communication fast -- making prayer runes
I'm really filled with love for you all right now ♥ I feel so blessed to have people like you in my life! Thinking about you makes me just shake my head and glow in wonder... All of you are my learnsharers, my teacher/students. I love learning with you! I'm so glad you're with me on my journey.(now for the actual subject of my post!) For months I'd had a plan in the back of my mind for a spiritual creative project -- prayer runes -- but it never felt like the right time to actually make them. I spent quite a few hours on them each day of the fast (as they had to dry between times so that the paper wouldn't melt), and since then I've been using them in my meditation/prayer time.
I made them for the people who've had some kind of major positive impact on my life, regardless of whether or not we are currently in contact or on good terms. ((for instance, "Michael?" is someone whose last name I never knew, who was the first violet spirit I ever met -- I'd never felt such an instant or deep connection before zir, and ze opened my eyes to the possibility of so many things. Have you ever met a stranger with whom your eyes LOCKED, you could not tear your gaze away, and you felt COMFORTABLE with such an intimate thing even while talking?)) There are at least two more people whom I love very much and want to add -- but I wanted to keep this to people who I'd made a real-time connection with, otherwise I'd have made a ton more. But I do have hopes to make new runes as you become more of a part of my life.
The colors aren't perfect, as I was using markers and couldn't layer/mix colors (and some of them melted a bit), but they're pretty close for the most part, in real life. (in my photos they're a bit off) The center color is what I see the person's spirit as; the middle color is the heart; and the outer color is the soul. ((explanation of what I mean by those words))
not color-accurate but I love the shape
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this one is the most color-accurate
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all the backs look like this, and when you hold them up to the light you can read "I love you" through the name :D
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their home
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I keep the bag in my sanctuary, and when I go in to meditate I draw two runes, place them on my altar, and pray for those two people. Throughout the day I keep them in my mind, praying over them and sending them love. I also have a bowl of papers which have the names of all my flist (except a few who I don't feel like I know well enough yet) and I draw eight of those and pray over them as well (but don't keep them in my mind because I think I'd forget some if I tried to keep that many at a time).
So far this has been a wonderful motivation for me to meditate, because I feel like the universe can tell me who most needs some divine attention (or just love from me) and then I can act on that ♥ (and! they're so pretty, I just love looking at them! glass+glitter+color = love) I love how they each feel so true to me; like a little connection to you.
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And now I am just all smiles! Sometimes I get a little discouraged by the news and wonder if humans truly have the ability to bring good into the world to counteract the negative - and you are frequently the one who reminds me that the answer is a resounding "Yes!"
Thank you!
omg *blush* thank you so much!
This is such a crystalline idea. It's going to sit in my heart and make me smile for the rest of the week. Bless you, Bel. :) <3
you came up today! ♥ (I drew you out of my bowl of violet papers :D)
actually, they're 'glass gems' -- like a flattened marble, one side is round like a water droplet and the other is flat. I wrote on bits of paper and then used mod-podge to glue the paper to the flat side, then added more mod-podge and dipped it in glitter, let it dry, and added a few more coats of mod-podge. The convex top side of the glass makes it look as if the paper is inside (and the coats of mod-podge add to that effect). ;-)
I'm honestly sort of surprised I'd get put in this group. I'm honored....
oh yeah, and thanks for all that! *giggles*
And I'm curious: what to you are the differences between spirit/heart/soul? If you've written this about this before, I apologize for not remembering, and would you mind pointing me in the direction of the post? :)
*hug* You're an amazing person. I feel proud to count you among my LJ friends. I feel like I'm always learning from you.
The differences between spirit/heart/soul (http://belenen.livejournal.com/386097.html) -- usually I make sure to do links, so thanks for reminding me!
awwww, thank you so much! *hugs tightly*
I'm sorry that I haven't been much for the commenting...I forgot to track your journal, and when I'd added you you were going on a trip. I came back to check up on you ages later and was like "Oh, she's back," but still forgot to track. Mega whoops on my part, my apologies.
oh, you never need to apologize for not commenting -- I myself go through periods of lotsa commenting and then periods of none at all, so I really don't mind.
I'm proud to have you in my life too ♥ You inspire me so much!
This idea leaves me absolutely breathless. Looking at the photographs, the runes are so incredibly beautiful, but it's the sentiment behind them that fills my chest with this strong warmth of adoration and awe. It's such a tender, caring gesture that you're extending, and I can so well see how incredible it must be to think on these people and their influence in your life. Once again I'm amazed by your incredible spirit.
oh wow, thank you so much for this comment, you actually brought tears to my eyes! ♥ *huggggs*
What kind of meditation do you practise? And where did you learn it from? I am interested.
And what are prayer runes? I don't know much about them.
That's just the name for those things I made; I called them runes because I draw them in a sort of divination-style way, and I added the 'prayer' because that is the purpose of them -- to tell me who to pray for.
the purple clutch was a gift from Hannah (
they're 1.25" 'glass gems' -- like a flattened marble, one side is round like a water droplet and the other is flat. I wrote on bits of paper and then used mod-podge to glue the paper to the flat side, then added more mod-podge and dipped it in glitter, let it dry, and added a few more coats of mod-podge. The convex top side of the glass makes it look as if the paper is inside (and the coats of mod-podge add to that effect).
You definitely inspire me to do the same.
they're 'glass gems' -- like a flattened marble, one side is round like a water droplet and the other is flat. I wrote on bits of paper and then used mod-podge to glue the paper to the flat side, then added more mod-podge and dipped it in glitter, let it dry, and added a few more coats of mod-podge. The convex top side of the glass makes it look as if the paper is inside (and the coats of mod-podge add to that effect).
the colors are how I see the various parts... unfortunately it doesn't translate well into words, except for the broadest of generalizations (such as, red souls tend to be very bold, blue souls tend to be very tender), but here's an explanation of what I mean by those words (http://belenen.livejournal.com/386097.html). ;-)