What's Reiki. The answer to that probably changes a bit (or a lot) with each Master.
The best one I could find is here , with the Firefly Society.
For me, I can start by saying that it's not a healing therapy. Sorry Bro.
It's a personal spiritual practice, and because of that it becomes a healing path and a healing therapy, among other things.
The healing, both on oneself and on others, comes however only as a result of a specific personal process.
Reiki is based on surrender and giving up. Not giving up something specific, or rather, not on giving up something external, but on giving up the ego-driven struggle for control.
Also, it's based on permission to receive light, and surrender to the fact that the light, or universe, or energy, or God, knows better. Which is something that rational people revolt against, although... Well to me it's completely irrational not to surrender. And I haven't found any smart argument (believe me, I looked, surrender was never my first option. Or second. Or third. I was dragged there, very much against my agenda. No one likes to feel hurt and little - but that's my point: surrender makes you infinite: beyond size there's only essence. That's what she said?) that can rationally articulate the opposite.
I think about all the random , completely uncontrollable sequences of events that brought me where I am. My birth, the beginning of everything in my perspective, was something I had no control over - with that kind of start, can I really expect any actual control? And if so, would I want it? I'm not talking about lack of responsibility or will, I'm talking about the fact that every decision I make is seemingly my own, meaning it's seemingly conscious, but it's actually heavily influenced by a series of subconscious psycho-emotional inputs that the ego wants me to believe I can control, but that as a matter of fact I can't even see.
It's what we'd call conditioning, but it's not just external, it's mostly internal as a reaction to the outer and inner workings of the world. That's the problem, we know what we know, we know what we don't know, but we have no clue that what we don't know exists can... well, exist. Let alone have a role in our lives.
We're thrust into this world, a finite shard in an infinite ocean, we feel our edges to get a sense of who we are and where we stand, we feel them by rubbing against the outside, and it hurts, like snakes change skin by rubbing against sharp rocks.
More animal metaphors! We build an identity like bats send out waves into the darkness and get a mental picture of what's going on based on what bounces back. And because we're born crystallized in a little finite shape, we feel the need to get a rally clear picture of what that shape is, lest we end up swallowed by the infinite dark around us.
And so our so called identity becomes based on exclusion instead of
inclusion, on recognizing ourselves as separated from something.
When I've made any decision in my life, or had any thought or reaction,
everything was filtered by agendas, beliefs - Fears - that I built up, more and less consciously, based on this bat-like feedback geared toward, basically, survival. Not only physical, but also emotional and psychological. In a word, protection from the pain of death/disintegration/loss of self.
Which is fine, and a great first step. We need it, to get any sort of ground under our feet, however frail. But it's just that, a first step, it's an identification based on fear, a distortion of reality necessary to gather some seeming balance before deciding that the only intelligent thing to do with that balance is using it to gather momentum and jump in that infinite dark.
That's what we truly are, infinite, and until we decide to accept it, to embrace it by jumping in it, letting our will and perceived identity catch up with the will of the universe and our actual identity, we will always be detached, cut up, crystallized, pursuing something but also hiding and running away from something.
Maybe we'll feel strong and in control, but any strength that's based on exclusion and separation isn't real strength, it's just a very well disguised form of fear. Which is totally fine, it's just that, personally, I'm tired of being afraid, I'm tired of what I know I know and I'm tired of the reassuring self-feeding cycle I built for myself.
So, back to surrender: all the times that for whatever reasons had the opportunity (read: was forced to) move past fear and be in touch with my self, whatever pain I was afraid of an whatever I felt I always landed in a much, much better place. And learned who I am a little more.
With this information, I decide to trust the only mechanism that has actually worked, underneath all the little tricks and walls and adjustments I created, that I thought kept me alive and in balance but that in reality where hurting me and limiting me (and others around me because of my doing) as much as they were giving me a sense of safety.
I let those go, jumped and felt like I was quite literally dying, lost all balance and sense of myself, and then landed where I always was all along: safe, in the Infinite. In reality more than a jumping it's an opening of the eyes to
realize we're already fully connected, already saved, already
enlightened, already plugged in. That's enough synonyms.
We go through this cycle of "resurrection" again and again, like all the myths, religions, philosophies across times and spaces try to teach us. If we jump we move on, if not we stay stuck in the same stage of the cycle, until we're ready and willing to move on.
