IS NOTHING SACRED ANYMORE?

When I became Reiki, meaning I was attuned to Reiki and took all the classes, I was taught and teach even now that the Reiki symbols are sacred and therefore should not be shared with anyone that is not Reiki.  They can't do anything with them anyway - only those who are connected to them in the Reiki attunements are able to access their power, but that is not the point. 

Diane Stein in her book "Essential Reiki"  was the first person to openly display them for all to see, angering and disgusting the Reiki world.  Now you can find them openly on Google, also as GIF's and Meme's, and in many books on Reiki, as well as how to perform the attunements, something even more unethical and disrespectful than just making the symbols public.

In my opinion, this is nothing but blatant greed and self aggrandizement - profiting off of the sale of the sacred and secret knowledge of Reiki for noting but your gain.  It has nothing to do with the "oh let's share everything with everybody for the good of planet" do gooder's. Yes we need to get the word out about Reiki to help everyone heal and the planet, but this has nothing to do with that - not at all - anything to make a buck -  ANYTHING!

When did this attitude and behavior become the norm and acceptable conduct for anyone who claims to be a Reiki Practitioner?  Just another sad state of affairs that we are finding ourselves in in many countries all across the globe, from stealing public lands and peoples savings, to slaughtering endangered species and posting pics of yourself on Facebook with their carcasses  ANYTHING TO MAKE A BUCK. ANYTHING - nothing is sacred, nothing is respected, and to hell with ethics and morality.

Surely Dr. Usui is turning over in his grave.

A WHOLE NEW WORLD FOR ME

I've been a certified Crystal Healer for years, along with being a Stone Grid Master Practitioner.  I've made dozens and dozens of grids. If you're interested in seeing some, check out my Pinterest page: 

https://www.pinterest.com/rnbwoman/my-crystal-grids/

Recently, I joined a Facebook Crystal Grid Makers group and have had an absolute revolution of new grid thought hit me big time.  Making a grid is making a piece of art. As I have always been an artist at heart, it makes sense that I am so drawn to do them, but the things I'm learning in this group are a quantum leap above the simple "in the box" grids I'd been doing and I'm loving it!  The use of feathers, shells, crystal/stone pendants, bracelets or necklaces, a boat load of different grid foundations and patterns, and the latest - taking the theory of the "unified field" into grid making, has really blown my mind.

Many of the other grid makers in the group use hundreds of little tiny crystal/stone chips in their grids, something I've never ever heard of or seen before.  I didn't understand how you could possible do this (if you understand how to connect up all the grid crystals/stones using a laser wand, you'll understand my confusion).  So I started asking questions, and boy oh boy, a whole new way of making a grid has grabbed me and I'm now building up my own collection of tiny pieces of stones and crystals.

So what is the "unified field theory"?  As I understand it, when two stones/crystals touch, they start to act as one.  They come into the resonance with each other and you might say, double their energy.  So when you have dozens or even hundreds of the same crystal all packed in together in a gird (see my example) you get a "unified field". Instead of using two, there or four or so crystals to bring in the energy of say a rose quartz, you make a whole circle of rose quartz chips around your focus stone, to bring the energy of rose quartz in to your grid.  Very powerful, much more so than a few pieces circling  the focus stone.  It's magical, and I'm loving it!


                                                                         

                     
                                                                         



Another thing about crystals/stones that has came into my awareness recently is the necessity of removing their old programming before you can work with them.  I was reading a book on the Native American way of doing Crystal Healing and the author mentioned the importance of doing this and a whole new way to do it I've AGAIN never heard of.  In order to remove the old programming from a crystal or stone, you need to soak in a mixture of either distilled water, spring water or (last resort) filtered water, with a pinch of SEA SALT for 7 days/nights.   Of course, there are several of them that you can't do this to or you'll ruin them like Angelite, Celestite, Selenite, etc., so you'll need to look up in a book like the Crystal Bible or the The Big Book of Stones whether or not your particular crystal or stone can handle this.  

