fredag 23. mars 2012

RUNIC WISDOM - MARCH 18

I love the handful of earth
you are. You are the replica
of the expanding universe.

- Pablo Neruda

RUNIC WISDOM - MARCH 17

The task is to define oneself,
for oneself, in a manner that
enables relationship to oneself.
In so doing, one becomes who
one truly is.

RUNIC WISDOM - MARCH 16

You have prepared the ground and
planted the seed. Now you must
cultivate with care. To those whose
labor has a long season, a long coming
to term, Jera, offers encouragement of
success. Know that the outcome is in
the keeping of Providence and
continue to preserve.

- Rune 13, Jera

RUNIC WISDOM - MARCH 15

Good fortune and bad fortune
are not predestined; we bring
them on ourselves by our 
conduct. And all of good and evil
follow as the shadow follows
the body.

- Kan Ying Phien

RUNIC WISDOM - MARCH 14

Bestow, O God, this grace upon us: 
That in the school of suffering
we should learn self-conquest, and
through sorrow, even if it be
against our will, learn self-control.
AMEN

RUNIC WISDOM - MARCH 13

The practice of the council is simple. The basic rule is this: Speak from the heart, listen with the heart. Nobody ever interrupts anybody. A "talking stick" (any object you favor) helps, since the one holding the stick speaks until they are done, and only then does the stick pass. Useful in relationships, family, business, any community situation. Council is always applicable whenever two or more are gathered together.

RUNIC WISDOM - MARCH 12

Remember this: There are entities that support and encourage and sustain us in our effort to live in harmony and engage in right action. Call them what you will - Angels - Guides, Helpers - They are generous, they are free of all limitations, and they are with us always.

RUNIC WISDOM - MARCH 11

Trust yourself, my dear.
    You know more than you think    you do.

RUNIC WISDOM - MARCH 10

Visualize yourself standing before a gateway on a hilltop. Your entire life lies out behind you and below. Before you syep through the gateway, pause and review the past: the learning and the joys, the victories and the sorrows, in truth, everything it took to bring you here. Observe it all, bless it all, release it all. For it is in letting go of the past that you reclaim your power.

Step through the gateway now.

- Rune 21, Thurisaz

lørdag 10. mars 2012

RUNIC WISDOM - MARCH 9

Often when I feel in need of divine encouragement,
I recite my favourite road prayer: Maranatha
A single word in Aramaic whose meaning is,
"Come Lord"

Ma-ra-na-tha. The tradition from which it descends
is deep and ancient, steeped in the practise of sages
and teachers and saints, a fine tradition of
meditation,. I subscribe to that. And although I
often go months without saying it, I always come
back to it: Maranatha ... Come Lord!

So simple and elegant  and powerful.

RUNIC WISDOM - MARCH 8

Knowing that what is mine will come to me,
I release the old and give thanks for the blessings of my life.
I am ready and willing to embrace change.

- Relationship Runes, Rune 18, Laguz

RUNIC WISDOM - MARCH 7

If it is time to turn your relationship into a life partnership, there are two affirmations that can only work for good, only support and protect your intention. They are these: I am committed to telling you the truth, and, I am committed to keeping my agreements.

- Notes for Relationship Runes

RUNIC WISDOM - MARCH 6

Wanting for nothing, how shall I be dismayed?
Grieving for no thing, lost or unattained,
Why would I choke on the sharp bones of regret?
I am a guest in this house, thoughtful of my manners,
Mindful of my privileges, and so filled with gratitude
That when I pray, my prayers turn to praise,
  upon my lips.
Were I to die, just as I am, surrounded so with beauty,
My soul returning to its source, opened wide
And revealing the map of my journey,
Would show forth, undiminished, beauty only,
  only beauty.
And so, Beloved. I have written this poem for you.

RUNIC WISDOM - MARCH 5

Fire is heavens light
in its palest hue.
That fiery branch
burning at the heart's center
claims its kinship
with the sun.
What hid itself in shadows
is clear to me now.

- The Rune cards, rune 14, KANO, Opening

RUNIC WISDOM - MARCH 4

O you whose ways are our ways when we let them be,
Hear our prayer.
Provide us with a set of sacred tools,
Whose right use can be lovingly detected in each other's eyes,
Tools that loose their benediction on our ancient bondage,
And heal us from all wounds of seperation,
Tools that, in our hands, define us as your children.
And so we offer up the fruit of this our prayer.
Help us, we pray, to bring it forth
From the highest possible place
And for the greatest possible good.
AMEN

- Relationship Runes; A compass for the heart, Invocation

RUNIC WISDOM - MARCH 3

Pain passes
            but beauty
                       remains.

- August Renoir

RUNIC WISDOM - MARCH 2

When my life feels most unmanageable, when the past becomes a litany of blame and guilt and the future a storm front of fear, the Serenity Prayer buoys me up with its quiet common sense.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.

- Introduction to the Serenity Runes

RUNIC WISDOM - MARCH 1

Peace of mind is clearly an internal matter. It must begin with your own thoughts and then extend outward. It is from your peace of mind that a peaceful perception of the world arises.

- A course in miracles

RUNIC WISDOM - FEBRUARY 28

Of the divine oracles, some are spoken by God himself with his prophet as interpreter, some were revealed through question and answer, others by Moses himself, when inspired and possessed and transported out of himself.
 - Philo of Alexandria