Isa – ice– Be comfortable where we are, because for now, we’re not moving. We all have our limits, through which we cannot pass until we find the momentum to do so from our deepest reserves. Isa comes when it is time to examine those depths.
Whatever is occurring at this time must be dealt with, not just for the pragmatic benefits of doing so, but because what comes after cannot manifest until present enlightenment is found. “Enlightenment” sounds dramatic, but that’s exactly what is being called for. It’s time to push our boundaries, to go beyond what we think we are capable of, what is possible to expect from the world around us. Perhaps the need is to merely sit and reflect on what needs attention, or it’s to acknowledge something long skirting the edge of awareness. Whatever it is, we all recognize that guttural gnawing sensation, saying what sustains us is no longer working, hungry for authentically feeds.
Don’t expect to advance, for now, and find a way to engage in the stillness. This is the inner spotlight. This is a staycation of the soul. Maybe a better wish for the week is: Be uncomfortable where we are, because discomfort motivates change.
Thanks for your insightful words. I just started connecting with Isa and the following poems arose from my meditation on it:
Smoking,
looking at the Runes,
I ask,
“Why has nothing made itself known?”
I’m stuck in this space:
there’s no desire
fear
attachment,
and yet I feel driven
forced to move
to act
2 B.
There’s pressure
heat
movement.
Energy thaws
liquefies
evaporates
ignites
transforms.
Energy does not die
or fade away,
its ever alive
dancing.
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Isa makes itself known to me.
I laugh and write these words,
“That makes sense,
for I’m definitely at a standstill.”
I feel it,
that pressure inside
growing.
I feel the energy building.
The ice starts to gently melt.
What’s the rush?
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Breaking patterns is something Isa’s taught me.
When we consider how the Runes affect us,
they become allies and enemies;
when we come to the Runes seeking, as Oðinn teaches us,
we learn, grow, and become.
With Sleipnir and his eight legs pointing in all directions
we Ride the Tree and embody the Runes,
pulling them up from deep within the Well.
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In retrospect,
there’s never been stagnation.
For the past three days I have gone to bed in an Isa posture:
laying on back,
legs outstretched and twined
arms crossed over the chest.
I did not realize it until this morning.
That pressure
tension
agitation
restlessness,
it started to dissolve.
It was difficult,
I wanted to move,
but I held it: relaxed into it.
I felt the energy melt
I felt my body calm
my breath release.
Vibrating Isa
I fell asleep.