I did it to all mine and it was amazing how much lighter they felt and looked, some even turning from a muddy brownness to a milky white or clearer appearance. I'm not kidding!  So I can't recommend it highly enough!  Once you have cleared them of their old programming, you don't need to do this again, unless you have re-programmed them to do something else, and it also removes all negative energy from them.

If you are Reiki attuned to Level II and above, you can use the Reiki symbols to do all of this also. Crystals and stones absorb energies from their surrounding, their like sponges.  Just sitting around in your space, wearing them, hanging around in bins in shops, or other people touching them causes them to pick up negative energy and programming, so this is really very very important and necessary to do.  I've also found that placing them in the soil of an indoor potted plant for several days also removes their old programming, but they have to sit their a lot longer for all  the negative energy they have absorbed to be cleared.

If you crystal or stone is one that can't be soaked in the water solution mentioned above, you may be able to bury it in sea salt or in soil (if you're in the kind of climate I'm in, the only soil available to you from November to Mach or later, is in your indoor pots).  Or you can use Reiki and Reiki symbols to do it.

My "10 Rules of Reiki"

The other day, I got a post from another Reiki Master Teacher about "The 10 Rules of Reiki" and thought to myself - there are rules, really, in Reiki?

One of the things I love about Reiki is that there are really very few rules. Sure there are things you should do and things you shouldn't do, but I never thought of them as "rules". To me the word "rules" brings to mind a mom, with one hand on one hip and another hand extended out towards you with a pointed finger, wagging it at you for walking into the house with muddy shoes on, or hitting your sister. Where does that fit in with the gently, spiritual, healing and divine energy that is Reiki?.

So here is what I came up with:

1) Reiki is always performed on someone fulled clothed.

2) Your fingers should be close together and your hands slightly cupped when you are administering Reiki to someone or yourself. (Fingers open, energy is dispersed out in all directs, fingers close together, energy is focused).

3) You have to be attuned "in person" by a certified Reiki Master Teacher in order to channel Reiki. Some folks get what is called "distant attunements", but I feel, as do many others, that there is something missing with that.

4) You go through a 21 to 30 day detox after every level of attunement (there are generally 3 levels of Reiki training, some lineages, like mine, have four). This is the sacred ceremony that connects one to the energy so that they can channel it.

5) Reiki is a "hands on" healing modality but we don't touch in private areas, we hover our hands above the body over these areas, working in the energy field.

6) Reiki is an intelligent energy, it knows where to go and what to do, no matter where the practitioner puts their hands.

7) Reiki has a built in safety mechanism as it is a on way flow of energy - you are fully protected while you are giving Reiki, unless you are fearful or think that it's your job to take on the suffering of others, then you can cancel out the built in safety of it.

8) Anybody can become Reiki, no matter what sex they are, what religion, age, color or fitness level. It's not a cult or a religion - we welcome everyone.

9) Reiki was created by a Japanese Buddhist in the early 1900's by a man named Mikao Usui who was later awarded the title of "Dr." after he healed over 4,000 people following one of the most devastating earthquakes in the history of Tokyo by the Meiji Emperor of the time.

10) Reiki can do no harm.

I could probably keep going and come up with a few more, but I feel and teach that REIKI will TEACH you! It's a teacher's job to give you the basics, make sure you are doing the techniques correctly and then let you loose. There should be no rigid following of set patterns of treatment, or time limitations, or even whether or not you just "turn Reiki on" by holding up your hands and saying "Reiki On" or you follow a long and complex Invocation before you can channel Reiki. The adage "KISS" applies!

PART II - HOW TO GROUND!

Yesterday I told you all about the importance of being good and grounded before you give someone a Reiki or any other type of healing session.

Now here is how to do it  - sit comfortably in a chair with your feet firmly planted on the ground (without shoes preferable).  Take some nice long, slow, deep abdominal breaths to center yourself and have your hands, palm up on your thighs.

