Little Wolves and Energy Work and Reiki

I was asked to share some of my thoughts about energy work, and I'm not exactly sure what to say today. It has been a trying week. My propane stove tried to expand beyond its normal boundaries this week, and that really shook me to my core. I spent a lot of time going within and dealing with the issues that it triggered….and I guess this has a lot to do with energy work. It happens on so many levels in so many different forms. It isn't just about laying on of hands during a session….sometimes an energetic healing comes when your propane stove nearly blows up on you.

I began doing energy work as a child until, lets just say, it was shut down for me by others. That's okay…that was their issue, and from their issue I learned a lot about fighting for what you care about and are passionate about. Maybe it wouldn't have been so clear to me if it wouldn't have been for others trying to limit me.

I took Reiki One after I witnessed what it did for my dog Chester who had been sick for an entire year. In one treatment, he was healed completely. I was told he would live for maybe five years, and he lived until he was fifteen. He was my dearest friend, teacher and supporter through some difficult times.

I took Reiki Two in Telluride, and luckily for me, my Reiki Master ditched us all after the class. She refused to answer any of our questions after the class, and I had a few. Instead of learning from her, I learned from the energy. I didn't have a computer then or an internet connection, so there was nobody I could ask. Also, I camped for the first year I lived in Telluride. We didn't even have a phone back then let alone plumbing or electricity. Those were good days.

So, I spent time working on my animals, trees, the river, the Earth and a few friends with the energy….and I would always focus on the symbols, draw them, say their name and allow the energy to flow…it worked! It was great! But, as I moved further and further into my relationship with it, as I began to trust it and love it and accept it, the energy changed for me. During treatments, it didn't want me to draw the symbols…I was in this tug of war between what I was taught to do, what I thought that I needed to do in order to make it all work and what the Divine Energy some call Reiki wanted me to do…what it wanted me to learn to do, which was simply to be present with it…to be in the moment with it and not limit what we could do together. The more and more I let go, the more and more spontaneous and amazing the sessions became.

I learned that symbols are a great thing to help still your mind. Our constant chatter gets in the way of the energy from flowing through us…it puts up stumbling blocks and slows it down. It still gets through, but at a trickle compared to a waterfall. The symbols give our minds something to focus on, so we can get out of the way of the energy. However, our intention is all that is needed. Our intention opens up the doors of our Soul, so we can become Hollow Bones for the energy to flow through us to others. Yes, we may always be attuned, but that does not mean that a waterfall of energy flows through us. It is up to us to maintain that channel, to keep it as clear as possible, not only for our benefit, but for the benefit of others.

One day though you may find that you no longer need to work with the symbols in the traditional way, and that is okay. It is okay! You may find that you will work with the symbols in completely different ways or new symbols altogether! Also, you may not even work with the symbols….many times I simply meditate with the energy, and let it guide me as to where to place my hands, what to ask my clients to do in conjunction with me. Maybe will tone to a certain vowel sound as I work upon an area for instance.

I believe that Takata told the story she did of Reiki to help convince Westerners of its effectiveness….she understood our doubting minds and the ways of getting around them. Usui was not a Christian…he was a Buddhist Monk who developed a relationship with this energy through meditation. The Vipassana and Tonglen meditations in my previous blogs are perfect for helping you clear out your channel and increase the steady waterfall of energetic healing for others. I actually have a copy of Usui's original manual, which can never be sold. It is meant to be distributed freely.

I'm hoping that this link works:

http://www.reenchantedearth.com/usuimanual.pdf

The energy can do anything….but if our mental constructs limit ourselves, the channel, then the energy will be limited. That is the difference between a trickle and a waterfall. Remember that the energy is alive. It is waiting for us to interact with it, get creative with it, listen to it, move with it, sing with it….Energy works through so many methods! Laying on of hands is only one way. Let the symbols be a guide for you, but don't let them become your crutch. Let them work through you in whatever unique ways they wish to. There are many, MANY ways to work with them as well….such as have a client lay down on the earth, and with crystals create the symbol around them. I do a connect the dots type of thing with my crystals. I create the main points of the symbol after infusing the Earth and the crystals with the energy, and then I have the person lay down within it. After they are comfortable, I draw the symbol over them connecting all of the crystals together….I let them lay there for an hour if not more…usually, they know when it is over…

Anyway, here are a few of my thoughts. I hope this helps.

This is the painting that I was doing of a wolf. However, when I was done, I came out of my trance and saw that it was really my dog Chester. Everyone used to call him “Little Wolf”. It makes me cry in a good way.