September/October 2002

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It is my pleasure to send you the September/October 2002 edition of our Reiki online newsletter. Clicking on the links in the table of contents takes you directly to each article. To return just click on the "Return to Contents" link at the end of each section. I would enjoy your input so we can make this newsletter even more informative and valuable. Feel free use the input form toward the end of the newsletter to send any comments, questions, information or Reiki Stories that you would like to share with other Reiki people. This online newsletter is being sent as an Email, but as soon as you click any of the links in the table of contents, it will open in your browser window making it easier for you to navigate. If this doesn't work, click on the link below or copy and paste the link into your web browser: http://www.reiki.org/Online/Sept02/SeptNL02.htm

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Reiki Guides and Angels - An Interview
by Laurelle Shanti Gaia

The existence of spiritual guides, angels and enlightened beings is becoming more and more accepted as larger numbers of people turn inward to find solutions to the challenges in their lives. Over my years of working with Reiki and following my soul’s longing to learn about the angelic realms and inner planes, I have developed an ever-deeper understanding of how to work with angels, guides and spiritual helpers.

One of the first things I learned is that we cannot receive non-emergency, angelic, or spiritual assistance unless we ask. It is my intention in this article to share information that can help us all develop a better understanding of how we can work with our angels, guides, intuition and inner wisdom. So when I began to formulate thoughts for this article the first thing I did was ASK the guides and angels what to write here. The answer came quickly and very gently as a fleeting thought, "Interview us, we have much to share." After pondering and praying about the idea and listening with my heart, that suggestion felt very right. What follows is a question and answer interview session with my spiritual helpers.

So let’s begin with our interview;

Q. What is a spiritual guide?

"To understand an answer to this query, let us first explore the essence of the question. In what we are about to share with you, let it be known that as we speak of spiritual we refer to that which is sacred or reverent and that which honors the Divine within and without all life.

To understand the concept of a guide we first recognize the action of guiding to be that of suggestion or direction. True spiritual guidance communicates with your soul and suggests possibilities for directing the energy in your life. In this way the individual birthright to exercise free will and discernment is never violated.

With these things understood we come to know that a spiritual guide is simply energy that one invokes by asking for assistance. This energy then chooses a pathway of communication to offer suggestions regarding how you might proceed to make choices that support your growth and ability to experience the quality of life your heart and soul desires."

Q. What do guides look like?

"To answer this question we shall establish a mutual understanding of "look". Let us agree that in this question we are seeking an awareness of how guides can be identified. This would not limit one to the single sense of sight, but would expand to the ability to perceive with all senses.

It is true that guides, or guidance, can at times be seen with the physical eye, but they may also be seen through clairvoyant vision. The latter is accomplished as the viewer raises their vibration to a sufficient level through which they are able to "see" ethereal energy. This energy is vibrating at a frequency that is higher than that of physical things. An example could be the experiences of those who have seen the apparitions of Mother Mary in places such as Medjugore. Some are able to see the apparitions and some are not. Those who have seen accomplished this by a shift in their vibration that allows them to see energy of similar frequency.

Guides can "look" like humans, animals, angels, swirling masses of energy, spheres of light, glittering sparks of light, etc. They can also be perceived as a physical sensation upon one’s skin, or a tingle, pulse, or discomfort in a part of the body. Guides can come in the form of thoughts that seem to come from nowhere, and everywhere at the same time. Guides can come as words that flow from your mouth, or your pen, when you have no prior thought or awareness that the words are forming. Guides can come to you as a prayer, a mantra, a song, or an affirmation that begins to float through your mind again and again. Guides can take the form of a tone, angelic chorus, or rhythm. Guides can come to you as a color or a message that you suddenly see everywhere. Some guides take the form of a scent or aroma, or the sensation of warmth or cold. There are some people who clearly hear spoken or telepathic messages from their guides. This demonstrates that just as Divine Love is limitless, so too are the ways in which guiding energies present themselves."

Q. How can guides help me in my Reiki practice?

"The first step is to come forth with a pure heart and desire to be of service to yourself and others. A simple prayer of thanks that your personality and ego move aside, so that you are able to receive guidance, without analytical interference is a key. When these things are done, you have opened the door for your Reiki guides to step forth. You have also invoked the guidance of the spiritual Master that resides in your own heart and soul. It is with this Master that all wisdom from the heart and mind of God communicates. The guides, angels and enlightened ones are simply conduits for the wisdom of Divine intelligence and love to flow through and speak to you.

