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Without will we are aimless. As conscious beings we have the ability to have influence on the how the future will play out and unfold. We can use this ability or we can just flow with the stream trough time and be dragged along with it. When we take up THORN as the third rune of the Armanen Futhork we accept responsibility of our lives and the way it unfolds. Certainly not everything will unfold exactly as we hope it to be but it can manifest as we intent it to be. But intention is not just a projection on the outer world, intention is set within, a change within an that change projects a change into the external world. In order to set our intent from the inner world we need our inner world to be illuminated from within, we need to become in touch with the soul that is our true self resident in the physical body.
When we practice THORN we are empowered by a strong self confidence that we have power to influence and shape the future. THORN is more than just planning a future, it is having a clear visualization of all senses of what that future will look like and how it will be experienced. Planning might set out steps to follow but THORN ask for a projection from within our inner being into the external world of living action. With THORN there is no regret when the world seems to oppose the idea of our ideals but rather it is a challenge we accept with a happy hard. We link into the force of THORN to overcome obstacles in the physical world and remain constant in that which we wish to manifest. THORN brings within us a patience that waits for the right moment of manifestation, the right moment when we need to act and the moment when we need to pause. We have a wide array of means to our disposal and all we need to do is to connect the right moment with the right action. Often the action is not in accord with the physical world but in accord with what we sense in our inner being as the right action that might seem counter intuitive and yet still forcefully moving forward.
We accept responsibility for who we are and make no excuses for our weaknesses. We strengthen our weaknesses and leverage our strengths as we persist to build who we want to be. Achievement on the physical level of a goal is like an alchemist’s attainment of gold and yet realizing that gold was not the end goal. The end goal is the elixir of life, the philosopher’s stone the clothing of our soul with virtue. With THORN we see beyond the physical constraints and achievements and we embrace that which we are as spirit and soul. We evolve the essence of our inner being. In this path there is no resistance, every resistance is but an enabler that allows us to focus on the inner world that is the core of strength, the fortitude of growth.
When you are young you may feel that it is a natural process because the doors of possibility is always open. However it is easy to loose faith in yourself when you become older, time to attain decreases and energy levels begin to wane. But with THORN as a crystal in the crown that is upon my head there is a continued process of growth. For what I want to attain is not external in the form of fame, and riches but it is about reaching a state of being and knowledge based on virtue. It is laying a foundation not just for this life but for every future life that is to be lived.
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