Wholeness
Sowelu
This Rune stands for wholeness, that which your nature requires. It embodies the impulse toward self realisation and indicates the path you must follow, not from ulterior motives but from the core of your individuality.
Seeking after wholeness is the Spiritual warrior’s quest. And yet what you are striving to become in actuality is what you, by nature, already are. You must become conscious of your essence and bring it into form, express it in a creative way. A Rune of great power, making energy available to you, Sowelu marks a time for regeneration right down to the cellular level.
Although this Rune has no reversed position, there is reason for caution. You may see fit to withdraw, to retreat in the face of a pressing situation, especially if people or events are demanding that you expend your energy now. Know that such a retreat is a retreat in strength, and that it can indicate the need for a voyage inward for centring, for balance. Timely retreat is among the skills of the Spiritual Warrior. At the same time, for some, this Rune counsels opening yourself up, letting the light into a part of your life that has been secret, shut away. To accomplish this may call for profound recognitions, for admitting to yourself something that you have long denied.
There is a prayer known as the ‘Gayatri’ that embodies the spirit of Sowelu. Address the sun in this fashion…
"You who are the source of all power,
Whose rays illuminate the whole world,
Illuminate also my heart,
So that it too can do your work."
While reciting the Gayatri, visualise the sun’s rays streaming forth into the world, entering your own heart, then streaming out from your heart centre and back into the world. This is a powerful and life-enhancing prayer/meditation.
There is a caution here not to give yourself airs. Even in a time of bountiful energy, you are required to face and vanquish your refusal to let right action to flow through you. Nourish this capacity, for it is a mark of true humility.
From 'The New Book of Runes' by Ralph Blum
