On Apr 10, 2:23=A0am, "Healbeal" <h...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "suzee" <su...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Garry Williams wrote:
> >> On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:37:25 +0530, Healbeal wrote:
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> >>> Hi all,
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> >>> I sincerely appreciate all the responses in my earlier posts. I wish
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> >>> know how im****tant it is to invoke reiki. While on the move, it is
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> >>> always possible to invoke reiki and sometimes we just want to give
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> >>> intention to the particular situation. However, my question pertains
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> >>> invoking when there's ample time. Call it sheer laziness or what but
> >>> sometimes I just don't invoke reiki and start with the symbols
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> >>> Is this right? Also, is it im****tant to close the symbols in the
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> >>> when the intention is to give the reiki overnight?
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> >>> Regards,
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> >>> Maddy
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> >> Maddy, I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to ask us. What
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> >> *you* mean by the words "invoke reiki"? In order to use a symbol, you
> >> have to be using reiki. They work together. Perhaps I'm
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> >> but I'm gathering that you were taught to perform some other
operation
> >> first before using a symbol? Perhaps some sort of "official" way of
> >> saying "reiki on!" before beginning whatever symbol work you intend
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> >> do? Please spell it out for me; I'm not always Speedy Gonzales on the
> >> uptake. :-)
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> > It sounds as though Maddy might have been taught by someone who mixed
> > magick or pagan practices in with the reiki.... Or `invoking' angels
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> > guides to help.
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> > What I do is similar to the way one `settles in' to begin tai chi...
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> > is, take a secure stance (I'm usually standing), place my hands on the
> > person, take a few deep breaths and focus on my hands. That usually
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> > the energy flowing.
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> > sue
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> Well, to rephrase =A0what I said earlier, we were taught to close the
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> relax with few deep breaths and then raise both hands in a V shape and
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> the invoking prayer like I thank reiki for being here, I thank Dr Usui
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> being here, I thank reiki master forbeing here, thank the situation or
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> person receiving reiki for being here and finally thank myself for being
> here to give reiki. Oh god please let your divine reiki energy to flow
> through me/my hands so that I am able to heal this person or myself or
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> situation.
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> Now this is bit time consuming or boring... through my perspective and
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> I wish to know how im****tant it is or is it just ok to draw the symbols
> mentally and start reiki.
Maddy, thanks for the explanation. Let me bottom line it for you. What
they taught you is completely unnecessary to begin doing Reiki. That
does not mean that the ritual is useless or has no purpose. But
without any preparation whatsoever, you can place your hands on a
person and the reiki will start flowing. Or if you are doing distant
reiki, you can just draw the symbols (intending that reiki be flowing
at the same time). So, as long as you feel the reiki flowing, you're
good to go.
That said, what *is* the purpose of the little ritual, you may ask? I
can see several. You can never go wrong giving thanks, and you can
never give too many thanks (unless you're holding up everyone from
eating Thanksgiving dinner), and being grateful puts you in a good
space, mentally and spiritually. Raising your hands up over your head
in the v-shaped cup in a receiving position is a good way for many
people to get the feeling of ki flowing. So for a beginner, this might
be a very useful ritual. But at some point it will become so natural
to get the reiki going that it won't be necessary to have a special
ritual and it will just be instant on at need.
Love and Light,
Garry
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