In 1968 a musical called Aquarius hit the Broadway stage. It was a musical celebrating life, free love, rock music, hippiedom and moving out of the age of Pisces and into the age of Aquarius. It was an exciting time, allowing those who believed, to tap into what is referred to as a higher power in order to bring about global healing and innovation. Moving on fifty five years, I am now seventy and one of the things I have always done, is trust in the universe to guide me. I think of the universe as my God and it`s very personal to me.
I have a friend who some would describe as cynical. My friend is adept at contradicting thoughts, ideas and creativity if they do not fit in with their experiences of the world or views on the way forward in these extremely challenging times we are living through. Their attitude regarding someone like me who believes in a higher power, seems to be that I am self-indulgent, narcissistic and infantile. They often use the word `woke` as an insult, as though it is somehow wrong to be aware of issues of inequality, to care about rectifying injustices and to lean to the left politically. My friend is an occasional writer, an intellectual and highly educated person yet they appear to be missing something important in their makeup which I refer to as emotional intelligence.
I recall an old boyfriend of mine once reprimanding me as we drove and bickered while on holiday, `there`s no such thing as emotional intelligence!` he stated and I knew he was wrong but one of the things that I have experienced with clever people is that they can be blinded by their own intelligence and sometimes lack insight or even the humility to understand that they can be wrong. The man I mention was a pompous arse to boot, and considered himself superior because he was a member of MENSA so it was pointless wasting my breath trying to educate him. Previous experiences of such people, people who have a big brain, is that they can lack empathy and self awareness.
I recently read a piece my friend wrote calling into question a higher power or the power of the universe. I was stirred to respond, I was miffed and because I practice Reiki, I choose Reiki to make my point.
Reiki has been practiced for nearly a century, there are various schools, I follow the Usui School which was developed in Japan in the nineteen twenties. Reiki is a method of therapy based on the belief that all living things are fields of energy and that everything resonates with energy, including our universe. Even inanimate objects resonate which is why crystals for example, are used in the fine tuning of watches and medical equipment as well as for healing. Those who practice healing therapies believe that our energy fields constantly interact with the fields of those around us, it is why we become uncomfortable when someone steps too closely into our space. I have demonstrated this when training others, by using diviners. If you give someone some diviners and walk them across a room towards another person the diviners will go `crazy` as they approach the energy field of another person. It is this energy that practitioners use for healing, they pull it in from the universe and pass it on. It is an uncomplicated holistic philosophy, there is nothing magical or mystical about Reiki and if we want to, we can all become practitioners.
When I practice Reiki, I pull in energy from all around me and in my case, I also visualise my angels to assemble around me to lend a hand. This is known as Angelic Reiki and it works for me in fact Reiki has been so successful in its beneficial effects, that many hospitals around the world work with Reiki practitioners in order to promote health and limit the side effects of treatment. Scientific studies are rare but if you Google, you will find plenty of examples. They make interesting reading even if you are a cynic.
When someone receives Reiki their brain enters into an Alpha state, or roughly the same state that we enter when we are extremely relaxed as in a deep sleep and interestingly, so does the brain of the practitioner so it`s a method that is beneficial to both parties. Forty five minutes of Reiki healing is the equivalent of a lovely sleep, it promotes good health, a feeling of peace and well being, so do not knock it my friend, unless you have tried it.
I believe in the power of the universe and the power of God, I think the two go hand in hand. I do not find receiving and sharing that power through Reiki at all self-indulgent, or that it offers me some sort of mystical, mingle mangle moment. I have a measure of sympathy, even sadness for my friend whose mind is closed to such fabulous energy and support, maybe they are a bit scared. They might consider exploring the power of the universe further than they seem to have, because honestly if you haven`t then you do not know what you are missing! If we accept that in our universe there are black holes capable of swallowing entire planets, that the universe expands across a diameter of 150 billion plus light years, that it is estimated to be 13.7 billion years old and that time can fold, then why not believe we can tap into that unimaginable power?
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