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My own Reiki story |
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My own Reiki story |
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In about 1986 my ex-wife read something about Reiki, in which she recognised much of herself. Later she read a book about Reiki. No great discovery but something that fitted her own ideas. In 1991 she got her first degree from Marjan van Staaveren. So I heard about Reiki through my ex-wife. I didn't know whether it would work or not, but I always felt that there is more in a human than we think, that we have powers that are suppressed and forgotten.
In the meanwhile I was a willing victim of the exercises of my ex-wife. I really felt the effect of Reiki. A normal treatment starts with the head and ends with the feet. The effect it had to me was a strong agitation or tension in my legs and hands, that became stronger as the treatment continued. It appeared as if the Reiki pushed something forward that couldn't go further than my hands and feet. In the middle of the treatment the feeling became so strong that my ex-wife had to "discharge" me. This discharging meant that she moved her hands above my body from head to feet. I don't know how it all works, but it does! It is said that it restores your aura. I found the treatment very pleasant and relaxing. I've always enjoyed it. The three of us (I have a son born in 1987) are quite healthy (we think so) so we didn't notice any curing. When I had some trouble with my knees, I asked my ex-wife to give me Reiki, which certainly helped.
Considered the simple way you can learn Reiki, the result was remarkable, but it fitted my ideas. Half a year later I received my first degree with the same master. It was (and is) very nice to do Reiki together and to be able to talk about it. It was something we had in common. And of course we could exercise with each other. I find giving Reiki as pleasant as receiving it. Sometimes you can feel where someone has a problem (for example with back problems). It is satisfying to hear that your feelings are right. What I also can feel, certainly when I give Reiki to myself, are the places of the chacras. At those places the Reiki flow is much stronger. Furthermore I have the feeling that Reiki enhanced my intuition, but you never know for sure weather it is caused by the Reiki or by the general development you make, considering that Reiki makes you more oriented to people.
What I disliked about my first degree initiation was the importance that was given to money. For every Reiki treatment there had to be some payment, by money or other means, to ensure the patient realised the value of the treatment. Love, power and money were considered as equal forms of energy. This was very much in contradiction with my ideas: Reiki is unconditional love, but you have to pay for it! Much later I realised why I didn't agree with the equality of love, power and money. Unfortunately I couldn't use that argument in the group discussion anymore. In my point of view the difference is that power and money are conserved and love is not. That means that when I give power or money to someone, I get less myself, but when I give love to someone it doesn't cost me anything! Money and power can get lost or can be taken away from me, but love can't. I can imagine that you want to get paid for Reiki when you make your living of it, but the way it was brought by the alliance didn't suit us. The problem was not in the initiation itself, but in the philosophy of the alliance. We practised at each other and at relatives and other first degree Reiki colleagues.
I've got the impression that Reiki doesn't primarily work at the body itself, but more at the sub-consciousness or the spiritual part of the body. This explains the results that are made at psychological and psychosomatic problems. A difficulty in this is that the mental cause of a problem is not always clear. The mental effects of Reiki are well illustrated by the treatment of a relative by my ex-wife:
A relative had the problem that she always woke up at 4 o'clock in the night with a panicle fear and couldn't go back to sleep. She didn't know what she was afraid of, or where it came from. One day she asked my ex-wife whether Reiki could help her. My ex-wife gave her one treatment and that night she kept asleep on for the first time in years. The effect stayed for a few days. After that she woke up again, but she had no problem with it and could go back to sleep.
Somewhat later my ex-wife got her second degree at a master who was not connected to the alliance. I was just waiting to get my second degree too. The second degree gives you the possibility to use three symbols and mantras which have the following effects:
The first symbol makes your Reiki stronger so that you only need a quarter of the time for a Reiki treatment.
The second symbol gives you the possibility to contact the sub-consciousness of the person you treat. This enables you (if the patient wants you to) to give suggestions. For example when someone wants to stop smoking. You are not allowed to give more than suggestions, because the personal freedom of the patient must (and will) always be protected. Misuse of Reiki isn't possible, because Reiki will only work when the patient wants it. Sometimes a patient thinks he wants to be treated, but the treatment doesn't work because he unconsciously enjoys the attention he gets as a patient. The sub-consciousness can use the illness as a way to get attention.
The third symbol gives you the possibility to work at a distance. This distance is unlimited, we have good personal experiences at a distance up to 200 km. Of course you could explain the effects with the knowledge that somebody is paying attention to your problems, but there are effects that can't be explained by that. I will mention three experiences, the first of them by a colleague of my ex-wife:
Well, that's about my Reiki story! I would like to emphasise that Reiki is important to me, but it doesn't change my life or my way of life. I've chosen my chat-name ReikiHugo to tell something about myself and to get nice chats about it. So Reiki fits to me, rather than that it has changed me.
I hope to get lots of reactions and hear the story of other Reiki colleagues and of people who received Reiki treatments.