| We all carry around emotional and sometimes physical | | | | must be filled with something else. Reiki fills that void |
| baggage from the past. | | | | with peace and love so that you can move into the |
| We carry a record of everything that's ever | | | | future with a more positive outlook and an |
| happened to us in our body and in our aura. This then | | | | empowering perspective. It literally releases you from |
| affects our reactions and sometimes our behaviours | | | | the past. |
| as we go through our lives, either consciously or | | | | Also, take a look and see if there is anyone that you |
| sub-consciously. It influences our present and our daily | | | | need to forgive as part of this. |
| interaction with others as well as our connection to | | | | Remember forgiving isn't condoning behaviour, it's not |
| our Reiki. | | | | saying "it's ok", but it's allowing you to release those |
| Let me explain. If we've experienced a lot of anger in | | | | negative emotions from your body, mind and spirit so |
| our lives, from parents or siblings or teachers in | | | | that you are freer to live your life in happiness and |
| school, we can absorb a lot of that fiery energy. If | | | | peace. |
| we're not shown how to release it in a healthy way | | | | "An unwillingness to forgive is like drinking poison and |
| then it can start affecting our behaviour. For example. | | | | expecting the other person to die." |
| I would have been quite an angry person growing up. | | | | James Ray |
| You wouldn't have thought it of me as I was always | | | | If there is someone that you need to forgive you |
| smiling and happy but I remember looking at my | | | | could do a number of things: |
| parents when I was small and seeing my fathers | | | | 1) Write them a letter, telling them everything that is |
| body practically shake with anger. I learnt as a child | | | | on your mind. Let your emotions pour out and get |
| that you had to hold anger physically in the body and | | | | everything off your chest. When you're done, burn it. |
| the only way to get it out was to get angry and | | | | Keep doing this until you feel that there is nothing |
| normally at someone else's expense! Now I'm not | | | | left. |
| blaming my father for this, I love him dearly and he | | | | 2) Send them Reiki, you could also call on their angels |
| did his very best for me, but this was a belief that I | | | | while you're doing this, have a silent conversation and |
| adopted. The result was that as I grew up, I held | | | | then send love, light and blessings to replace the |
| onto my anger, I didn't express it in a healthy way | | | | unforgiveness that's just been released. |
| and so every so often I'd "explode", and god love | | | | Sometimes it will take a few "forgiveness sessions" in |
| anyone who was in my path! It wasn't a pretty sight. | | | | order to totally release someone. If you're finding it |
| As i discovered Reiki, it really helped me to start | | | | very difficult to do this it may be worth asking |
| questioning the things in my life that weren't working | | | | yourself if there is a reason that you're not forgiving |
| for me. I was aware that anger was a big issue for | | | | this person? If so, it would be worth working with |
| me and I wanted to work out a better way of | | | | your Reiki practitioner or a complementary therapist |
| dealing with it. I started with forgiving my Dad for | | | | to get you into a place where you can. |
| how he behaved when I was a child. That released a | | | | Exercise for releasing the past: |
| huge part of me, I was very angry at a man who | | | | 1. Sit back comfortably in your chair, legs uncrossed |
| was very angry! It was a typical vicious circle. | | | | and flat on the floor. |
| It actually didn't take as long as I thought it would, I | | | | 2. Protect and Ground yourself. |
| always knew that he did his best, that he loves me | | | | 3. Draw the power symbol - Cho Ku Ray and the |
| and that his anger was most probably from his own | | | | long distance symbol - |
| parents. Passed down from generation to generation | | | | Hon Sha Za Sho Nen in front of you. If you're level 1 |
| until someone decided to change the DNA. | | | | then continueonto the next step (don't worry this |
| I also started doing the below exercise, sending Reiki | | | | exercise will work just as effectively) |
| to any angry situations from the past and to the | | | | 4. Imagine all previous bad karma out in front of you |
| source of my anger. Now I vocalise what I need to | | | | as a big slimy ball,or a tank full of gunk, whatever |
| say in an empowering way rather than waiting till I | | | | comes to mind. |
| "explode!" Its much healthier for me and those | | | | 5. Send Reiki to this and allow the Reiki to start |
| around me! | | | | breaking it up. Imagine inyour mind that it's being |
| So what would be the negative emotion that you | | | | negated and transmuted. |
| would most resonate with you? Is it guilt, shame, | | | | 6. Continue for 10 minutes. Mentally take note of any |
| rejection, loneliness, fear or something else? | | | | images that cometo mind. |
| The first law of thermodynamics states that; | | | | 7. Go through the Closing down to seal up visualising |
| "Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only | | | | the Infinity Symbolover the "gunk". |
| be changed from one form to another." | | | | Then for the rest of the day live Gratitude and Joy, |
| From positive to negative or negative to positive.. the | | | | live the Reiki Principles. |
| choice is up to you. | | | | Just for today, I will live the attitude of Gratitude |
| Using the exercise below you can do this. You can | | | | Just for today, I will not worry |
| send Reiki back to the source (even if you don't | | | | Just for today, I will not anger |
| know what that is) or to the past times when you | | | | Just for today, I will do my work honestly |
| felt those emotions. | | | | Just for today, I will show love and respect to every |
| Ideally aim to do it once a week, more if you can, as | | | | living thing. |
| the more you do it (as with anything), the better | | | | In love, light and laughter! |
| you will feel. When an energy blockage is released it | | | | |