Hi everyone, I am new to the forum and relatively new to Reiki. I have been attuned to Tibetan Reiki 1 and 2. I was attuned to Reiki 2 a few days ago and Reiki 1 21 days prior to that. I was attuned face to face.

The issue I have is that I did not feel anything during the Reiki 2 attunement and while I do self Reiki and when treating my children 16 and 14 years old they also feel nothing. I sometimes see colors (indigo sparks, and the color violet/purple) and can pick up on blockages on others only (not myself) but I do not feel the flow of energy nor do my children feel energy, which has left me quite disappointed and angry.

I am not sure if this is relevant but the person who attuned me is quite a heavy smoker and stressed due to personal issues. She did say that she stops smoking 12 hours before attuning but her husband is also a heavy smoker therefore she is not completely smoke free, I cannot help but wonder whether this could have affected my attunement? Also,without realizing she said to another lady in the room with us that smoking affects her attunements!

I have spoken to her regarding my concerns with not feeling the flow of energy (not her smoking) and she has said that I am trying too hard and need to feel more confident or it may be that I may have too many blockages of my own. If this was the case would I still not feel sensations in any part of my body during self healing?

In addition, She said that as soon as I have been attuned to Reiki 2 and have the symbols I will immediately feel the difference. After the 2nd attunement I held my hands in a prayer position against my chest after placing the Rieki symbol, moved them back and forth, but unfortunately I feel nothing. Again I expressed my concerns to her but again she said I try too hard and should be more confident. I do not agree as i was feeling confident that the Reiki 2 attunement would help me to feel the Reiki energy flow through my hands but now I feel quite disappointed and angry. I really was looking forward to practicing Reiki as I have a son with Autism and a daughter with complex anxiety and insomnia issues.

I just need peace of mind that I have had a proper attunement and things will improve

Any advice or comments really would be greatly appreciated as at the moment I feel like a failure and disappointed.

Thank you for reading my post

Welcome to the forum! Thankyou for sharing this. I've got to go take a class atm, but i'll be back a little later, and can give an opinion. Can i say, YOU aren't a failure at all. I'ver got more to say, but must go. I expect others will get involved here very soon. I'll be back in a few hours.

warmest wishes
Wayne

Hi Milarepa,

Thank you, looking forward to hearing from you soon!!

Love and Light

Hiya Kismet!

KISMET wrote:

The issue I have is that I did not feel anything during the Reiki 2 attunement and while I do self Reiki and when treating my children 16 and 14 years old they also feel nothing. I sometimes see colors (indigo sparks, and the color violet/purple) and can pick up on blockages on others only (not myself) but I do not feel the flow of energy nor do my children feel energy, which has left me quite disappointed and angry.

Can i say that an absence of any feeling during attunement doesn't really mean anything. Most do report feeling something during them, but it's not a given. Some of mine i felt nothing, or very little.

The experience of self-treating, or treating others. Do you feel relaxed? Do others? This is a basic experience. If you're talking about hand sensations, not all feel this either.

KISMET wrote:
I am not sure if this is relevant but the person who attuned me is quite a heavy smoker and stressed due to personal issues. She did say that she stops smoking 12 hours before attuning but her husband is also a heavy smoker therefore she is not completely smoke free, I cannot help but wonder whether this could have affected my attunement? Also,without realizing she said to another lady in the room with us that smoking affects her attunements!

Ok. The way the teacher lives their life, can possibly have an effect on what they pass on. In an attunement, we are passing on something. Spiritual permission to create within the student, a set of events that in turn gives birth to a spiritual experience.

KISMET wrote:
I have spoken to her regarding my concerns with not feeling the flow of energy (not her smoking) and she has said that I am trying too hard and need to feel more confident or it may be that I may have too many blockages of my own. If this was the case would I still not feel sensations in any part of my body during self healing?

People that have pretty severe issues are still able to feel things. Both from the practitioner & recipient viewpoint. It's too early to say if it's anything like blockages with you. Personally i kinda never listen to that, . Not saying you should do the same.

It's important though that you kinda back off, at least within yourself with this issue, cause the more angst you feel, the more worse things will seem.

you're not alone with this issue though. Even going by members on here, this seems to be getting more common.

KISMET wrote:
In addition, She said that as soon as I have been attuned to Reiki 2 and have the symbols I will immediately feel the difference. After the 2nd attunement I held my hands in a prayer position against my chest after placing the Rieki symbol, moved them back and forth, but unfortunately I feel nothing. Again I expressed my concerns to her but again she said I try too hard and should be more confident. I do not agree as i was feeling confident that the Reiki 2 attunement would help me to feel the Reiki energy flow through my hands but now I feel quite disappointed and angry.

in my opinion, the first level is the most profound. Lots will attest to this. Faith, isn't required in Reiki per se. We know it works because we feel & see it working. There are a small number of unique folks who don't feel anything.

You can see that Reiki levels don't bring about increased 'power'. Practise, primarily on ourselves, but also others will. Can i ask, how regularly you self-treat?

