marty wrote:I think Reiki is both for me but it always starts as internal. It is so transformitive. It allows you to realize that magic is real... and this magic is you and within you. It is beautiful bright and so joyous. It is what you truly are if you do not dwell in the awareness of the personality. It is what we all are. Beautiful bright joyous awareness. Free from thought, free from attachment. And what makes it even more wonderful. This awareness of what we are can be shared with others. So I would say the internal aspect allows us to experience ourselves as we truly are and the external aspect allows us to share this awareness with others. Through this we are all healed.

What else could we ask for...?

Excellent!

....for inciting spiritual awareness and awakening in myself and offering that same opportunity to others.

You sound familiar....

yup, tis I, Shakti~ Sharon.... Tried to log in with my old name, but couldn't remember my password, plus I have a different server and email address now, so I changed my username....different name, same gal.

Welcome back!

I initially started my Reiki training as a way to help heal my pets post-surgery, but now I continue Reiki because it is a wonderful meditation and energetic practice. It helps keeps my personal energy rejuvenated and clear!

Pachamama wrote:yup, tis I, Shakti~ Sharon.... different name, same gal.

Great to see ya back! Until we next disagree, hehe. Only Joking,

pathway_wellness wrote:I initially started my Reiki training as a way to help heal my pets post-surgery, but now I continue Reiki because it is a wonderful meditation and energetic practice. It helps keeps my personal energy rejuvenated and clear!

Welcome to the forum! you're trained by Taggart, an excellant teacher!

Can i ask one thing please? We've a requirement that folks who use our facility of showing their own website link, place our link somewhere also. Could you do that please?

warmest wishes
Wayne

I started Reiki out of curiosity because I was selling healing crystals online and it became quite apparent that most of my customers were Reiki practitioners. I took a Reiki Level I and II course and immediately realized that this was the spiritual path I have been looking for. It has been one of the best things that has ever happened to me. I will be taking the Reiki Master Level course this fall.

excellant Jem, welcome to the forum!

You know, when I try to think back, I can't remember exactly how I got into Reiki. I remember I was researching medicinal herbs back in 2006 and was looking into some online courses for that and I think that's how I happened onto a Reiki course and signed up for it and completed Reiki Level I online. I was already practicing a mixture of Western Buddhism, Christianity, Gnosticism and Animism (I know that's a mouthful), so Reiki fit in very well with my varied beliefs. I did Reiki Level II later and am working on Level III now. I'd had an interest in the healing field for a long time and have used herbs since the late 70's for my personal use. So as far as why I initially got into Reiki, I was drawn to it as a healing method because I wanted to help people.

What I didn't realize at the time I had my first attunement was that it would lead me on a spiritual journey, even more intense than my initial journey with Buddhism. I left Reiki briefly for 2 years and I agree with Salman. I felt a big vacuum, a "Dark Night of the Soul," if you will. That went on for two years. Then I had what you would call a spontaneous spiritual awakening again in December 2010, this time of a Christian flavor and was eventually led back to doing Reiki. I just went back to practicing this July and am slowly starting to feel centered and at peace with life again.

So while Reiki started out as a healing modality for me, it has ended up being a spiritual path in combination with Buddhism and Christianity. One thing that I am a little angry about (I know, I know - "Just for today...") is that my first Reiki teachers did not tell me that Reiki was for life, that once attuned you cannot just "leave" Reiki. Hence, the "void" when I'm not practicing. I also didn't know that when you leave Reiki for a long time the energy channels that have been opened by attunement can get clogged wreaking havoc in your life physically and emotionally. So, I agree with LuvSoulJah that, in a sense, Reiki can be an addiction, although a good addiction.

So, to me, Reiki is like any other spiritual path you undertake. You keep a little of each spiritual method with you for life, a sort of individual blend of spiritual practice and that's what makes each teacher a little different. Reiki is now definitely a spiritual path for me, not just a healing modality. I hope by looking at it as that, that I'm not diluting the original intent Usui Sensei had for Reiki.

Jem, welcome, and good luck on your Reiki III this Fall. I'm studying for mine too! Glad you're here!

Mish, check your inbox, you've got an unread message from me. Well, two now, .