The guides can help you find ways to work with Reiki to help you learn, grow and heal. They can help you know where to direct Reiki to help yourself or your clients. They can help you know when to suggest other healing modalities to complement Reiki. Guides can help you speak to the soul of another living being and discern the most effective way to be of service. Conversely they can help you recognize detrimental behaviors, actions and thoughts while providing suggestions for replacing them with healthier patterns."

This article is an excerpt from the Fall issue of the hardcopy Reiki News Magazine. To read the whole article, along with all the other articles and information, please subscribe.

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Honoring All Reiki Schools and Lineages

The Reiki News Magazine

Fall Issue, available October 8

Note that only small portions of the hard copy Reiki News magazine appears in the online newsletter. To get all the information, you will need to subscribe.

Our intention with the Reiki News Magazine is to continually develop our format to provide you with the best source of information, inspiration and practical advice about the practice of Reiki. With this in mind, we have created a lineup of articles written by several well-known Reiki masters from different lineages and schools. I hope you find this refreshing.

Angels and spiritual beings have been reported throughout history and are part of most religious and shamanic practices. The Bible, the Koran and many other spiritual books along with the personal experiences of many people indicate that their purpose is to bring the blessings of the Higher power into our lives. This includes providing healing, guidance and lifting us up into extraordinary states of consciousness. Yet how many of us are able to make contact and receive these great benefits? In this issue we focus on this fascinating subject and provide information and techniques that will help you bring the blessings of angels and spiritual beings into your personal experience. Diane Shewmaker's article provides several methods to invite angels into your healing sessions. The article I have written also provides a method for increasing your connection to angels and all spiritual beings. Using any of these methods can create amazing results and bring benefit to you and all those you treat with Reiki, so I invite you to not just read the articles, but to try the techniques. Laurelle Shanti Gaia's interview with angels and guides is also informative and surprising in the clarity and insight it provides. Mari Hall helps us connect with the Master within to provide a solid foundation for all our spiritual work. Walter Lübeck moves off in another direction as he gives us a much deeper understanding of the kanji for Reiki and provides greater inspiration for its use in our lives. The article on Reiki and Alzheimer's gives us practical methods to help those with this debilitating illness. And finally, the Reiki Stories section provides real life experiences of the miracle working power of Reiki.

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Reiki Stories

Reiki Helps Hodgkin's Lymphoma
This past December, my 20-year old Niece was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. She was told she would receive 8 sessions of chemotherapy every other week and she would need to look for a wig by the second treatment for she would lose her hair.

I began to send long distance Reiki to her in December. But after her first session of chemo, she needed daily injections of a drug to keep her white blood count up while the chemo wiped out her immune system. Since I am a nurse and live close to her I saw her daily for two weeks to give her injections until she was confident to do them herself. I of course offered her Reiki each visit. The first visit was between her first and second chemo session and she had just returned from shopping for wigs, none of which she bought because she did not like any. I said in passing to her while giving her the Reiki, "Wouldn’t it be nice if the divine energy saw to it you could keep your hair?" She said. "Yes of course", and we both forgot about it. As each session of chemo passed, her doctor and all of the other "bald" patients in the department where astounded she was not losing her hair. The physician said if she didn’t lose her hair by the fourth session, she would not lose it. He was totally amazed and said he never saw
anything like it!

My Niece is now getting her radiation and doing fine. She had minimal sickness after the chemo sessions, where most people suffer tremendously with nausea and vomiting. This type of Hodgkin's is a very curable cancer, so I’m not surprised my Niece is doing so well. The miracle is in having no hair loss and also minimal sickness during the hard doses of chemotherapy. Gerri Delmont RN

Dog's Broken Back and Hip Healed.
One evening while reading the paper, I suddenly heard a dog from across the street begin to yelp and howl loudly. I looked up and saw Toots, the neighbor's five-month old black Lab puppy (who was well known for having more energy than sense), lying under their car in the driveway. As I ran over to see what the trouble was, the woman shrieked she had run over the dog. As she ran in the house to get her husband, Toots was lying on the ground and was unable to move anything below her midsection. She was still howling loudly, and was clearly in a lot of pain. As I placed my hands gently on Toots' hip and abdomen, I connected with the Reiki energy and asked Archangel Raphael, the Archangel of Healing, to intervene in this accident and ensure that the angelic kingdoms provide this Reiki energy to Toots for as long as she needed it. I immediately felt a sort of twist in my solar plexus (my way of knowing that my prayer has been heard), followed by a tremendous surge of energy flowing through
my forearms and hands. Within a few seconds, Toots stopped howling and began to lick my arms. I took this to mean that she was no longer in pain. As soon as the husband came out, he and their 12-year old son gently lifted Toots onto a blanket and put her in the back of their station wagon for a quick ride to the vet. About two hours later, the boy came over to say that Toots' had been x-rayed and her hips crushed, she had many internal injuries, and she would be kept overnight for observation. She wasn't expected to live through the night.

