Ogham Readings on Mondays

[kimberlysteele]

Submit your question or request for a general "what's up this week" reading and I will be happy to oblige!


I am happy to read your Ogham free of charge -- that's how I hone my divination skills -- but if you want to donate for it, I'll happily buy myself a book, a snack, or a cup of tea while on the town.

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Comments

one or two questions..

[ehu]

Firstly, thank you for offering this, as well as for your clear & helpful instructional videos & insightful comments on the ecosophia blogs.

Having recently read some of Charlotte Mason's writings regarding proper development of the will caused me feelings of woe, as my own upbringing (as well as, as far as I can tell, that of perhaps a vast majority of the so-called "civilized" population) sorely lacked the direction Mason provides.

Being in mid-life, the task of gaining both the necessary attention span -- via say, discursive meditation -- and (then), building up true will, appears daunting. Yet very much worthwhile!

So here's my question:
Is the method of discursive meditation (as propounded by JMG) best for me to embrace as the first step of practice? Or is training of the will more fundamentally important for me at this time? Both in parallel?

The other question is in regard to selling the business I co-founded. The reason being a desire to pay off investors and use the remaining proceeds to found a life more closely aligned with ecosophian principles, for the benefit of providing a long-term, more healthy, joyful & sustainable life to us. We are pondering the possibility of selling. Is selling the business the wisest path to take?

[(Anonymous)]

Hi Kimberly,

My question is as follows: Will I ever successfully communicate with a tree?

Thank you for your time.

[kimberlysteele]

Hi, my Ogham say Yes, you will. They give me Tinne or Holly, well-dignified. This seems to indicate it will first happen during the reign of the Holly King, so I wouldn't hesitate to try the tree communication ritual in the fall or winter months!

Re: one or two questions..

[kimberlysteele]

Hi Ehu,

My Ogham say you should start with Will Training. For Discursive Meditation, they say not to start with it. They give me Koad or the Grove for that question, which indicates it should be included as soon as possible. Then when I asked about your will, they give me a Yes in the form of Straif, which is blackthorn in the original Druid Ogham system and Honey Locust in my Midwestern Ogham. This is to say the training will be tough going at first but you are sure to succeed.

One of the things I'd add is that I was born exceptionally strong-willed, and it can be easily unbalanced. For instance, from Kindergarten through college, even when my period gave me severe bleeding and absolutely debilitating cramps, I went to school.

This got me through in terms of earning my Bachelor's degree, however, the legacy of my "powering through" illnesses came within an hour of killing me at age 27. I had a bum gall bladder and since the doctors I consulted had no idea I suffered gall bladder disease, I powered through the pain, maintaining my teaching schedule no matter what. My gall bladder was so badly swollen with stones, it took a several hour surgery to get it out. Had I waited another hour that fateful night or had I not received the attention of a good clinic doctor who told me to go to the hospital and a brilliant ER doctor who who figured out it was gall bladder disease, I would have been dead at age 27. It was that event that taught me that my will can easily become overpowering. The lesson it taught me was that I needed to be kinder and more easygoing with myself. My parents are kind, mellow people, plus I am adopted, so I am quite certain my strong will isn't a product of my upbringing. My brother (who was born to my parents naturally after my adoption) is my polar opposite: he struggles with addictions where I do not, he is overweight where I am not, and though he has a solid work ethic, he was always the type who let his alarm ring for an hour every morning. I always get up the second it rings no matter how tired I am. I could easily do an absurd touch-your-nose directive at a certain time of day, to a fault. When I was writing my novels, I easily set a goal of a thousand words a day and finished seven of them in a period of five years. Will is great but it can easily become thoughtless and robotic. It needs to be constantly assessed and reassessed. Will is something I have always had in this incarnation. It probably has something to do with past lives where I starved to death.

I also asked the Ogham if you should sell your business at this time and they said No. They give me Oir, which means Epiphany. This seems to indicate you'll suddenly realize why you should not sell it later.