Post by Monica on May 20, 2006 9:09:01 GMT
Since yesterday, I felt that I have to tell you "my story" in Reiki. I wont think about it so much "why"; I guess it is something that has to be.
After nine years of "carrier" (even I could say, now, that was just punishment), where the good parts were money and image
, full of stress, disappointments, anger, incommensurable effort an so on, I decided one day to quit (from my first and only job until then). Fortunately, before those fifteen days that you still have to be there, in order to pass to somebody else the "problems", another job found me.
It took some many months before I could say that I was definitely free. And one day, navigating on some hubs to find some music I like (ambiental music and meditation), I found a song which had in its title the word "reiki". I liked the song so much, that I jumped on google to find out what that means. I found a description of "charging" with reiki by rising your right hand (as I remember) and do...something. Even it didn't attract me too much the technique, I continued to search. It is true, in Romanian only. I was feeling that I need to know, that it's time to find something. I didn't find too much information, on a contrary. But I found some phone numbers of instructors that were teaching Reiki. I called at one number, the person there told me to wait for some months till the next class. I didn't want it. So I called another. There, the man at the phone told me that the next class will be in about two weeks and that, after the class, my hands will be activated the same way as his hands. Again, I didn't understood, but nothing could stop me ;D. And, when the time came, I was there. I saw people with long faces, tired and a smiley face at the chair. But, to short the story a little, that entire week it was a bless for me. I took level I and level II in The Radiance Technique (as I read the posts here, nobody talked about it. Is there anyone that practices or did practice TRT?). Every entering in that chamber was a joy. I learned how to deal with the stress. At the attunements, it is true that I felt and I "saw" beautiful things, but when I was told that "from now on, forever, you just have to put your hands on you or somebody else and, through you, the healing will pass", I thought "yeah, sure, and I am a green mule". The class finished after a week, I went home, and the next expanded class (for those that have already level II) was in one month. For questions or anything, I was able to call or to send an e-mail, but I didn't feel like it. So, after just three days, even if I was working on me, I was feeling like a new arrive baby without his umbilical cord. In that day, I met, again on the hubs, the one who became my best friend. He saw in my computer share some information about Reiki and he asked me if I am interested in it. He appeared when the time was right. He was, is and he will be always the person who guided me through all the questions and thoughts and others' conditionings and ideas and so on. He was a Usui/Tibetan Reiki Master (I wrote the "master" with capital letter, because he is, for me, a real Master), I was practicing Radiance Technique. Every time, I was saying "no, it couldn't be, you are practicing something else", he was telling me "are the symbols alike? Does the energy come from the same source? Do you really feel they are different? etc.". He was right. The energy is the same, the paths are alike, the principles are the same. The difference is the vibration and the number of levels. I worked with him very hard, even if we never met in person (not yet, I hope).
After some moths, one day I felt that I want to feel and walk on the path of Usui/Tibetan Reiki. Actually, I was hungrily to "know". After two days, AGAIN on the hubs, I received a link of a Reiki class and a note "I feel that you want Reiki"
. I was looking at the message and I couldn't believe. How could this happened?, I was wondering. However, I know that this was the best thing for me at that time and the next teacher appeared. I am at level IIIa Usui Tibetan Reiki for some time, experiencing new things every day. I feel that the five principles and Hatsurei Ho are the best things for me; at least now, this is what I think. I read a lot and I worked a lot (I still do ;D ). I read many opinions and claims and affirmations. And, when I read Vincent Amador's words it was like I was reading my words, in many ways. I didn't have his experience, I couldn't say all the things he says, but the base in his words is what I feel. The funny thing was that, when I found his manuals in a site, in the copyright message was written that you can re-format, redistribute for free, actually doing everything with it, if you like, if the entire material remains intact. And I felt that I could translate the whole site in my language and if this thing will help at least another person in his searching, I would have been satisfied, even if i would have to work hard for it. I sent an e-mail to the address I found in the site, to have Mr. Amador's permission, even if, using his words on the bottom, I was having the permission. That is what I felt. The e-mail came back, without finding the receiver, so I started to search for other addresses. I started to translate, it was almost done and, one day, the link to the site didn't work for a while. When I was able to open it, the copyright message was changed. I couldn't republish it, translate it (was he talking to me, actually?? ;D ;D) and so on without his permission. So, I dropped the idea of publishing the translation.
Anyway, I think I should close this post, so you can do some other things instead. The bottom line is that, for some reason, I had to share "my Reiki story" today.