As I went to bed, I invoked the distant Reiki symbol, created a cocoon of golden energy around Toots, and placed all eight Tera-Mai Reiki symbols in the cocoon to continue working for as long as she required them. When I awoke the next morning, I again invoked the distant Reiki symbol and sent this to her once more. That afternoon, the boy came over to tell me that Toots had somehow lived through the night, and was now able to wag her tail a bit. Toots came home three days later and was walking again, and without any cast or bandages! Sure, she had a pretty bad limp, but she was walking! Two weeks later, she was running and jumping like a normal puppy, and you couldn't tell a bit she had miraculously healed herself of a broken hip and multiple internal injuries, thanks to the help of Reiki and the intervention of the higher dimensions. Howard Batie

Reiki for Building Construction
I am working in Tamilnadu, India. I was planning to start constructing my own house a year ago. I worked out the sketch and finished other formalities and started constructing the house around February 2002. Normally an engineer will take a period of nine to twelve months to construct a 1,000 square foot house.

I regularly gave Reiki to finish the house at the earliest and in good quality with a reasonable price. Amazingly Reiki helped me in many ways to complete the house within a short period of five months and the way I expected. Thank you Reiki and the friends helping me along the way. Saravanan C

Retinas Are Attached
I have a client who had both retina's detached and the eye specialist said he would need surgery to re-attach them. After giving four Lightarian Reiki(TM) sessions he went back for a check-up and the specialist was amazed because both retinas had re-attached. The specialist said its amazing because the eyes needed surgery. There is still nerve damage and I am continuing to do work on his eyes but it shows the power of Reiki. Dez Sellars

Taking Flight
This little story happened Thursday morning about 7:50. I got to work with two other people and found a gray dove not moving in the entranceway of our building. The two went around the bird and entered for work. I examined the bird the best I could. It had several ruffled feathers and wasn't moving much except its eyes. I looked around and decided that I had to help it.

I gave it some Reiki without touching it. After two minutes it turned its head and looked at me and flew off. I felt so good seeing it fly off. Thank you for helping gain confidence in myself and in the Reiki way. Nancy Allain

Post Surgery Healing
This is a story about two identical hernia surgeries. The recovery from the first surgery was without Reiki. The recovery from the second surgery was with Reiki. The first surgery was an outpatient procedure. You’re in surgery in the morning, then in the Recovery Room. As soon as you can urinate, they send you home. Sounds easy, right. Wrong! I’m in the recovery room by 10:00 a.m. I’m waiting for the pain medication to kick in and I’ve got my eye on the bathroom door. Lunchtime comes and goes. I watch other patients begin to make their way to the bathroom and get released. By 4:00 p.m. I was the only one remaining in the recovery room from the morning surgeries. Hadn’t been to the bathroom yet. The next shift of nurses came on duty. I thought if I just walk over to the bathroom, I’d be able to "go" and get out of here! As I made my way over to the bathroom the level of pain increased with each step. Needless to say I did not "go" and had to be helped back to my Lazy Boy. I finally left the recovery room by wheelchair at 7:30 p.m. that evening. Once home, I faced three flights of stairs which I could only negotiate one step at a time. The next three days were very painful. Two days later I was in the surgeon’s office to have my staples removed. While on the examining table I was handed a mirror so that I could view the incision. It was all red and irritated, with some infection.

Two weeks later, I participated in a Reiki retreat. I was there so that the Reiki students could experience treating someone who was post-surgery. I also helped with meal preparation. In exchange I was initiated into Level One. Months later I had the second hernia surgery. I gave myself pre-surgery Reiki. Once in the recovery room I started giving myself Reiki. I was the first one in the bathroom. I walked out of recovery under my own steam before lunch. When I got home I did not have to negotiate the three flights of stairs. I just walked up normally. I continued to self-treat myself for the next five days. Back in the surgeon’s office to have the staples removed as I gazed into the mirror a week after the surgery, the new incision was all normal skin tone. No redness. No irritation or infection. My doctor remarked about how good the incision looked. I told him about Reiki. He smiled and pulled his pants legs up to reveal what had been badly injured legs. As a child in China he faced amputation and as a last resort his family took him to a distant uncle who he said, touched his legs. Thanks, Rick Randig

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