Making cards

 Last week, we made small ATC (artist trading cards) with one of the other moderators in our Red Thread Circle.

Making small cards for affirmation, to-dos, setting intention, or prayer flags is one of my favorite small projects. 

In many traditions, flags of paper or cloth are hung to send prayers, praise and blessings on the wind. We recently used strips of fabric and sharpies in our church courtyard, for our monthly farmers market booth, and participants tied their prayers on clotheslines hung between the trees. 

Chakra flags - Batik fabric
I invite students to make prayer flags for the Reiki Principles in our First Degree classes. These remind us of these precepts, we can choose one to work with for a day or week, or recite them ... This is a simple way to bring the principles to life, and deepen with Reiki. 

Flags on brown paper bag
I used the cards begun in last week's Circle for the Japanese words, and pull them out for the morning and evening Hatsurei-Ho meditation (Reiki Sourcebook p 198 and this video from Lumie Aino). 
'Kyo dake wa' translates as today only, and prefaces the precepts. 
Reiki precepts - Go kai
Here are Reiki Principle  flags I created during one of my degree classes - with an image to invoke the energy of each, and the words on the back. 
Reiki Principle flags
If you want to deepen with the principles in a new way, crafting a new set of cards or small poster is a sweet way to do so.  You can practice the precepts with this video or this one! 
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