Humans are awesome and mighty, we have access to the Infinite in
ourselves but we're not The Infinite, we can't possibly have that
perspective, so let's trust in something that does, and by doing so we
get to see more and more, and better and brighter, we get to move in
that Infinite, become more aware of it and see and live like It does.
Surrender is rational because it's accurate, it
reflects the actual order of reality. Like Spinoza would say,
rationality is accuracy. Well he wouldn't say it like that. He would say
it in Dutch.
The
expectation that we have any full understanding or control in this
sense is pretty
inaccurate. And with inaccurate information, no stable, trustworthy
systems can be built.
Supersummary: Reiki is a way to surrender and a way of actively building solid ground in one's life,
asking for permission to receive Light and to share it with others. And if
there's any extra, to deliver it to others, asking for their permission
to do so.
In practical terms, in the setting of Reiki as a healing therapy, Reiki becomes re-activating&nurturing a connection from Light through Master to Client,
by laying of the hands and energy channeling.
If you'd like to know more, read on.
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Monday, November 10, 2014
Sunday, November 9, 2014
What to expect in a session
Can everyone do Reiki?
Absolutely.
Should you go to anyone to have Reiki done on you?
Absolutely not.
It's your right and kinda your duty (unless you want to take on some bad shit that doesn't belong to you) to ask your Reiki practitioner about their Lineage.
Reiki was created as a specific way to channel Light, it was done by a specific person, about one hundred years ago, and passed on from that person to other masters, who passed it on to their students. It's like someone at some point figured out how to light up a torch, and taught other people how to build torches, and -when they were ready- he lit them up, so that each flame has a direct connection with the original flame.
Every Reiki master should be able to trace their Lineage and show it to you. It's not been a long time, it's not an impossibly long family tree, it goes only a few generations back at the time I'm writing this.
This is not important for tradition, etiquette or propriety. Fuck that.
It's however crucial because of how Reiki works.
As you can read in the first post, Reiki is about surrender. It's about opening up and receiving the Light, it's about admitting we all have agendas, blindspots, limitations, even the best of us - it comes with the human territory. So we give up and let the Light work through us, we don't bend it to our will and intentions, because we might not be smart enough to be completely pure, but we are smart enough to not be tricked by our egos into believing we know better than Light itself.
Being smart is great. However, that means that some parts of us that want to protect us are also smart, and they use it to shield us from fear. Which is really lovely, and we should be grateful for that, however it can go unchecked and become a pretty big limitation, disguised as an asset. It can really fuck up our perspective.
This is also true for patients: when you go for a Reiki sessions you may have expectations, you may be asking or looking for something, but be warned that what you'll get is what you actually need, what your true self is really asking for in order to step more fully into the light. And that's what you'll get, in whatever way you need, which might be epic, frustrating, subtle, it will be what you need in that moment.
Everything is welcome, but not expected and above all not intentioned. The Light knows better. And you might not realize it, or might not like it, but if you ask for light you will get light, and it will show you gradually your agendas, your blindspots, your...darkness.
The beauty of Reiki is that it will do so in a safe environment, with someone who has no intention or will to cause any harm but to just bring you the light you deserve (and are asking for) in the most nurturing, gentle way possible.
A session usually lasts about 45 to an hour, but it may last as long as needed. Additionally to working with with the client, the Master takes roughly thirty minutes before and after to prepare/clean the space and his/her energy.
Logistically, Reiki happens by channeling of energy delivered through the Master to the client via laying of the hands (with and/or without contact), ritual symbolism and meditation.
The client will be sitting or lying down, it doesn't really matter for the practice itself, it's more about comfort. Clients seem to appreciate massage tables, and we appreciate that, so we appreciate massage tables together.
Reiki can be done virtually anywhere, however a quieter, more private setting is highly suggested.
If weather allows for it, an outdoor setting can also be very pleasant.
For all this to happen safely, your practitioner needs to have given up and surrendered, he needs to have relinquished his power to the Infinite, with the understanding that that's where it always came from, and that that's the only Will that matters.
