Wonderful interview with Reiki Master Pamela Miles, author of "REIKI, A Comprehensive Guide"
Reiki: A healing touch
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
I Will Count My Many Blessings
My long overdue thoughts on the third Precept:
I'd intended to write this at least in time for the Canadian Thanksgiving last weekend, but I had a terrible case of the blahs which had me feeling less-than-blessed about much of anything but maybe I needed that experience in order to remind me what this Precept is really about for me...
Gratitude. For everything. Not just the "good" things because more often than not the "not-so-good" things have something to teach me as well. Take my "terrible case of the blahs" last weekend. I wasn't feeling well (and not because I'd eaten too much turkey either!), my sweetie was studying for mid-terms and I was feeling sorry for myself because I still don't have enough clients to quit my oh-so-frustrating job and practice/teach Reiki full-time. I should mention that my oh-so-frustrating job helps me pay my mortgage, put food on my table, help my sweetie with his studies, take courses myself, buy more books than I can read....)
So, what did I learn from my focus on the "not-so-good" things last weekend? That I really do have a lot of things in my life to be grateful for - even if practicing/teaching Reiki full-time isn't one of them - yet. It's still a dream and I still have hope, which is more than a lot of people have. I also learned (okay, re-learned, for the umpteenth time!) that I have the power to make my day happy or sad, frustrating or not, boring or exhilarating. I had three days in a row during which I didn't HAVE to do anything! What a luxury! I got to read to my heart's content (I love reading because it represents so much for me - escape, freedom, knowledge, entertainment) and it was just the two of us for Thanksgiving dinner, so I really didn't have to fuss (I hate cooking and could quite cheerfully exist on President's Choice All Natural Peanut Butter, Country Harvest 12-Grain Bagels and red delicious apples...).
Counting my blessings and feeling grateful for everything that happens in my life doesn't mean that I can't feel sad or angry when I experience a loss or someone crosses a boundary, but it does help me to look at the bigger picture and see it in a more balanced way and for me, Reiki is all about bringing balance to my life (in addition to unconditional life and light, but I'll save that for another day!)
Namaste,
Janet
I'd intended to write this at least in time for the Canadian Thanksgiving last weekend, but I had a terrible case of the blahs which had me feeling less-than-blessed about much of anything but maybe I needed that experience in order to remind me what this Precept is really about for me...
Gratitude. For everything. Not just the "good" things because more often than not the "not-so-good" things have something to teach me as well. Take my "terrible case of the blahs" last weekend. I wasn't feeling well (and not because I'd eaten too much turkey either!), my sweetie was studying for mid-terms and I was feeling sorry for myself because I still don't have enough clients to quit my oh-so-frustrating job and practice/teach Reiki full-time. I should mention that my oh-so-frustrating job helps me pay my mortgage, put food on my table, help my sweetie with his studies, take courses myself, buy more books than I can read....)
So, what did I learn from my focus on the "not-so-good" things last weekend? That I really do have a lot of things in my life to be grateful for - even if practicing/teaching Reiki full-time isn't one of them - yet. It's still a dream and I still have hope, which is more than a lot of people have. I also learned (okay, re-learned, for the umpteenth time!) that I have the power to make my day happy or sad, frustrating or not, boring or exhilarating. I had three days in a row during which I didn't HAVE to do anything! What a luxury! I got to read to my heart's content (I love reading because it represents so much for me - escape, freedom, knowledge, entertainment) and it was just the two of us for Thanksgiving dinner, so I really didn't have to fuss (I hate cooking and could quite cheerfully exist on President's Choice All Natural Peanut Butter, Country Harvest 12-Grain Bagels and red delicious apples...).
Counting my blessings and feeling grateful for everything that happens in my life doesn't mean that I can't feel sad or angry when I experience a loss or someone crosses a boundary, but it does help me to look at the bigger picture and see it in a more balanced way and for me, Reiki is all about bringing balance to my life (in addition to unconditional life and light, but I'll save that for another day!)
Namaste,
Janet
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