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The way to experience Reiki is to be still. Reiki is a process of meditation. For the inflow to be unobstructed, the vessel must be made empty. If there is inward stillness, ego, personal agendas, negative emotions, distracted thoughts and doubt will be neutralized, eventually allowing the soul-nature to manifest. As a Reiki practitioner, you have created a relationship with the Universe. Muscular
relaxation is a tangible first effect of Reiki. Once it is felt and
allowed,
relaxation of other bodily structures and functions can take place. As
relaxation deepens it is experienced more as a state of calmness, and
many
times as peace. The experience of peace points to something ultimately
more real and permanent than the body. This does not negate the body's
wisdom. If allowed, the initial, superficial relaxation of the muscles
and other bodily structures will eventually release the mental or
emotional
issue s registered in the cells and organic material, as well as the
chemistry
of the body. Issues are originally imprinted due to the holistic
principle
that all parts are reflected in the whole, and the whole is reflected
in
the parts. Peace
of mind, heartfelt peace, embodied peace, and peace that carries over
into
daily life becomes the norm for one who is on an ongoing Reiki regimen.
Mental and emotional, as well as physical healing brings its own degree
of peace and clarity. Yet the peace thus found is only the first stage
of the peace spectrum. We are in essence spiritual beings, and Reiki is
primarily spiritually motivated healing. Very simply put, spiritual
healing
is to erase the ignorance of what we are as metaphysical entities. We
then
evolve to accepting our true nature as real, and expressing it in every
way. Physical, emotional and mental healing disidentifies us from the
delusion
that we are our bodies and neuroses. When an issue is resolved on any
of
these levels we feel stronger and freer. If the resolution is profound
enough recurrence is stemmed. Yet the physical, emotional and mental
dimension
is an ever-changeful, uncertain terrain open to all manner of
influences.
Healing on these levels is an indispensable beachhead, perhaps to be
termed
as being at peace with oneself. Yet final victory lies in the
all-healing
power of the spiritual. This is because the other levels are but an
expression
or extension of our spiritual self the soul. They have only a limited
reality
and can heal us conditionally.
The
attraction of the spiritual dimension is that it can expand us to being
at peace with all people, all conditions
and all things. Then you may know that you are not only at peace but
that
you are peace. This is a permanent inner state unruffled by any
influence.
Spiritual resources, like love and health, are constant, ever-full and
ever-giving. Our ability to tap them is greatly dependent on not
becoming
complacent with a little material happiness, human relationship and
average
health. Our entire journey is spiritual. We are so seduced by the
information
that our senses impart to us about the world that we are unable to
entertain
the vastness and multi-dimensionality of Reality. We so
easily become
creatures of needs and desires. No matter how hard we try consumerism
fails
to replace true fulfillment. The stress created by a manic and unending
reaching out instead of diving in is the cause of our increasingly
unmanageable
ills worldwide. Life also offers daily opportunities for engaging in
noble
and worthy goals and aspirations. These must be taken. Satisfying
relationships,
material comfort, nature, art, technology, good food, life as we know
it
on the planet can be very beautiful and inspiring. Yet when these
expressions
are treated as demi-gods and become an end in themselves, we create an
unimaginable trap. To not fall in at all or extricate ourselves when we
do is the ultimate healing work we are here to do. Be grounded in your being and changing circumstances cannot touch you. Your being is eternal and powerful. That power has been given away to extraneous things. Healing is proper management of personal energy. We are born with an endowment of ever-replenished resources. To be spiritually healed is to be so connected to these resources that you are never depleted. Everytime you use Reiki your being rests in the connection of love, the love that runs the universe. If love can prevent planets from colliding, and it does, think what it can do for you. Your being is this love. Your cells also store and run on the love of Spirit. Reiki awakens this pure feeling and lets it flow abundantly. The Divine is smiling at you from the nucleus of your molecules. Smile back and come to the home of your soul. From there you will be convinced that you are stronger than the circumstances of your life. |
Reiki
energy is the same subtle energy that enlivens all of creation. The
underlying energetic structure of man, nature and
space is gaining
more respect today, as we move away from the dominant matter-first
paradigm,
to one in which consciousness is steadily reclaiming its rightful
position.
One of the simplest ways to illustrate this is the brain/mind
relationship.
Most science today still maintains that the mind somehow
(proof
has been elusive) evolved out of the gray matter of the brain.
Perennial
traditions know that mind (in this example), or
rather consciousness
is the very womb of life. In other words, the mind is not limited to
the
brain and therefore is not regulated by it, although the brain is an
instrument
of the mind, just as the mind is an instrument of the soul.