Which is why you should stay away from practitioners who can't show you their Lineage. If someone can't show your their lineage, it's because either they or the people that taught them, didn't receive the Light, but gave it to themselves. Over the past few years Reiki has become quite popular, and so have become online courses, self-starting kits, self-initiatory books...Reiki came to the west and it was met by the magical world of monetization and democratic globalization.
Again, all of this is not morally or inherently wrong, it's just inaccurate for what the nature of Reiki is. If I don't receive the Light there's no surrender, there's no overcoming of the ego, there's only a spotlight shone on the ego. The ego is great at Judo, whatever you throw at it, it assimilates and uses as an implement, all the light they channel will be filtered through their agendas, structures, fears, and it will enter you carrying that. I'm not sure you want that.
Imagine the Light as a friend of yours, that one day tells another friend "Hey man, I have a secret, it's really personal, it's really important to me and it's important to share it with you in the right way. I'm not quite ready yet, I'll write it down in my diary first so I get more clarity, then I'll tell you when I feel it's safe to do so". And the second friend is like "Oh shit man that's awesome, thanks for the trust, I'm so thankful and I totally respect it", and then he goes, takes the diary and reads it, and then tells the first friend: "What? Whatever bro, you were gonna tell me anyway, right?"
I personally wouldn't want that second guy in my circle of trusted friends, let alone in charge of bringing light into my life. Yes, he might be really good at uncovering stuff, but the way he does it misses they point we, in Reiki, like to focus on.
It misses the mechanisms and learning curves that are triggered by the process of, in this example, waiting for the friend to tell you, seeing him struggle to find clarity, feeling ourselves getting anxious, or excited, or frustrated, feeling everything we have to and understanding that's the bonding experience, that's the treasure.
Giving up is the only thing that works to get there.
The experience of a revelation, or surrender, of communion, that can only be felt and lived, not obtained, bought or taken, that's what builds a pure channel of Light, that's where we find that original flame, a stable, eternal flame we can use to warm ourselves and others, to always be able to see in the night and to make some tasty food instead of, I don't know, cold canned beans.
I'd personally pick warm canned beans, shared with someone who maybe brings some garlic and salt and a bit of toast, over cold canned beans by myself. But that's me. As far as you go, do as you will with this information. I will love you anyway.
Don't worry, it's not 'cause I like you. It's because it's the more accurate thing to do. And therefore "best".
Absolutely.
Should you go to anyone to have Reiki done on you?
Absolutely not.
It's your right and kinda your duty (unless you want to take on some bad shit that doesn't belong to you) to ask your Reiki practitioner about their Lineage.
Reiki was created as a specific way to channel Light, it was done by a specific person, about one hundred years ago, and passed on from that person to other masters, who passed it on to their students. It's like someone at some point figured out how to light up a torch, and taught other people how to build torches, and -when they were ready- he lit them up, so that each flame has a direct connection with the original flame.
Every Reiki master should be able to trace their Lineage and show it to you. It's not been a long time, it's not an impossibly long family tree, it goes only a few generations back at the time I'm writing this.
This is not important for tradition, etiquette or propriety. Fuck that.
It's however crucial because of how Reiki works.
As you can read in the first post, Reiki is about surrender. It's about opening up and receiving the Light, it's about admitting we all have agendas, blindspots, limitations, even the best of us - it comes with the human territory. So we give up and let the Light work through us, we don't bend it to our will and intentions, because we might not be smart enough to be completely pure, but we are smart enough to not be tricked by our egos into believing we know better than Light itself.
Being smart is great. However, that means that some parts of us that want to protect us are also smart, and they use it to shield us from fear. Which is really lovely, and we should be grateful for that, however it can go unchecked and become a pretty big limitation, disguised as an asset. It can really fuck up our perspective.
This is also true for patients: when you go for a Reiki sessions you may have expectations, you may be asking or looking for something, but be warned that what you'll get is what you actually need, what your true self is really asking for in order to step more fully into the light. And that's what you'll get, in whatever way you need, which might be epic, frustrating, subtle, it will be what you need in that moment.
Everything is welcome, but not expected and above all not intentioned. The Light knows better. And you might not realize it, or might not like it, but if you ask for light you will get light, and it will show you gradually your agendas, your blindspots, your...darkness.
The beauty of Reiki is that it will do so in a safe environment, with someone who has no intention or will to cause any harm but to just bring you the light you deserve (and are asking for) in the most nurturing, gentle way possible.
