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- MANNAZ---THE SELF
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- THE STARTING POINT IS THE SELF.Its essence is water.
- Only clarity,willingness to change,is effective now.For from a correct
- relationship to yourself comes a right relationship to all others and to the
- divine.
- Remain modest - that is the Oracle's counsel.
- Regardless of how great may be your merit,be yeilding,devoted and
- moderate,for then do you have a true direction.
- Be in the world but not off it,that is implicit here.And yet do not be
- closed,narrow,or filled with judgement;rather remain receptive to impulses
- flowing from the divine within and without.
- "" STRIVE TO LIVE THE ORDINARY LIFE IN A NON-ORDINARY WAY""
- Remember at all times what is coming to be and passing away,and focus on
- that which abides.Nothing less is called for from you now.
- This is the time of major growth and rectification and,as a
- rule,rectification must come before progress. The feild is tilled before the
- seed is planted, the garden is weeded before the flower blooms, and the self
- must know stillness before it can discover its true song.
- THIS IS NOT A TIME TO SEEK CREDIT FOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS or to focus on
- results,Rather,be content to do your task for the task's sake. This is more
- a problem for those whose eyes are always on the goal than for those who
- have not forgotten how to play and can more easily find themselves in their
- work.Herein lies the secret of experiencing a TRUE PRESENT.
- IF you take the rune of the self and cut it down the middle ,you will
- see the rune for joy and it's mirror image. There is a subtle caution here
- against carelessness.The dancing acrobatic energy of balancing is called for
- now - the self is required to balance the self. NOTHING IN EXCESS was the
- second phrase written over the gateway to the temple at delphi.
- THE FIRST COUNSEL WAS " KNOW THYSELF "..
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