Structure and Stricture + Daily Runes

Be free of unneeded limitations

I'm sure all readers have seen a construction site. When buildings are being raised, the first thing that's set up is the foundation. A skeleton is made with steel bars and wire, then concrete poured over it in order to create the necessary shapes, but since the concrete is originally liquid, it has to be contained with wooden casing which is removed when the mix is dry. Piece by piece, floor by floor, column by column, this process continues to the top following standards that ensure the building's stability and firmness. The bodies of all living things are the same; muscles, tendons and skin wrap around the bones to allow creatures to stand up and move on their own. Similarly, our minds and emotions also require support and containment, definitions that allow us to operate in a world filled with all kinds of other entities. Even though at an energy level we're exactly the same as those entities, in this material plain the definitions are a requirement.

Yesterday, I talked about the relevance of restraints, of respecting the space of others and taking responsibility for the consequences of our choices. Today, however, I'll talk about that interconnectedness of energy in honor of the Full Moon in Capricorn, the most structural Sign of the Zodiac. We're spiritual entities encapsulated in these bodies of flesh and blood, and at that level, there is only one true constraint that we must abide by: Purpose, that mission which we've come to fulfill in this life. Any other limitation that we experience is either derived from it or an impediment. The work of self-discovery demands that we identify which is which so that we can get rid of the obstacles. This is an endless process encompassing ever deeper layers. Imagine a building with infinite floors, each one with a puzzle that we have to solve in order to reach the stairs and reach another level.

We may not like that building, we may resent the layout of each floor, but it is what it is and we can't change that, because this building isn't just ours, it belongs to every generation before us and to all that will come after us. Columns, windows, doors, walls are made up of codes that go way back to the very origin of existence itself. We can, however, change our attitude to these codes, accept them as they are, navigate our ancestral building in excitement for the old knowledge that we can uncover anew. Instead of living in rejection of what we see and feel, we can embrace it; instead of hating our position, we can harness it. This shift in perspective ends up also changing the building itself, it's more pleasurable to navigate it, we can take more time on each floor, moving the furniture, cleaning the trash, opening the windows to let the air through, sweeping away the dirt. In short, taking true ownership of the place, recognizing it as home.

There are rules that we must comply with, whether we like it or not is irrelevant, they're structural to our being. There are, however, many other rules that we've imposed on ourselves for a variety of reasons, preferences and conditions, opinions and prejudices that we sustain mostly out of fear that our foundations and columns will crumble if we let them go. Since we've imposed them, as we free ourselves from fear, we can equally ditch them so as to enjoy our lives more. Our house may not change in shape or size, but we can care for it, make it more comfortable and beautiful simply by reviewing, modifying and, if necessary, altogether discarding the strictures that limit our vision and weigh on our feelings.

Peaceful joy in all spaces. Someone offers to paint a green and radiantly alive landscape in my home.

Influx, cascade. We are called to simultaneously go deeper into our emotions and express them only the necessary minimum. The Blessing of the Mother comes from the skies and opens the way for study; ask the difficult questions even if you do not get any answers. Review traumas and past terrors, understand that now you have tools that you lacked then. Wash impurities, shame and guilt off yourself; a new structural phase of your process begins, walk lightly. Rains and tears of healing down to the bones enable you to fulfill your duty at other levels of reality. It is simple to not react and to empathize when you comprehend that the attitude of others has nothing to do with you. Feel with intensity but keep your distance. Behold the panorama from an elevated position, only then will be able to see how everything is connected. The observer creates the territory.