People can really be hurtful and rude. I'm sure part of the process to better enlightenment is not expecting perfection from other's. There is an expression. "If you can do it better then do it yourself". I thank you for taking your time to share this. It was very relaxing and I am very interested in learning more about Reiki after watching this.
Could it be said that Heirarchy is self or culturally constructed?
The 'this is better' or 'this is the way' statements create the illusions of those levels and it is our own judgement which places them above or below another. Neither of the statements can be said to be objective - objectivity is beyond judgement, they have little in common and cannot co-exist. Once judgement rises then subjectivity has usurped the place of objectivity.
Most of us look outside for what is truly an internal process. The authority is outside. God/no god is outside. Books are outside. What is internal? Energy itself is pervasive and has many forms.
My expereince showed me that Reiki works for me - otherwise I'd still be suffering through IBS and not able to function and I was there. I worked internally and energetically to attain a degree of health and balance. In the end it makes little difference if scientific - it simply worked.
Discernment can be described as experential - what works for us based on our belief system (God or no god - both are beliefs) and what we know about our selves. Books may provide information, unless that information is experienced it remains a rambling of the another's 'mind'.
If we move beyond discernment to acceptance, then we broaden our perspectives giving us more compassion and empathy - these are links to our interconnectedness with each other and the planet on which we reside.
Cute22, I'm sure that the internet holds many of the examples of data both false and perhaps real - it is our own perspective and current abilities or limitations of our current patterns of synapse firing that create these illusions and perspectives. Neuroplasticity can create new patterns and firing - all things continually change. Some medicines work for some and the same ones do not - the same for placebo effect - a single line is formed of many points - sunlight continues beyond our senses
Interesting conversations...CC09, almost & Cute22...
What are feelings? Are emotional responses or or intuition/creative thought used as the basis - confusion may exists between the two. Emotional responses are a by-product of our established patterns of behaviour ie. memories and past experiences, they can be modified and controlled. Creative thought or intuition leaves the 'mind' out of the equation - E=MC2 came out of this process. Niether modification nor control can bind this process.
Well 'little cutie'....who gives you the ability to reason and think?...create? ...think it's all magic? You (and I) have no idea where our breath is coming from...or if it will come at all...but of course if it doesn't, you are bound to find all this out, although a little late so as far as 'waking up'...well, you fill in the blanks. But to be truly honest...I really DO hope you consider these things.
I'm asking you: How do YOU discern? ..Has nothing to do with righteousness, it's common sense. To make decisions there must be some sort of authority in your life; some people use their feelings as guidance but feelings are unreliable; you can be dying yet look quite healthy (for EX.) and what's wrong with books? But again, you must have some sort of guideline to determine the value of the material to objectively determine its content.or you can be very misguided.
I love that you are a seeker of truth. Yes, I know that spirituality can exist without dogma and organized religion but how do you discern what kind of spiritual force you are dabbling with? Both good and evil exist in the world-how do you know the source? Feelings? They are very fickle.. There are many truths, but they have a hierarchy.; obiviously an ultimate one exists that far surpasses a personal reality or set of rules..Something to think about. and even investigate.
@christineczy09 how do you discern? and how does one implicatively assert righteousness over another? if feelings are fickle maybe you should just abide by a book then?
CC09- Sometimes spirituality can be confused with organized religion, spirituality may exist without dogma, religion's foundations are built upon them. In some form Reiki is the laying on of hands in Christian terms...connecting to the divine spark to hold space for a balance to return to body & mind through the spirit (energy), activating our body's self healing mechanisms.
I like Reiki but, I hate this video. This guy would make me want to jump off a bridge. Please, re do this video with another guy. Did he just eat peanut butter? Why does he constantly lick his lips? Why does he have to sound like he is on some sort of drug?
@Greenvegan828 thanks for the comments...no peanut butter though. Didn't know I was constantly licking my lips, not even sure I was...drugs, not in this recording...but thanks for the offer. There's always room for improvement and even better ways to offer constructive input.
I think its all very nice but lets face it, there's no scientific basis for any of this. It's just a feel-good deal and might be just as well accomplished by a session of massage, music or relaxation to induce a placebo effect. I'd be very interested to see any scientific studies to show that any of these chakras or meridians actually exist. Most scientists will say that they are non-existent.
@cutes22 Neither massage, music nor relaxation are considered placebo effects. Reiki along with many other modalities work with calming the nervous system engaging a relaxation reponse - scientifically there are numerous studies that validate the 'healing' effects of this response - our blood returns to the internal organs which then function better, our food is more readily absorbed and utilized as energy for cellular respiration thus increasing metabolism and immune system repsponse.
There was a time when science said that the world was flat and the sun revolved around the earth, science is exploration and with exploration comes new ideas which can become fact _ the communicator from Star Trek is little removed from current mobile phone technology. Kirlian photography has captured chakras - as for meridians there isn't exactly a single neural pathway - it takes a leap across space (synapses) for information to reach the brain...that's a fairly new concept/finding too.
