I’ve had a lot of questions lately about how Reiki (energy healing) really works.
In this post, I’m going to give you the answers you’ve been looking for.
Okay, here we go …
The Japanese word “Reiki” means “universal life force energy.” This is a similar concept to “prana” in the system of yoga and “chi” in the practice of Tai Chi. In fact, all ancient cultures around the world have this concept.
Simply put, Reiki is the stuff of life. It is our basic building block of existence.
Each one of us is composed of energy. This is what we fundamentally are. Our science textbooks when we were kid may have said that we are made of atoms, of particles, of matter—however, my friends, I’m sorry to tell you that that was sorely outdated info!
Energy. We are made of energy.
And what is energy, you ask? Energy is vibrating waves of light.
It may appear that our bodies are perfectly solid—however, this is just an optical illusion!
The latest studies in quantum physics have shown that our eyes interpret objects and people as solid forms simply because that is the easiest way for us human beings to be able to function in our daily lives. (Wouldn’t it be a bit chaotic and annoying if our friends and our furniture were always swirling and moving about?!)
In reality, over 99% of your body (and everything else!) is empty space!
When our eyes “see” something, they are actually filtering out most of what is actually there, and simply showing us a more easily-digestible, easily-understandable picture.
Maybe you’ve heard of psychics who can see auras or mediums who can communicate with deceased loved ones in other realms? How do they do this, you ask? Well, they can do this simply because these people have trained themselves (or they have been born with a special gift) to see the quantum reality. They can see things that are hidden to most people. They see energy.
A Reiki healer is also someone who can perceive the deepest quantum, energetic reality. They’ve been specially trained to sense into the energetic reality of the human body, mind, emotions—everything.
During an energy healing session, the practitioner collects the Reiki energy from all around them and channels it into you for the purposes of your upliftment and healing.
Sound supernatural? Not really. They are performing a service that, in truth, anyone can learn how to do.
Doing Reiki is not a rare magic power. We all have the capability to learn this skill. It is a totally natural process.
Indeed, we all have the ability to channel energy for healing purposes. Even young children can do it. It’s simply that our society has trained us to believe otherwise. Learning Reiki or another form of energy healing is simply a process of de-conditioning yourself from what society has taught you.
On a spiritual level, an energy healer is someone who is helping you to remember why you came onto the planet, why you are here in this body and in this life. They are reassuring comforters and way-showers. They tell you what the politicians don’t know and what your parents probably didn’t teach you. They help reveal to you the awesome, mystical secrets.
In truth, who you really are at the quantum level is not a personality nor a body, but rather a timeless, immortal spirit. You are waves of beautiful, pulsating energy. You are Divinity itself.
Through contact with a Reiki healer, your whole system is upgraded. Just like it’s beneficial to periodically upgrade your computer software, the same is true for us humans, too. We need periodic upgrades in order to reach higher states of health, wisdom, and wellbeing.
Indeed, when we receive a Reiki healing session, we are receiving a beneficial adjustment at the deepest level of who we are.
Usually, people are initially drawn to Reiki because they are suffering a problem, whether emotional or physical. And yet, once they experience a Reiki session, they begin to ask deeper questions about life. They begin their long-awaited spiritual adventure.
Indeed, a healing crisis is often the beginning of a very beautiful adventure.
Though illness may initially appear “bad,” in truth it is beautiful because it often triggers an earnest search beyond the surface-level of reality, beyond what appears to be true … this is the path to enlightenment.
Dear friend, welcome to Reiki! Welcome to your healing journey! May you be blessed!
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This is so wonderful! You reminded me of something I had forgotten for decades. When my children were small, I would rub their backs and massage their muscles, to help them sleep. I remember that I could feel specific pockets of pain or stress or worry coming through the skin on a spiritual/energetic level. I wrote it off as my imagination, but now that I recall it, I know it was real. You have reminded me that I have many more gifts than I even realize! Anya, you are a wonder and a blessing!
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Oh, yes. Mothers have that innate ability to feel past the seeming “separateness” of the body and really feel into what their children are feeling. Yes yes yes!
In truth, most of my Reiki students are females/women. I think this is because intuition is so naturally strong in the feminine spirit, regardless of whether we choose to be a mother or not. So, it’s easy for us to learn Reiki and other skills that simply just build upon what we ALREADY have.
One of my jobs as a teacher is to simply help remind us all that we’ve got the power already… it’s just a matter of remembering and acknowledging it!
Thanks for your comment & compliments, sweet Laura! I write this blog for YOU! xo
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