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~Melody Allen
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In this article I want to talk about Mindfulness and Compassion, which I believe are two essential components of Reiki practice. Whether we are treating others, working on ourselves, empowering others or living our lives with Reiki, we should grow to embody those two states, the essence of the Reiki precepts.
According to Usui Sensei's surviving students, Mindfulness was taught at First-Degree level, and emphasized further at Second Degree. Mindfulness is a state of living in the moment, of being relaxed, calm and fully engaged in what we are doing. Mindfulness is being aware of what is happening right now and giving ourselves completely to our task without distraction. By learning how to enjoy and be in the present moment we can find peace within ourselves.
I believe we are exhorted to achieve this state by the precepts, where "just for today" we release anger and worry. These are distractions. We don't dwell on the past and beat ourselves up for things that did not go the way we wanted, we do not think about the future and worry about things that have not yet happened. Our reality is illusion. We can learn to release our attachments to the past and the future and just "be" now, content and accepting in the moment. For me, the precepts both represent a goal to work towards, and a description of the effects that Reiki can produce within us, over time, if we work with the energy in a committed, dedicated way.
The final precept, that of being "compassionate towards ourselves and others" is for me an exhortation to be gentle with ourselves, to be patient, to be light-hearted, to not take ourselves quite so seriously and above all to be forgiving - first of all of ourselves but also of others. By accepting and forgiving ourselves we start to release our anger and our worry and move towards a state of contentment in the moment.
The original system was a spiritual path, a path to enlightenment, and the precepts were what Usui Sensei's system was all about. These principles are a foundation for everything we do with Reiki; the states of mindfulness and compassion arise from following the precepts and from working with Reiki.
So both Mindfulness and Compassion are fundamental to our life with Reiki, fundamental to the Reiki precepts, to working on others and working on ourselves. Not surprisingly they are also an essential component of the transmission of Reiki to another person through carrying out Reiki empowerments. Reiki is the 'connection ritual' that Usui Sensei used and taught to his surviving students. It is simple, elegant, and powerful, free from the clutter and detail that surrounds most Western attunement styles. When we perform Reiki, we have no expectations: we are there in the moment with the energy, following the prescribed movements. We are relaxed and fully engaged in what we are doing, aware of what is happening right now, and we give ourselves completely to our task without distraction. That is the essence of Reiki, the essence of treatments, the essence of the precepts, and the essence of our life with Reiki.
"Reiki can change your life. That's a bold statement, isn't it, but it is something many of our students say to us."
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© Don Beckett August 2003
© Taggart King 2003
Reiki is all about spiritual awakening, Self-realization,
Enlightenment. In other words, high vibration. But do we maintain this high
vibration between periods of transmitting Reiki -- or do we unconsciously spend
most of our time in the valleys of Fear and Anger?
...by raising our vibrational frequency
...by connecting to our Source
...by enhancing awareness and intuition
...by finding balance and true health
--- living by giving ---
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