Healbeal wrote:
> "suzee" <suzee@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:ftk231$bou$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Garry Williams wrote:
>>> On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:37:25 +0530, Healbeal wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I sincerely appreciate all the responses in my earlier posts. I wish
to
>>>> know how im****tant it is to invoke reiki. While on the move, it is
not
>>>> always possible to invoke reiki and sometimes we just want to give
then
>>>> intention to the particular situation. However, my question pertains
to
>>>> 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
directly.
>>>> Is this right? Also, is it im****tant to close the symbols in the
morning
>>>> when the intention is to give the reiki overnight?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Maddy
>>> Maddy, I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to ask us. What do
>>> *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
misunderstanding,
>>> 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 to
>>> do? Please spell it out for me; I'm not always Speedy Gonzales on the
>>> uptake. :-)
>> It sounds as though Maddy might have been taught by someone who mixed
>> magick or pagan practices in with the reiki.... Or `invoking' angels or
>> guides to help.
>>
>> What I do is similar to the way one `settles in' to begin tai chi...
That
>> 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
starts
>> the energy flowing.
>>
>> sue
>
> Well, to rephrase what I said earlier, we were taught to close the
eyes,
> relax with few deep breaths and then raise both hands in a V shape and
start
> the invoking prayer like I thank reiki for being here, I thank Dr Usui
for
> being here, I thank reiki master forbeing here, thank the situation or
the
> 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
the
> situation.
>
> Now this is bit time consuming or boring... through my perspective and
hence
> I wish to know how im****tant it is or is it just ok to draw the symbols
> mentally and start reiki.
It's not im****tant. Many reiki people were never taught anything like
this to begin reikiing.
sue
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