Let’s look over that question above. Here you are wandering along in your own world quite content and one day someone says to you “Hey, I’ve just come across this thing called Reiki.” What’s you likely response to that? Perhaps it’s one of “Okaaay, I don’t know what that is but I’ve got a bus to catch,” “Reiki, is that some kind of marital art?” “Ray Key, maybe he’s an actor or a singer,” “oh, that’s some form of energy healing or summat isn’t it?” or perhaps it’s something completely different.
I’ll try and explain in this article. These days I am what is deemed a Reiki Master/Teacher (amongst other things). I do love working in this field but, like me a few years ago it may not make much sense to you right now. When I first heard of Reiki I imagined it was something to do with gardening. A friend of mine had just learnt it and told me it was some form of healing. Like many, I found it a bit bizarre but hey, nothing ventured nothing gained and things changed from there when I volunteered to be a guinea pig for her.
The best way to understand it, is to well take a bit of a ride in your imagination. Now, above you is that great big night sky with all those stars twinkling away and those planets whizzing around in orbits, spirals and generally having a great big cosmic dance. I’m part of it, you’re part of it, your pets are part of it, in fact everything around you is part of it.
Each one of us has this magical energy inside of us. Some of us are aware, some not but that doesn’t matter. Take a leap of faith and accept it is right there and we’re all connected. Now way off out there in the universe there’s this energy we can tap into if we know how. Those of you rolling your eyes right now, bear with me, if nothing else I’m sure the words will entertain whilst those who are following me, great and thank you. Let’s go further down the rabbit hole or maybe that should be wyrm hole.
I’m sure you’re aware of the physicality of your body. No, ok, do 100 star jumps, 40 press ups, 60 sit ups, 40 burpees and do a five mile run and then look back at this article. I imagine you’re quite aware of your physical self now, if that hasn’t broke you into a sweat, then do consider competing in triathlons.
That body of yours is quite a marvellous thing. It can transport you around in all variety of ways, it can lift, walk, run, write, read, clap and so on and on. Chuck in the mind of yours to put a bit of purpose into that body of yours and keep you alive. Then in the midst of it all is this thing called the spirit that aligns you to who you are. Then throw in layers of energy all around your body and you begin to get an idea of what you’re all about.
Some of you may struggle with this energy about you. Think of our planet and look at the layers in the atmosphere. Think for a moment on how all this same idea reflects around you just now. Layers and layers all serving different functions just like the Earth. I mean, if we didn’t have an atmosphere to keep us safe then we’d be living on a crater filled world right now...actually, with no atmosphere we wouldn’t be here.
So now, you’ve hopefully got an idea about the energy around you. Each one of us is connected energetically. Think about when you go out and about and when you meet friends, family and all those little links we make, like a great chain going on ad infinitum. This continues right through your life, past and present.
I could go further along that path but you’re thinking, hey, get to the reiki point. Ok, so now imagine there is this reiki signal beaming out right into the universe just ready for you receive. Trouble is, it’s kind of like a DAB super signal and many of us right now are on Long Wave. Yes, we get stuff but it’s not exactly great quality. To tap into this energy we need someone to tune us in and that’s where someone like me comes along. We find your dial, align your aerial with that signal and voila, you’ve been connected to Reiki.
Great, we have this signal coming in now but what does this Reiki do then? My dear reader, that is up to you. Reiki does indeed allow us to assist with our own healing and indeed others but don’t be thinking you’ve suddenly become Jesus. What it will do is to allow you to tap into those inert gifts that were always there and once you’ve been attuned it’s down to us to work at it and practice.
For sure, healing may well come but perhaps not quite how we expect. This energy is a profound wise energy, far smarter than this writer who is typing feverishly onto his PC. This energy will give us what we need and not perhaps what we want. Plus, the main big point and it is a biggie is that Reiki is primarily about working with you, not healing someone else. Yes, we can help but first let’s look at ourselves first.
There’s a bunch of precepts we follow to help us with this. You’ll find more about that on courses and they are like signposts for us to guide us in the right direction. Yes, we’ll all stray off them from time to time but they’re always there. Reiki, is for me, all about our own path to enlightenment and for each one of us it will be different.
Reiki is an energy of love and healing. Reiki is an energy all around us. Reiki is an energy that elicits deep understanding within. And yet, finally, Reiki is an energy all about you, me and everything else. Now, ask yourself, you ready to find out for yourself. If so, go for it, find a Reiki master/teacher like myself and explore.