A session usually lasts about 45 to an hour, but it may last as long as needed. Additionally to working with with the client, the Master takes roughly thirty minutes before and after to prepare/clean the space and his/her energy.
Logistically, Reiki happens by channeling of energy delivered through the Master to the client via laying of the hands (with and/or without contact), ritual symbolism and meditation.
The client will be sitting or lying down, it doesn't really matter for the practice itself, it's more about comfort. Clients seem to appreciate massage tables, and we appreciate that, so we appreciate massage tables together.
Reiki can be done virtually anywhere, however a quieter, more private setting is highly suggested.
If weather allows for it, an outdoor setting can also be very pleasant.
For all this to happen safely, your practitioner needs to have given up and surrendered, he needs to have relinquished his power to the Infinite, with the understanding that that's where it always came from, and that that's the only Will that matters.
Which is why you should stay away from practitioners who can't show you their Lineage. If someone can't show your their lineage, it's because either they or the people that taught them, didn't receive the Light, but gave it to themselves. Over the past few years Reiki has become quite popular, and so have become online courses, self-starting kits, self-initiatory books...Reiki came to the west and it was met by the magical world of monetization and democratic globalization.
Again, all of this is not morally or inherently wrong, it's just inaccurate for what the nature of Reiki is. If I don't receive the Light there's no surrender, there's no overcoming of the ego, there's only a spotlight shone on the ego. The ego is great at Judo, whatever you throw at it, it assimilates and uses as an implement, all the light they channel will be filtered through their agendas, structures, fears, and it will enter you carrying that. I'm not sure you want that.
Imagine the Light as a friend of yours, that one day tells another friend "Hey man, I have a secret, it's really personal, it's really important to me and it's important to share it with you in the right way. I'm not quite ready yet, I'll write it down in my diary first so I get more clarity, then I'll tell you when I feel it's safe to do so". And the second friend is like "Oh shit man that's awesome, thanks for the trust, I'm so thankful and I totally respect it", and then he goes, takes the diary and reads it, and then tells the first friend: "What? Whatever bro, you were gonna tell me anyway, right?"
I personally wouldn't want that second guy in my circle of trusted friends, let alone in charge of bringing light into my life. Yes, he might be really good at uncovering stuff, but the way he does it misses they point we, in Reiki, like to focus on.
It misses the mechanisms and learning curves that are triggered by the process of, in this example, waiting for the friend to tell you, seeing him struggle to find clarity, feeling ourselves getting anxious, or excited, or frustrated, feeling everything we have to and understanding that's the bonding experience, that's the treasure.
Giving up is the only thing that works to get there.
The experience of a revelation, or surrender, of communion, that can only be felt and lived, not obtained, bought or taken, that's what builds a pure channel of Light, that's where we find that original flame, a stable, eternal flame we can use to warm ourselves and others, to always be able to see in the night and to make some tasty food instead of, I don't know, cold canned beans.
I'd personally pick warm canned beans, shared with someone who maybe brings some garlic and salt and a bit of toast, over cold canned beans by myself. But that's me. As far as you go, do as you will with this information. I will love you anyway.
Don't worry, it's not 'cause I like you. It's because it's the more accurate thing to do. And therefore "best".
Saturday, November 8, 2014
The Five Principles, Part I: Intro
Before starting practice, on oneself or other, there's a whole ritual that goes on for the practitioner. Part of it, as discussed in the other posts, is about surrender and permission.
Part of it is about meditating on five principles that are pretty nifty and come in really handy in life.
They're by all means not exclusive to reiki, you can find them, dressed up more or less differently, in pretty much all spiritual practices oriented toward the Light, and they are a really nice trestleboard for meditation in general.
The five core concepts are always the same, but every practitioner articulates the actual sentences differently, and the formulation changes with experience and based on the emotional/psychological/practical circumstances of the person in the specific time and space they're been formulated in.
For me they've mostly been, up to now, something along the lines of:
I. Just for today, I will give up anger
II. Just for today, I will give up anxiety
III. Just for today, I will be grateful, and count my many blessings
IV. Just for today, I will do my due work
V. Just for today, I will harm no living thing.
(variation could be along the lines of, for example, "Just for today, I'll let go of anger", or "I will not anger", which when meditated on shows different shades of meanings and reflects different parts of the practitioner's experience, that's why formulations change very fluidly)
So, while the concepts remain the same (releasing anger and anxiety, being thankful doing due work, not harming), ways of articulating them do change.