Have a knowing or visualize and intend that you are sending down energetic cords out of the soles of your feet and the base of our spine, in the form of tree roots into Mother Earth.  You can decide how big you want them to be - 5 " or a foot or more wide, etc.  As they are energetic roots, they can easily and swiftly go down though all the layers of the earth and the thousands of miles beneath your feet, so just imagine or visualize this happening.  After a short time, have a knowing that they reach the core or center of the earth where there is a cave like opening with many very large boulders laying around on the floor of the cave/opening.  Visualize your roots grabbing onto one of the big boulders, like grabbing onto a baseball with your hand, and growing past it about 1/2 mile to a mile to really, really, really get you firmly rooted and grounded into the earth.

Now say, " I am grounded and centered" 3 times. Thank Mother Earth, Gaia, or Pachamama for allowing you to do this, and send her love and gratitude.  When you feel good and grounded, intend that any negative or stagnant energy in your body or energy field starts to flow out of the ends of these roots and into Mother Earth.  She is always happy to take anything that which no longer serves us and transform/transmute it into whatever form of energy she needs. You can visualize a dark, oily substance dripping out of the ends of the roots and from the fine smaller hair like roots that extend from the main ones,  and being absorbed quickly into the earth.

Then have the intention and ask Mother Earth to send back up to you through these roots, healing, grounding and protecting energy when this process is complete, and thank and bless her 3 times for this beautiful service (Thank you and bless you Mother Earth, etc.)

You are now totally grounded. Intend now that you stay grounded throughout the entire session and even beyond, maybe the entire day, no matter how you move or where you go.  

THE IMPORTANCE OF GROUNDING

When I first was attuned to Reiki almost 12 years ago, my teacher did not stress or even mention how important it is for Reiki practitioners to ground themselves. Neither did my second teacher, who taught me how to attune others to Reiki and teach them the in's and out's of Reiki.

For the first several years on my Reiki journey, I still was in the dark about just how important it is to ground when doing Reiki. Then people began to ask me on Reiki social networks if I was grounding and how was I doing it? I was like grounding, what? Why? Apparently they thought it was important but I was clueless. So I started investigating and learned about sending energetic cords down from the soles of your feet and your tail bone into the earth in the form of tree roots.

I am reading a book about the American Indian take on Crystal Healing by Luc Bourgault and here is what he has to say "Next imagine roots of light disappearing from your feet into the ground. This will enable all surplus energy to become rooted. This way, if your patient releases bad or harmful forces during the treatment and your body receives them, they will not remain there. They will pass through your body into the ground, thanks to the roots of light you have created. This way you do not retain anything that could harm you. It is not even necessary to be standing on firm ground to imagine these roots of light. They will be just as effective if you are on the twentieth floor of a building." 

In the world of Reiki, we believe that we are protected from taking on anything from our clients while giving someone Reiki, but I have found that if I ground myself before a session, the session is more powerful and I feel better afterwards. So I am now teaching the importance of grounding to my students, either right before you start a Reiki session, or as soon as you sit down and start giving your client Reiki. Can't hurt!

RAISES YOUR VIBRATION!

I had one of those major "ah ha" moments a few days ago, after putting together a bunch of puzzle pieces, so I am sharing this "download" with you now.

I did not consider myself to be intuitive or psychic before I became Reiki.  After taking all 3 levels of Reiki training in 3 consecutive weekends (which I found out later is a big NO NO), I immediately began to see colors behind my closed eyes when I channeled Reiki, and was receiving messages from Spirit about why a person had a back injury, and seeing Angels and people in spirit.

After I took Reiki Teacher training and began to teach classes and did lots and lots of Reiki sessions, these abilities changed, sometimes increasing, sometimes decreasing, or morphing into something else.  Then it dawned on me that all of this intuitive stuff was only taking place when I was doing Reiki.  I started questioning this - if I had all these intuitive abilities, why did they only come into play when I was channeling Reiki?

I tried all kinds of things to bring these abilities out more when I was not channeling Reiki, to no avail, until I became an Intuitive Life Coach and learned how to do a specific type of mediation, which is designed to raise your vibration and surround you with protection.  After meditating in this way, I could easily get all kinds of astonishing information and even connect with those who have crossed over, something I occasionally do when channeling Reiki.

