Amida Buddha is guiding

 In 1989, I went to a harp concert with the amazing Karen Bruner in January ... and met my Reiki master at a talk in the same room in September, 9 months later. 

In the summer of 1991, two 1/2 years after first meeting Karen, I saw her at the NW Reiki gathering, "ah!! She does Reiki!! That explains it!" ... (The thread connecting her to my own Reiki journey - I'd just become a Master at that point)

When I took 2nd degree in '89, I dropped the symbols into the drum I'd made, and brought with me - and in 1993, when I got my first harp, dropped them into her! 

Drums and Native American Flute

Before 'finding' Reiki, I was 'waiting' for a book, and would visit a certain isle at Powell's City of Books, hoping it was be there ... this went on for at least a year.

(Powell's was an hour away in those days - longer now with more traffic) I'd go to the section with tomes on Tai Chi/ Qigong (which I began learning in 1983) and other movement and healing modalities, and pick up various books which seemed likely ...

Finally the book hit the shelves in 1988! Finally!!

There 'it' was - 'the Shamanic World of Ikuku Osumi,' about her experiences with Seiki-Jutsu! (I had no familiarity with Reiki nor Seiki at the time - I just knew THIS was the book I awaited ....)

And burst into tears when I read this paragraph, and the lines, 'Amita Buddha is also protecting this book ... One of Amida's tasks' is 'to protect ships and also act as a bridge between people.'

And ... I was one of the people this information was right for, one of those drawn across the bridge.  

So - when I play music or my drum, when I craft a piece of jewelry or paint .... Amida Buddha is there - guiding the connection - making a bridge. 

As Jane English writes in A Different Doorway, sometimes the connections between events and insights are rather like crumpling a napkin, drawing a line over the circumference, then trying to make sense of it when you flatten it out again ...

About 8 years after first heard of Amida Buddha, I learned his chant in a 'Tibetan Reiki' workshop one of my mastery students and I attended - here's a beautiful version and an article on links between Buddhist and Reiki practices. 

The Buddhist teacher said at one point, 'like all of us, I have my human foibles!! AND - when I am teaching - I get out of my own way, and become a pure conduit for the buddhas!' Yes! I can relate to that balance of my own foibles, and the purity of the energy and the teachings. One of the best things we can do is get out of our own way, and let the energy flow!

What are some of the threads which drew you to Reiki?

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Everyday Reiki

Image
The Reiki precepts begin kyo dake wa , just for today ... When we have Reiki, we can invite the energy to flow into our activities and interactions throughout the day.  While Takata awaited surgery in Dr Maeda's hospital in Tokyo, each of the meals prepared by the doctor's sister the dietician was blessed with Reiki : green tea, Rice, beans, steamed vegetables (especially carrots & beets), seaweed. As she learned Reiki herself, Mrs Takata blessed her own food and drink, and later recommended her students do the same. Teachers in many traditions suggest blessing what we ingest, it's something we do daily, and soon becomes second nature. We can also use Reiki around the home: set up an altar hold seeds or herbs a minute before we plant them bless a craft project we're working on sweep the floor play a musical instrument atune to objects as we decide whether to keep them, or pass them on In addition to doing sessions on ourselves, our pets and each other, we can use Re...
Read more

Beginnings

Image
A couple of weeks after meeting our Reiki Master, another student & I arrived at her home for our First Degree Reiki class. One of Analyse's Mastery students joined us as well, to participate & observe. We alternated between teachings, sharing stories & experiences, initiations & learning to give (& receive) treatments. Analyse described the initiations as 'clearing the pipes' for the energy to flow through us, unimpeded. 'Think of the water pipes in two houses, a 'city house' & a summer home. If you turn on the faucet at home, the water runs clearly, while those in a place that's rarely used my sputter a bit, & run a bit cloudy. BOTH pipes have corrosion, but you don't observe that as much in the pipes that are used regularly.  'It's the same with people - some people naturally allow energy to flow, others don't; but both have 'blocks' that restrict the flow. The initation 'clears the pipes' in...
Read more

Rei Ki - the word

Image
Reiki is written in two Japanese kanji or characters,  Spiritual (&) Energy The word 'Reiki' is used in the West to denote a healing system. The founder of our Modern Reiki System, Mikao Usui didn't use this term, his teachings were more commonly called 'Usui Do' (the Way of Usui) and the healings 'Usui teate' or Usui's form of hands-on healing. Later, the word Reiki was added or substituted, to signify the system utilized spiritual energy. In Chinese, the same two kanji are used for 'Ling Chi'   "Ling Chi is the subtylest and most highly refined of all the energies in the human system and the product of the most advanced stage of a practice, whereby the ordinary energy of the body are transformed into pure spiritual vitality. This type of highly refined energy enhances spiritual awareness, improves all cerebral functions, and constitutes the basic fuel for the highest level of spiritual work." (Ling Gung: Harnessing th...
Read more