Quiet Joy

I was thinking today about my path and all the twists and turns and bumps and mountains and valleys. What an amazing journey we are on. From where I started to where I am could not have been dreamed of--it's staggering sometimes.

There are 2 different styles of Reiki healing. One is intuitive, where you actually can feel another person energy field and send healing to a specific spot and one is systematic, where you send energy to where ever it is needed, letting the energy decide. Either way it works so it's not as if one is better, it just depends on what kind of healer you are.

One of the things my teacher said is that even as a small child she had a "knowing", an intuition and that her mother and grandmother had it as well and encouraged it. That's what makes her a great healer because she can intuitively "know" where to clear and smooth and give extra attention. I felt very connected to her because I too have always had a strong intuition, a "knowing" but my path was very different. I grew up with a blue collar Southern Baptist, even Pentacostal family who pooh poohed any idea of seeing anything other than what was right in front of your face and even then.....

It was interesting to me that Jan felt the same way I did because I see her as this "pillar of community" type Christian, very educated and very logical and I assumed (stupidly) that she would not be open to any ideas of "knowing" or past lives or anything other than falls in the strict guidelines of Christianity. I always thought that maybe strict Christians would think I was totally pagan or a "bad" person if I ever let on to some of the things I have felt or seen or "known". She described a story from her life that was so similar to a story from mine where we both actually felt a physical touch from God, and it was all I could do not to hug her because it made me feel like maybe I'm not really crazy---that other people have these experiences as well, not just us woo woos. Because even thinking those kind of thoughts were squashed, it was really hard for me to be okay with publicly telling what I really "know". I still really have some issues with it, mainly because I know there are so many who have so many issues with it.

I have some really wonderful devout Christians in my yoga classes that I would hate to offend by telling them what I instinctively "know". I also have some really wonderful anti religious students that would be offended by my direct knowledge of God. I hate to lose a student to their own close-mindedness, so I walk a fine line choosing my words carefully so as not to close them off to all the healing that God has put in their path.

Oh but this Reiki thing......it is very hard to be "logical" about where this energy comes from. It IS the energy of God, of the Universe, of Christ, the Buddha, The Tao, The Way, The Truth and The Light, all the Masters before us. I have always been able to feel this energy, always, from the time I was little, I have always been able to feel other peoples energy, it's what saved my life many, many times and protected me from some really bad situations. It's what has guided me in my yoga classes and I thank God for the ability to put myself aside and give others what they need, healing myself in the process. And yeah, it's how I can "read" the Zen cards and give people insights into their lives.

There I've said it. And I can bet not one of you are surprised. Silly me.....I only fool myself LOL!