My "ah ha" moment came when I realized that when I am channeling Reiki, my vibration is being raised, which is what enables me to connect to the higher realms and "see, hear, feel and know" information that when I am not channeling I am not able to connect with.

So the act of channeling Reiki raises your vibration folks.  Why is this important?  In order for higher beings like Angels, Archangels, Spirit Guides, Ascended Masters, those in spirit, etc., to connect with you, you have to raise your vibration, and they will lower theirs just enough so that a connection can be made.  It's that simple!  You must raise your vibration and they lower theirs and you are connected.

This was a huge revelation for me.  On top of that, when you are channeling Reiki for someone and raising your vibration, you are also raising their vibration. I know many of you may say you already knew that, but I didn't.

Also if they are intuitive and yours and their vibration is raised, they are more likely to get information too: see colors, have visions, hear guidance, etc.  I have had that demonstrated many times in sessions. Just like the power of Reiki is increased by the number of practitioners giving you Reiki at the same time, the raising of the vibration of both you and your client amps up the vibration of both of you even more, so you and they are more likely to receive guidance (and healing).   To me, this is just amazing and wonderful!

I am passing this information on as I feel it's really important for everyone who is Reiki, or receiving Reiki or considering becoming Reiki to know. and for the world at large to know also.  They say the veils are thinning, so I expect even more and more activity to be happening in the future.
 

DO YOUR HOMEWORK BEFORE YOU COMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd like to start off by saying, sorry you haven't heard from me in awhile.  I have been uber busy teaching Reiki and doing Reiki.  

Why have I been so busy?  Because other teacher's students are coming to me in droves to re-do their training!  Why is that you say? Well several things - too many poorly taught teachers out there giving shoddy classes, and giving out lots and lots of misinformation and misdirection. I know you must have heard me get on my band wagon before about Reiki needing to be regulated, so just more evidence being stacking up to support that.

Here are a few of this issues that are coming up:  Anyone who is a Reiki Master Teacher should be able to answer ANY questions or concerns her/his students come up with. This requires that they are well read and well versed in all things Reiki. If a Reiki teacher cannot answer their students questions, they should say so and do whatever they can to get them an answer, not just leave them in the dark with comments like "well what do you think that means?" or "hmmm, that's interesting". It is their job and duty to get that student an answer, no matter what it takes! Answers like these are indicative of poor training and a lack of understanding about what it is you are teaching.

The other issue that has come up is teachers requiring Level One students to go and fill some kind of quota whereby they are required to treat X amount of strangers as some sort of requirement for certification at this level. EXCUSE ME??????  Level One students have no business whatsoever going out and doing Reiki on the public at large. Level One is all about YOUR healing, YOUR coming into balance, YOUR learning all about the ins and outs of using Reiki on a daily basis in self- treating and practicing of the Five Reiki precepts, etc.

The bigger issue that has come up around this is things are happening in these Reiki sessions on the public these newbies can't handle and have no idea what to do about. To top it off, they cannot get answers from these supposed teachers as to what to do when these things occur, what they mean or what they are. Very frightening, upsetting and confusing for these brand new practitioners, not to mention how it makes Reiki look to the public they've been unleashed on!

In summation, PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE do your homework people!  Check out the teacher you are interested in working with by meeting up with them, feel out their energy, their space (good vibes or smokescreen), get a Reiki session from them, read any reviews on their websites from their students, and maybe ask around and see what others have to say in your community about them or any other teachers in your area.  Don't just blindly sign up for a class because somebody has an impressive website or is conveniently located for you, otherwise you may end up like these other people, wasting lots of money and time and being traumatized about doing Reiki.  I even have heard of several people in my area who are now afraid to do Reiki. THIS IS NOT GOOD, AND NOT RIGHT! Reiki is a miracle, it is a gift from the Creator, Great Spirit, whatever you want to call it, and much needed right now especially!