And actually so do their perceived meanings.
To me, and to the people I talked with, each principle means slightly/very different things, and definitely all five mean very different things from what I first thought they meant even a month ago, or from what I would have thought they'd mean if I encountered something like that in a meditation context, or a spiritual context.
That's the beauty of it: concepts and language are shared, but still different meanings present themselves while meditating, some of them wildly different from the way the words above are used commonly in our language, or other languages. I will cover them one by one in the next post, going over the magical journey of frustrating, redeeming magicalness encoded in these five fuckers.
For now, let's just think about them without preconceptions and see what comes up. If we remain open, pretty nifty stuff is evoked.
To paraphrase Buffy, or rather Xander, let's not be judgy, let's be observy.
Which could probably be principle number six.
Part of it is about meditating on five principles that are pretty nifty and come in really handy in life.
They're by all means not exclusive to reiki, you can find them, dressed up more or less differently, in pretty much all spiritual practices oriented toward the Light, and they are a really nice trestleboard for meditation in general.
The five core concepts are always the same, but every practitioner articulates the actual sentences differently, and the formulation changes with experience and based on the emotional/psychological/practical circumstances of the person in the specific time and space they're been formulated in.
For me they've mostly been, up to now, something along the lines of:
I. Just for today, I will give up anger
II. Just for today, I will give up anxiety
III. Just for today, I will be grateful, and count my many blessings
IV. Just for today, I will do my due work
V. Just for today, I will harm no living thing.
(variation could be along the lines of, for example, "Just for today, I'll let go of anger", or "I will not anger", which when meditated on shows different shades of meanings and reflects different parts of the practitioner's experience, that's why formulations change very fluidly)
So, while the concepts remain the same (releasing anger and anxiety, being thankful doing due work, not harming), ways of articulating them do change.
And actually so do their perceived meanings.
To me, and to the people I talked with, each principle means slightly/very different things, and definitely all five mean very different things from what I first thought they meant even a month ago, or from what I would have thought they'd mean if I encountered something like that in a meditation context, or a spiritual context.
That's the beauty of it: concepts and language are shared, but still different meanings present themselves while meditating, some of them wildly different from the way the words above are used commonly in our language, or other languages. I will cover them one by one in the next post, going over the magical journey of frustrating, redeeming magicalness encoded in these five fuckers.
For now, let's just think about them without preconceptions and see what comes up. If we remain open, pretty nifty stuff is evoked.
To paraphrase Buffy, or rather Xander, let's not be judgy, let's be observy.
Which could probably be principle number six.
Friday, November 7, 2014
The Five Principles, Part II: Suck it
I will let go of anger.
What
that means to me, is I will not force. Which means I will not think I know
better, I will not try to impose my will. By “my will” I mean the will that
comes from my perspective as discussed in the first two posts, I will not to
impose my perspective which is limited by agendas, conditioning, expectations,
pain. By fear. I will not let myself try to impose my fear and my agenda over
the flowing of things.
How will I know when I’m doing that?
Well,
simply, what happens is what’s right. What I actually do and think and feel,
that’s the will of the universe. In that way, it doesn’t matter whether I force
or not, whether I’m angry or not. If I give in to anger, that’s what I’m
supposed to do. If I don’t, that’s what I’m supposed to do. Results, actions, thoughts, those are
not the point. That’s all stuff that happens, orchestrated by the virtually
infinite psychological, emotional, practical variables of the universe. The
point here to switch the focus from what I’m supposed to do, from what’s “right”,
and focus on what is. Focus on being aware of it. Feeling my will to force, to
impose. Feeling my fear.
The strife to do the right thing, that’s also anger, as intended here. I don’t mean fuck it, give up, do whatever. I mean that even when oriented toward “the right thing, it’s still a forcing. A trying to guess the will of the world and conform to it. Which is totally noble, but is inaccurate: what makes you think it’s not already happening? It’s the Universe, Bro, it’s the Light, it’s God: what’s happening is its will. It’s not good or bad or pleasant of wrong or noble, it IS. It’s what’s present. The strife for control in born out of our desperation to protect ourselves, masked as a will to find our place in the world, in the Infinite.
