarios; and when it came time to ask, my behavior would have been... I think passive aggressive is the right description.  As in:  Help me, but only if you want to and I really don't need what I really need, and your happiness is more important than my happiness but you really want to make me happy, don't you?

However, I have also been practicing being true to myself, and accepting that I do need what I need.  I have been practicing believing my happiness is as important as anyone else's.  I have been practicing standing up for my choices.  I have practiced doing.  I have, in short, been practicing being a responsible, honorable adult.

This requires more than a release of negative thinking -- it is a release of anticipation, of expectation for ANY outcome.  Which takes practice.

In addition, I believe I can be happy at the same time someone else is happy.  It need not be one or the other.  So, I practice being open to the possibilities that feed everyones' truths.

Yup, it is a lot of work.  But everything becomes easier with practice.  And because of this practice, I had no expectations when I asked for help.  Therefore, I was open to the response I received, and was able to engage in honorable, adult conversation to create possibilities.  And therefore this event really didn't apply to the reading at all.

However.

Riding on the success of putting my practice into, well, practice, I found myself blithely heading into a maelstrom of old habits and confusions.  I lost track of time and date, and tried to cram a lot of events (dinner, laundry, packing, prep for tomorrow) into about two hours.  Since these events involved other people, they did not flow as smoothly as I wanted them to and I became frustrated.

I did handle the frustration better than I would have 3 months ago, (thanks to my practice of breathing and stepping out of the energetic whirlwind); but that is the moment a bit more shielding (or a bit less aggression from self) would have been nice to have.

 I hope you had a great day!

-Lila