Ravens Word - Tactical Withdrawel

‘Maybe there’s nothing more to say, and in a funny way I’m calm. Because the power is not mine, I’m just going to let it fly’
The Corrs

There is a rune called Teiwaz it’s shape is simply an arrow pointing upwards. This rune has to do with the spiritual warrior, the counsel of this rune when chosen in reverse has got to do with the tactical withdrawal of ones energy from a circumstance or situation when it is appropriate.

In my booklet on runes I gave it this meaning ‘ know when it is appropriate to back off. Forcing a situation when you yourself are not ready to take it on will further your pain. Don’t force an issue for the sake of having it your own way. This will cause unnecessary conflict and a draining away of energy and will’.

So often we don’t realise the benefit of removing our energy and will from a situation that is not serving us. We continue to throw our thoughts, and actions at something long after it no longer serves us. Most often in these situations the feeling is one of hopelessness and powerlessness, a struggle to force something we desire out of a situation or another person out of some need for gratification we may have.

This theme has come up for me so many times in my own life and in the lives of the clients I have worked with recently. What one finally has to realise though, as the song lyrics above state, ‘the power is not mine’ when you are dependent on someone else for that gratification you give away the power to choose in the situation. The most appropriate action here even if it is only or more importantly on an energetic level is to ‘let it fly’.

‘The more you are dependant on forces outside of yourself, the more you are dominated by them’
Harold Sherman

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