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Energy Exchange

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When Usui & Hayashi taught Reiki in Japan, they taught within a tradition that honored and respected wisdom keepers and their teachings. The Reiki Principles remind us to: Today only anger not worry not With appreciation Do work To people be kind Mind body change it for better Usui Reiki method Lakshmi Goddess Lakshmi means Good Luck to Hindus. The word 'Lakshmi' is derived from the Sanskrit word "Laksya", meaning 'aim' or 'goal', and she is the goddess of wealth and prosperity, both material and spiritual. She is dressed in red, with cascades of coins flowing from her hands. She is a Mother Goddess, Mata, & her month of celebration is October. In the mid 90s, a friend told me she saw an association with Lakshmi, & I found a small statuette at the Crystal Wizard . I read about Mata Lakshmi, & gave her a fluorite throne, & surrounded her with rose petals, coins, other symbols of abundance. Here's a traditional Lak...

Countdown

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Only 3 days 'till we meet for our Reiki I class - are you ready? I've been working on the class materials, & printed the hand-outs, which I'll copy tomorrow. It's been fun putting some of the information I've been blogging about into document format, and deciding what to include in your packets. We are now up to 8 students, and at least 5 who intend to audit! I'll send a Group Message on Facebook, with the address. A couple of students have asked 'how to decide' where they fit on the sliding scale. Since I began teaching Reiki in the fall of 1991, I've wanted to make Reiki initiation available to anyone who felt called to do the work. I've also realized, like Hawayo Takata, that there needed to be an 'energy exchange' for students to value the teachings. In her stories about Reiki, Takata shared that as she began teaching Reiki (in the late 30s), she wanted to initiate friends & family at no charge, but was discourage...

With Appreciation, Do work

This Principle is often translated 'Earn your Living Honestly' - I really like the original -  with APPRECIATION, do your work! Right livelyhood ... daily focus on being/ doing/ exampling the best that you can possibly be in whatever you do! In a talk on finding yourself in a negative situation at work, Abraham suggests: "In fact, do your best to be unaware of the disharmony, because in actually being unaware of the disharmony, there will be no active Vibration of it present within you, and the Law of Attraction will then leave you out of any discordant rondevous. "It may sound odd, but the fastest way to get to a new-and-improved situation is to make peace with your current situation. By making lists of the most positive aspects you can find about your current situation, you then release your resistance to the improvements that are waiting for you." In her stories about Reiki, Takata shared that as she began teaching Reiki (in the late 30s), she wanted t...