Have you ever made clarified butter?
The directions that I have found vary, but essentially you melt 2 lbs of unsalted butter. Eventually you will bring it to a boil. Foam and solids come to the top and you skim it off with a spoon. You can keep it on the counter or in the refrigerator.
Reiki is much like making clarified butter.
It's pretty easy, but it takes patience.
Reiki energy is the heat.
You are the butter.
The saucepan is the safe and protected environment.
I "turn on the heat" by allowing it through my Crown chakra and it comes out from my hands.
The spoon is your willingness to recognize that stuff is coming up and needs to be removed.
The foam and solids are the stuff that weighs you down that comes to the surface to be skimmed off.
You have the ability to handle being in either cool or warm environments better than before.
No, you won't skim everything off the 1st time ('Sorry. You didn't learn to tie your shoes on the 1st go. This is no different.)
Yes, you will feel better after the 1st time.
Yes, you need to pay attention to what comes up for you so that you give yourself the opportunity to figure out WHY it came up. [And that's the rub. Most people either don't want to acknowledge they have crap (Or THAT kind of crap) tucked down inside, they freak out by what comes up and choose to bury it down deep or they just "glance at it," tuck it away and write it off as closure.]
Yes, if you feel it's too much to handle (even after journaling about the experience) you should speak to a mental health clinician.
No, you do not have to share what comes up for you with the Reiki practitioner.
Yes, it's rude if the practitioner asks what came up for you.
Yes, the practitioner is bound by common respect and professional decency to not share what you share with them.
Topic of the next blog: The Non-conformist's take on the Reiki principle "Honor and be kind to every living thing."