Thank you for reading this.
Monica
After nine years of "carrier" (even I could say, now, that was just punishment), where the good parts were money and image
, full of stress, disappointments, anger, incommensurable effort an so on, I decided one day to quit (from my first and only job until then). Fortunately, before those fifteen days that you still have to be there, in order to pass to somebody else the "problems", another job found me. It took some many months before I could say that I was definitely free. And one day, navigating on some hubs to find some music I like (ambiental music and meditation), I found a song which had in its title the word "reiki". I liked the song so much, that I jumped on google to find out what that means. I found a description of "charging" with reiki by rising your right hand (as I remember) and do...something. Even it didn't attract me too much the technique, I continued to search. It is true, in Romanian only. I was feeling that I need to know, that it's time to find something. I didn't find too much information, on a contrary. But I found some phone numbers of instructors that were teaching Reiki. I called at one number, the person there told me to wait for some months till the next class. I didn't want it. So I called another. There, the man at the phone told me that the next class will be in about two weeks and that, after the class, my hands will be activated the same way as his hands. Again, I didn't understood, but nothing could stop me ;D. And, when the time came, I was there. I saw people with long faces, tired and a smiley face at the chair. But, to short the story a little, that entire week it was a bless for me. I took level I and level II in The Radiance Technique (as I read the posts here, nobody talked about it. Is there anyone that practices or did practice TRT?). Every entering in that chamber was a joy. I learned how to deal with the stress. At the attunements, it is true that I felt and I "saw" beautiful things, but when I was told that "from now on, forever, you just have to put your hands on you or somebody else and, through you, the healing will pass", I thought "yeah, sure, and I am a green mule". The class finished after a week, I went home, and the next expanded class (for those that have already level II) was in one month. For questions or anything, I was able to call or to send an e-mail, but I didn't feel like it. So, after just three days, even if I was working on me, I was feeling like a new arrive baby without his umbilical cord. In that day, I met, again on the hubs, the one who became my best friend. He saw in my computer share some information about Reiki and he asked me if I am interested in it. He appeared when the time was right. He was, is and he will be always the person who guided me through all the questions and thoughts and others' conditionings and ideas and so on. He was a Usui/Tibetan Reiki Master (I wrote the "master" with capital letter, because he is, for me, a real Master), I was practicing Radiance Technique. Every time, I was saying "no, it couldn't be, you are practicing something else", he was telling me "are the symbols alike? Does the energy come from the same source? Do you really feel they are different? etc.". He was right. The energy is the same, the paths are alike, the principles are the same. The difference is the vibration and the number of levels. I worked with him very hard, even if we never met in person (not yet, I hope).
After some moths, one day I felt that I want to feel and walk on the path of Usui/Tibetan Reiki. Actually, I was hungrily to "know". After two days, AGAIN on the hubs, I received a link of a Reiki class and a note "I feel that you want Reiki"
. I was looking at the message and I couldn't believe. How could this happened?, I was wondering. However, I know that this was the best thing for me at that time and the next teacher appeared. I am at level IIIa Usui Tibetan Reiki for some time, experiencing new things every day. I feel that the five principles and Hatsurei Ho are the best things for me; at least now, this is what I think. I read a lot and I worked a lot (I still do ;D ). I read many opinions and claims and affirmations. And, when I read Vincent Amador's words it was like I was reading my words, in many ways. I didn't have his experience, I couldn't say all the things he says, but the base in his words is what I feel. The funny thing was that, when I found his manuals in a site, in the copyright message was written that you can re-format, redistribute for free, actually doing everything with it, if you like, if the entire material remains intact. And I felt that I could translate the whole site in my language and if this thing will help at least another person in his searching, I would have been satisfied, even if i would have to work hard for it. I sent an e-mail to the address I found in the site, to have Mr. Amador's permission, even if, using his words on the bottom, I was having the permission. That is what I felt. The e-mail came back, without finding the receiver, so I started to search for other addresses. I started to translate, it was almost done and, one day, the link to the site didn't work for a while. When I was able to open it, the copyright message was changed. I couldn't republish it, translate it (was he talking to me, actually?? ;D ;D) and so on without his permission. So, I dropped the idea of publishing the translation.Anyway, I think I should close this post, so you can do some other things instead
. The bottom line is that, for some reason, I had to share "my Reiki story" today.Thank you for reading this.
Monica