But we’re already in the world, we’re already in the infinite. Trying to identify our place by promoting our perspective actually only ends up resulting in a touching but ineffective, scared attempt to be like “ok, I’ll be in the Infinite, but on my terms”. We’re already in, the Infinite’s terms ARE our terms, the terms that can truly make us happy, happy meaning fulfilled, enlightened, free.
I
will let go of anxiety.
Same principle, based on worry instead of intentioning.
Same principle, based on worry instead of intentioning.
I
worry I’m not doing enough, I’m not being enough. How can I be more in touch?
Am I doing the right thing? Am I supposed to do this this way?
By
all means, ask yourself those questions, I know I do. But again, at a certain
point remember to give it up: shift the focus. You ARE enough. I am doing
enough, because I’m doing the only thing I can right now, the only thing that
IS. I’m doubting, I’m being anxious, just as before I was intentioning, promoting my conditioned agenda, forcing. So I’ll focus on feeling that, on feeling that struggle and fear, on feeling whatever comes and IS there, not on doing it so I
DON’T feel, so I "fix" the unpleasant feeling of not being enough, or in control. I will give it all up, just for
today, I will give up all protection from what is.
Because whatever our scared, identity-shaped, finite perspective whispers us, no harm can come from the Infinite. No real harm. Only freedom and peace. And understanding.
And I know this, because so it has been in the past.
And because the alternative of keeping on doing things the same, conditioned way (whether I believe it's conditioned or not) isn't bringing me real peace, only more or less convincing illusions of safety and control. And that's not enough anymore.
Because whatever our scared, identity-shaped, finite perspective whispers us, no harm can come from the Infinite. No real harm. Only freedom and peace. And understanding.
And I know this, because so it has been in the past.
And because the alternative of keeping on doing things the same, conditioned way (whether I believe it's conditioned or not) isn't bringing me real peace, only more or less convincing illusions of safety and control. And that's not enough anymore.
So I
will be grateful and count my many blessings.
I will be grateful because WHAT IS is what I need, and the Universe is merciful enough to shove it down my throat even when I struggle and scurry up to my Ego begging it to protect me. I will count my blessings not only as all the things that please me , but as all the things that ARE. Because, being so, the please my soul and my path, whether I see it or not, whether I (and by “I” I mean Ego) want it or not. You cant always get what you want, but sometimes you just might find you get what you need.
I will be grateful because WHAT IS is what I need, and the Universe is merciful enough to shove it down my throat even when I struggle and scurry up to my Ego begging it to protect me. I will count my blessings not only as all the things that please me , but as all the things that ARE. Because, being so, the please my soul and my path, whether I see it or not, whether I (and by “I” I mean Ego) want it or not. You cant always get what you want, but sometimes you just might find you get what you need.
Well,
actually, we always get what we need.
The
sooner we shift the focus to awareness instead of intention and fear, the
sooner we internalize it and the sooner we can move on to the next thing we
need.
Especially
since, the more we wait, the more the Universe will need to push it on us
harder, the more we’ll build resistance to it (Ego Walls! Worst superpower
ever. I mean, totally useful, but at a certain point…we need to give it up),
the harder the Universe will need to push it, the more it will happen…every
heard of “shit why does this always happen to me?”. Well. It can get pretty
un-pretty. And sometimes it needs to. Sometimes we learn, so it doesn’t need
to. The more we learn, the more soul happiness , pleasure, fulfillment and joy
will be parallel, even in our perception.
Because our perspective will catch up more and more with the Infinite perspective. With the Will.
Because our perspective will catch up more and more with the Infinite perspective. With the Will.
Just
for today I will do my due work.
What’s
my work?
It’s
not what I think I should do, or what I want to do, or what’s right I do.
It’s
just being aware of what happens.
It
could be re-phrased as “just for today, I will suck it”.
Suck
it all up, Bro. Don’t run away.
If
you run away, cool, that was your work for today.
But
the more we apply the first principles, the more we are able to BE as things
ARE. That’s our work.
It
gets easier. It’s a virtuous circle. Or rather, spiral. It spirals in place
faster and faster.
Just
for today I will harm no living thing.
