Today's advice came in the forms of Raido, Eihwaz, and Jera.
Raido is the rune of Journey, Communication, Union/Reunion. The time has come to quietly work on removing resistances, to ask through meditation what is right action, and to make progress towards righting two sides. The traditions with current culture. Two people. Your self and Self. Should we hold onto traditions for traditions sake or should they evolve to encompass today's concerns? Even when we evolve, we bring things from previous lives so we are never entirely new. We not only learn from our own pasts but those of our relatives and previous lives. I carry something from my ancestors. I carry something from my previous lives. I carry something from my history. What I do with what I bring forward is up to me. There is no true fate as we tend to define it, looking to the future. Fate is a combination of the past with the present. Even though fate may point us in a certain direction, the outcomes are not certain, guaranteed. We always have a choice and that choice will bring with it every choice made prior to it.
Eihwaz advocates taking control of your life. It may require a separate path. This separation may be between people or ideas. This does not mean a finality, it may mean taking the time to care for ourselves. Even when we look after ourselves, it is important to look after those around us. This can be done by having and showing compassion for our surroundings. Animate or Inanimate, we can show compassion for all things. Before we can be truly compassionate towards others, we need to be compassionate towards ourselves. We need to look within and recognize the things we may or may not be comfortable with and recognize them as being part of the person we were before and that we can learn from them as we go forward. Everything has value, including what we perceive as mistakes.
Jera reminds us to stick to things and carry out our actions. To see things to the end. Everything is a journey. Determining the end is perhaps the most difficult thing to do: how much of investment is not enough, just right, or too much? How many years do we work at a job, even though the average currently is 2 years, before we can earn a retirement package; when things are just too much; or when we have invested so much that we cannot leave without suffering a significant loss? This applies for relationships, studies, hobbies, and life. All of these we take an active roll in that decision process. Take control of your decisions and see things to the end. You will know when the end is, without a doubt. Me, I am no where near the end... How did Jerry Reed say that: "We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there"?
Sometimes you draw a rune that is just plain fitting. Tonight's advice is Mannaz. The rune of Self, Innocence, and Loving Kindness. I am on the right track. I am correctly pursuing new studies and am on the right track of current endeavors and studies. I have no other analysis than I am on the path I need to be. Even though it is relatively early on that path, it is timely and it is showering Loving Kindness on me.
