I am on day 26 of 30 days of daily runes practice. A journey I've decided to take in order to expand my divination study and learn new things.
A little background, I have never been religious. In my past, religion was needed for spirituality. Over the past sever years I have been easing into a life that includes spirituality, but I am still not religious.
So as I explore how spirituality fits into my life, I journey deep into the inner workings of my self. Slowly I discover hidden feelings and desires regarding a higher power and a higher self.
So along with picking up oracle and tarot cards, I have been studying runes.
I am a logical person by nature and so in order for me explore this side of me, I need tangible things in my hand. That physical gateway in order to understand spiritual matters.
We all take our journeys in our own ways, and that is my backstory.
That is how I got to this place of practicing runes each day.
As a summary of the past several days (as I had a little glitch here on hive that sort of got me out of daily posting habits), my daily focus tends to be around letting go.
For two days in a row I pulled Eihwaz (EYE-waz), whose one word modern meaning is 'surrender'.
I am trying so hard to make a life at home work for me. Each day my mind is centered around 'what am I missing?' 'what can I push today to get this ball rolling?'.
This rune is a reminder to stop and look at the big picture. Do what you can do and let things fall into place before stressing about little forward movement. Things take time.
I often have to stop and think when I pull this rune, however, as it is very similar to Sowilo, which reminds us to reset each day! Take the time to think in those last few still moments of the morning, before bashing out into the day.
Both can help, I think, when one is struggling to find meaning in a sort of stagnation in life.
But then today I pulled Raido, or journey. A rune that comes up weekly.
A message to stop overanalyzing and judging my journey. What is happening is just that...I am doing what I can and all I can do is trust my intuition and knowledge of myself to get me through it.
It is hard sometimes to let go and believe that there is another level of knowing within us. The future is not planned out but if we can figure out the next steps to take for the best possible outcome, then we are that much closer to happiness. And isn't that all any of us really want? Happiness?
It's the knowledge of what 'happiness' actually means to us that is most elusive.