This
one is pretty self-explanatory.
Don’t be a dick. Everything that bothers us about others is a projection or a mirror. Engage it, but use it to look at yourself, not to unload on others. They’re just mirrors. You don’t want to look t yourself, cool, don’t. No need to be all dramatic and smash the mirror. It’s just a fucking mirror.
Don’t be a dick. Everything that bothers us about others is a projection or a mirror. Engage it, but use it to look at yourself, not to unload on others. They’re just mirrors. You don’t want to look t yourself, cool, don’t. No need to be all dramatic and smash the mirror. It’s just a fucking mirror.
This
also makes a point for vegetarianism.
We’re
not in the wilderness, we have options. Is it really worth intentionally ending
a sentient life to get a burger?
Maybe.
Up to you. Let’s just not pretend we’re not harming living creatures and taking
in their experience of death and violence. It’s not wrong or right, but it does
have a certain weight that we tend to ignore or not even think of. We’re very
health-concerned and, well, what sounds healthy to me is awareness of what we
do, and how, and why.
Do with that what you please, that’s totally fine. I’m (again)on a Buffy kick, so I will re-refer you to: not being judgy, just being observy.
*Quick update, dated November 25th, 2014: During practice today something else came up that I found interesting.
I will give up anger: the Light IS there, it exists. The Higher exists. No need to try and trump it with my agendas/intentions.
I will give up anxiety: the Light cares about me, not because I'm special but because I AM. No need to worry about my agendas/intentions.
I will be grateful and count my many blessings: everything that happened, however harsh in my perspective, came from Light. From unconditional love aimed at bringing me closer to my Self aka the Infinite Light. It's hard to accept it, let alone be grateful for it, especially when it's stuff that hurts. But yeah, that's kinda what it is. Or rather what is IS. CAPS!
I will do my due work: so i will not hide from it. I will not run away. I will be here and feel it. Make space for it and feel it. And learn.
I will not harm any living thing: and I will not take it out on others. Not only I will not run away from it, but I will not project it. I will see it for what it is, no matter the source or circumstance, no matter how I'm used to coping with such things. I will not feel light by throwing at others my heavy baggage and asking them to (or making them) carry it. I will look at what's inside, take what's mine, try it on and see what it's like by looking in the mirror; what's not mine or I don't need to carry, I'll leave.
So, yeah, perspective and insight change, they maintain an inner core of Light but show different things at different times, depending on what we need to see. Which I'd say is pretty nifty.
Do with that what you please, that’s totally fine. I’m (again)on a Buffy kick, so I will re-refer you to: not being judgy, just being observy.
*Quick update, dated November 25th, 2014: During practice today something else came up that I found interesting.
I will give up anger: the Light IS there, it exists. The Higher exists. No need to try and trump it with my agendas/intentions.
I will give up anxiety: the Light cares about me, not because I'm special but because I AM. No need to worry about my agendas/intentions.
I will be grateful and count my many blessings: everything that happened, however harsh in my perspective, came from Light. From unconditional love aimed at bringing me closer to my Self aka the Infinite Light. It's hard to accept it, let alone be grateful for it, especially when it's stuff that hurts. But yeah, that's kinda what it is. Or rather what is IS. CAPS!
I will do my due work: so i will not hide from it. I will not run away. I will be here and feel it. Make space for it and feel it. And learn.
I will not harm any living thing: and I will not take it out on others. Not only I will not run away from it, but I will not project it. I will see it for what it is, no matter the source or circumstance, no matter how I'm used to coping with such things. I will not feel light by throwing at others my heavy baggage and asking them to (or making them) carry it. I will look at what's inside, take what's mine, try it on and see what it's like by looking in the mirror; what's not mine or I don't need to carry, I'll leave.
So, yeah, perspective and insight change, they maintain an inner core of Light but show different things at different times, depending on what we need to see. Which I'd say is pretty nifty.
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Structure, Rates & Contacts / if you found a Card that spoke to you
Firefly Reiki is a registered member of IARP, International Association of Reiki Professionals.
A session at Firefly Reiki is 100 dollars. That's calculated based on the time it requires the Master to be engaged (about two hours for a 45-60 minute session) and the amount of work required.
Also, during the first session we include whatever time necessary to talk and address any questions, and start building a channel of communication, which is not fundamental for Reiki in general but does make the experience rather more personal and balanced.
