Urban Shamanism

I, empowered

I'm receiving so much information now and feel so profoundly and truly gifted. In the dream I had last night, I was anointed by children with mystical symbols drawn with golden oil on my skin, that allowed me to traverse great expanses in a blink and to enter many places. These symbols also activated skills that have been dormant within me.

The Wonder of this world is boundless. I feel now in the capacity to explore it in more depth than I've ever been able to. For the first time in my life, I feel like I'm living beyond my imagination, doing things that I never thought possible, seeing the world from perspectives that I could hardly convey in words no matter how hard I tried. I walk through scenarios and visit places that I can't describe to anyone I know, the fullness of the experiences precludes that description. I could say "I was sent deep into the Sun and the flames were golden spirals", but that isn't it at all, that's just my mind attempting to interpret a phenomenon so subtle and powerful that it's untranslatable. Yet, translation is what I do, and yesterday I found something very important with regards to that work: beneath the collective languages that we use, there are secret, individual languages pertaining to each person. Everyone we know has a language that only they can speak and understand fully. I learned this after I accompanied a friend with whom I've grown a bit distant for a while. Roleplaying is exceedingly important in his life and I was on the opposite path, dismantling the narratives rather than engaging with them; now, however, I'm back into the fold and as soon as I started musing out loud about narrating stories again, he lit up and started sharing a bunch of other things happening in his life.

There's a topic, an activity, a way of thinking that's so special for each person we know, that if we approach them through it, they'll just open up like flowers, ready to share and communicate. Some relationships grow cold because we don't care to engage them through these passions, these profound languages written in the cells that inspire people to create, love and enjoy life. Like Mandela said, if you talk to a person in a language that they understand, that goes to their head, but if you talk to them in their own language, that goes to their Heart. I understood then that if I could talk to my friend through this passion, my words would go directly to his Heart, and the same applies to everyone else.

Another positive development lately was that the friend who erased me from Facebook and took his distance, is getting in touch again and explained that he fell terribly ill after we had our impasse, and then he learned that his mother has stage 2 cancer. I don't know the details because it's still hard to find a time that suits us both for talking, but his willingness to share fills my heart with joy. That's one connection that I can work with a LOT better than I've done, and from that learning I shall extract the information to apply my newly found understanding in all areas of my social life.

Night Rune: Fehu

In an Universe in constant change, I receive the anointment of children who mark me with symbols to activate my power.

Daylight Rune: Tiwaz

Say the right thing, activate only the necessary codes, use the correct keys to access the knowledge that you seek, do not commit overmuch with the plans of others nor give excessive energy to the opinions around you, simplify your process and get to the point. Speak with rectitude and care, respect your own coherence, do not sacrifice your position for minor advantages, work specifically in what grants you the greatest growth and teachings. Your Will is also your Obligation, detours have their consequences. The most direct path offers the greatest progress, nobody has the duty of walk it with you, dedicate yourself to your task and lead the world turn. Be example and standard of your ideas, become the living picture of your beliefs, the champion of your reality.