KISMET wrote:
I really was looking forward to practicing Reiki as I have a son with Autism and a daughter with complex anxiety and insomnia issues.

My sons somewhat special also, so i can appreciate this.

KISMET wrote:
I just need peace of mind that I have had a proper attunement and things will improve

Can you private message me your lineage? So i can look at it, and see where some changes (if any) might have took place.

Can you tell me what general area of UK you are in?

KISMET wrote:
Any advice or comments really would be greatly appreciated as at the moment I feel like a failure and disappointed.

Please don't. You're not doing anything wrong. In fact, you're doing everything right. Lateral thinking is called for, so let's see what we can come up with here.

KISMET wrote:
Thank you for reading my post

Thankyou for sharing, .

Warmest wishes
Wayne

Hi Kismet,

i saw your questions and thought lets register and give my answer also.

I hope my English will be clear enaugh for you

I am since 1994 a Reiki Master i have had a lot of people in my practice and workshops and also learned a lot people Reiki.

It changed my life and i am until today happy i started with it.

Maybe i can give you some hints, because i am sure it is not you, or the smoking master, i had a master that smoked a lot also and look at me, it worked on me.

That you don't feel anything can have many reasons.
The best way to get in to it is to search for a group who is coming together every week to give(practice) each other Reiki and share also the feelings they have.

I think there you will get your answers and i am sure Kismet, in time you will feel also, maybe more then what you wanted.

Give it a try and stop thinking who's fault it is, it is nobody's fault.

You are doing so good with this step in your life and i am sure you want regret it.

Hope this will do for you.

Warm wishes,

Rina

Thank you for the response guys, I have found a group that come together once a month. I have only been once as I have just been attuned but the response was pretty much the same. People felt heat etc from healers but not from me.

Maybe things will get better with time

When I was a reiki newbie I had an experience during the Level 1 attunement that was wonderful. But I didn't feel any heat coming from my hands.
Over time the sensations did develop, by the time of my second level - 6 months later - there was heat.
The second (western) attunement was a nothing to get excited over and I was very disappointed. My ego/mind was expecting something, and it didn't happen.

Now I realize that getting caught up with the drama/magick/??? was taking away in my view what was really important. Which was - the energy transfer from my teacher and the 3 western symbols.

Once I stopped stressing over who's hands felt what I became a more competent reiki practitioner. Besides if Reiki works on multiple levels the work your doing could be on the spiritual, emotional or mental levels. The heat you feel could be just a representation of what is happening in the physical.

Just a thought. _-/ \__

Thank you for your reply Dokasan. I see purple/violet colors with very bright indigo/lapis blue sparks. Do you see colors and do you know what they mean?

I see what you mean, I guess i just need some kind of confirmation that something is working and happening. I am worried that if I treat someone other than my family they will sit up and complain that they felt nothing and think I am some kind of fraud or something.

it may be just sensitivity. i've got some material, from Taggart Kings 'original Usui course'. Whether it's original Usui i dunno, nut the training is good. Particularly Hatsurei Ho. A most excellant Japanese Reiki practice. I can send you via internet the manual, instructions & audio guided cd if you'd like. maybe take things from there?

warmest wishes
Wayne

Yes please Milarepa, if you could send me the above that would be lovely. I sent the info you asked for into your inbox. I hope you found it useful.

What do you think about the colors I see, is that connected to Reiki energy?

Thank you again for your support.

I've sent two pdf's. I cant find the audio, but know who to ask. Hopefully i can get it tonight.

Not sure about the colours not really my field in itself.

Got the info, will reply now.

warmest wishes
Wayne

Hi again Kismet,
it is my understanding that when we as individuals are on a spiritual path our
'innate' skills become activated. Somewhat like a flower, initially you see the closed petals around the central core. Over time the petals open and reveal a radiant centre.

You may have had the ability to see energy as colours but may not have been totally aware of this ability. Once you received Reiki training this ability came forward into your attention.

Sometimes when I work with people or when receiving attunements/reiju I will see a violet colour too.
While not trained in knowing much about chakras, one of the books I have says that the violet colour is connected to the crown chakra.
The author Naomi Ozaniec says these are the keywords for the crown or Sahasrara: enlightenment, self-realization, fulfilment, completion, samadhi, mysticism.

I have been lead to believe that Reiki will help a person attain Enlightenment, by using this healing art - hopefully this is happening.

As for the indigo Naomi says: third-eye or Ajna: Intuition, far-seeing, direct-knowing, vision and transcendence.

Your interpretation of these insights might be different than mine -as I'm no expert- but it looks like your intuition is being activated by the use of Reiki.

Be well and Just for Today - Do not Worry.

Hello Dokasan,

Thank you for your feedback. Yes, I have connected the colours to the Crown and Third Eye chakras also.

As has been suggested once my son is back at school next week I Will try to take a 'stress free' approach when self healing and try to just go with the flow.

Thank you very much for your support, it really is much appreciated. Hopefully I can feel a little more positive over the next couple of weeks.