Doing Reiki is a straightforward exchange, and as such it can backfire like a son of a bitch.
Reiki is strongly about permission: when there's an even exchange, that symbolically states that both entities agree to being present, involved and open; when there isn't an exchange, or either part feels cheated, stuff doesn't work quite as well and can really leave both Master and Client with unpleasant aftermaths.
We know the kind of work that goes into a proper session, and we feel fair and proud asking our rate for the service we provide.
That said, we're open to discussing rates on a case-to-case basis in lower income or other specific circumstances. Please ask, we're here to listen.
FireflyReiki is a branch of the Firefly Society.
The Firefly Society - based in New York City, with Chapters in Rome, Los Angeles and Bucharest - is an esoteric and spiritual research&practice community focused on bringing Light in this world as we may. When in doubt, flip on the switch and trust - http://fireflysociety.wix.com/fireflysociety .
We have strong ties to Freemasonry as well as the only and original Reiki Lineage and the traditional mysteric teachings of the west.
We are composed of people with shared interests and different backgrounds and paths, ranging from Psychology to Skepticism to Meditation to Tarot to Psy-Trance to really anything that doesn't imply having a job.
We (sweet irony factor) follow the suggestion of the Dalai Lama, who paraphrasingly said "Bro, by all means follow Buddhism if you'd like, but all the big traditions say the same stuff, if you were born in a particular one, you probably want to look into that".
We're looking into that.
For info about anything creepy and/or spiritual: fireflysociety@gmail.com, someone in this dimension will get back to you.
If you're more specifically interested in Reiki in LA / California, or if you found a card that spoke to you and followed it here:
646.396.5060 /fireflyreikiLA@gmail.com
Since you read all this it's safe to assume you speak English, but we can also be reached in Romanian, Italian, French, if that's your language or if you're bored. Specify that in the email and that's how we'll roll. Same if you'd like to be put in touch with the Italian or Romanian chapters of the Firefly Society.
A session at Firefly Reiki is 100 dollars. That's calculated based on the time it requires the Master to be engaged (about two hours for a 45-60 minute session) and the amount of work required.
Also, during the first session we include whatever time necessary to talk and address any questions, and start building a channel of communication, which is not fundamental for Reiki in general but does make the experience rather more personal and balanced.
Doing Reiki is a straightforward exchange, and as such it can backfire like a son of a bitch.
Reiki is strongly about permission: when there's an even exchange, that symbolically states that both entities agree to being present, involved and open; when there isn't an exchange, or either part feels cheated, stuff doesn't work quite as well and can really leave both Master and Client with unpleasant aftermaths.
We know the kind of work that goes into a proper session, and we feel fair and proud asking our rate for the service we provide.
That said, we're open to discussing rates on a case-to-case basis in lower income or other specific circumstances. Please ask, we're here to listen.
FireflyReiki is a branch of the Firefly Society.
The Firefly Society - based in New York City, with Chapters in Rome, Los Angeles and Bucharest - is an esoteric and spiritual research&practice community focused on bringing Light in this world as we may. When in doubt, flip on the switch and trust - http://fireflysociety.wix.com/fireflysociety .
We have strong ties to Freemasonry as well as the only and original Reiki Lineage and the traditional mysteric teachings of the west.
We are composed of people with shared interests and different backgrounds and paths, ranging from Psychology to Skepticism to Meditation to Tarot to Psy-Trance to really anything that doesn't imply having a job.
We (sweet irony factor) follow the suggestion of the Dalai Lama, who paraphrasingly said "Bro, by all means follow Buddhism if you'd like, but all the big traditions say the same stuff, if you were born in a particular one, you probably want to look into that".
We're looking into that.
For info about anything creepy and/or spiritual: fireflysociety@gmail.com, someone in this dimension will get back to you.
If you're more specifically interested in Reiki in LA / California, or if you found a card that spoke to you and followed it here:
646.396.5060 /fireflyreikiLA@gmail.com
Since you read all this it's safe to assume you speak English, but we can also be reached in Romanian, Italian, French, if that's your language or if you're bored. Specify that in the email and that's how we'll roll. Same if you'd like to be put in touch with the Italian or Romanian chapters of the Firefly Society.
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