@TheSereneWay Really, chakras are captured on camera? Show me the data. Show me the falsification of the data. Show me the peer review. And synapses are not newly discovered. We know about them. It's not a leap, it's the passing of positive calcium ions into the cell. Reiki claims to heal from a distance. This is pure bullshit. Its nothing more than a psychological game. You take a little piece of real science and extrapolate it to crazy lengths with nothing but pseudoscience
@cutes22 u should leave the poor man alone. gaging a spiritual practice by means of skepticism is like using the scientific method to show why the mind has jurisdiction over the body. Invest a little more of your time into actively pursuing the practice rather than scolding someone over the internet and coming off like a puritan.
Maybe a more accurate term woud be 'self-reliant.' The danger is in becoming introspective to the point where only you have the answers.to yourself and everything else, and if that were true, we would be wouldn't be imperfect beings with limitations. There you have your 'ego-centered pattern':
@MonacoBlast - there is a book called...'If you hear the message three times - LISTEN!'
It has been my experience that when we connect with something (that tingling or just feeling at home) it is a message to follow that interest - you have given yourself the answer - 'a new world seems to be opening up for me' can there be a more opportune moment to discover your potential.
@MonacoBlast I have found great similarities between Yoga & Reiki - most certainly with Kriya Yoga and the more subtle aspects of Yoga (we can tend to think of Yoga as Asana only, which is far from the case). The form of Reiki that I employ (built from messages received in dream & meditative states) I call HEALING HARMONICS - Multi-dimensional Healing through Reiki Radha-Rei. Radha being the true physical form of energy as expressed through Radha the consort of Krishna.
@christineczy09 - that is an interesting thought and we can indeed become addicted to anything - though addiction when defined means that the subject of obsessions rules our life and are unable to function without it (they can also change form ie. eating to shopping) - Reiki in its true form can release us from that ego centred pattern - the need or desire for euphoria - this exists not without depression - all is defined by opposites.
When we first start doing anything there is a great deal of excitement and novelty of experience. We are perhaps more aware at the beginning, in no way does this mean that the energy lessens, we are just more familiar with it.
When we first stub our toe it hurts immensely, yet after a few minutes the pain recedes unless something brings it back to our consciousness.
We get used to things...smells for example, any new odour is in our consciousness for about 20 minutes until the receptors become used to the aroma and we are no longer conscious of or smell it.
A 'block' may remain unconscious of it, Reiki provides the opportunity to address these blocks on an energetic level - in yoga they are called samskaras (imprints) and karma (past action).
Reiki is power - free flowing & unengaged in force... it is always there as it simply 'is'.
Great suggestions by ssalmon1...self treatments are great as are trades and shares or anything that inspires - for within inspiration is potential which manifests in an expression of energy.
I was attuned to the second level Reiki last year and I felt very powerful for many months. Now I notice that I don't seem to have the same flow of energy that I once had. It's kind of like my Reiki healing has fizzled out like an old battery. I am not tired and I have no stress in my life. What could be causing this downturn?? I would welcome your opinion. Thanks.
Have you tried going to a Reiki circle? I had a similar experience and I went to a Reiki circle and I felt that a block I had was lifted. I also try to do self Reiki to myself and I try to do it whenever I can. It is flowing much stronger now.
Wow! Thank you for your words of wisdom. This is the best answer I have gotten so far. I have been doing a lot of work on unblocking some of my early childhood traumas and a lot of "stuff" has been coming out. It could be that I am blocked. Do you remember what your blockage was at the time? I guess my next stop is a Reiki shar. Thanks again for your insight. Namaste.
No, I don't but I knew I was blocked because I didn't feel it as strong, I stayed in touch with a lot of the people I did the attunements with and they seemed to not have the same problems. I asked around and googled Reiki shares in my area and I heard about a few. After that first one, I had so much energy, I almost didn't sleep that night. I am fortunate that they meet every month, so I keep going and I feel stronger every time. Good luck, Namaste
Help heal the planet, google 'orgonite'. It's a simple compound anyone can create in their backyard with fairly inexpensive, widely-available materials which balances ambient energy by turning the negative energy into positive energy, with many easily-confirmed effects. Orgonite does this continuously, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, without electricity.
Thanks for the information. I've been wanting to go for a course and this video is helpful. It's also good to know that you came from a dance background as I am a dancers as well. This type of minor syncronicities always seems like the information is coming through the right source for me :-) Cheers.
This is an excellent, very helpful video! Thank you so much for clarifying Reiki in a respectful manner that doesn't presuppose superiority over the viewer. :)
People can really be hurtful and rude. I'm sure part of the process to better enlightenment is not expecting perfection from other's. There is an expression. "If you can do it better then do it yourself". I thank you for taking your time to share this. It was very relaxing and I am very interested in learning more about Reiki after watching this.
Creek041 3 weeks ago
You have such a relaxing voice. It seems so appropriate for this topic. :)
SidusNova 1 month ago
I think you need to show *whether*reiki works before explaining *how* it works.
TheResidentSkeptic 2 months ago
@billybee5677
here we have a delusional person criticizing other delusions based on his own equally delusional delusions. This is rich.
It's like watching kids fight over whether Santa Claus supports the Easter Bunny.
taicleis 2 months ago
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billybee5677 4 months ago
Could it be said that Heirarchy is self or culturally constructed?
The 'this is better' or 'this is the way' statements create the illusions of those levels and it is our own judgement which places them above or below another. Neither of the statements can be said to be objective - objectivity is beyond judgement, they have little in common and cannot co-exist. Once judgement rises then subjectivity has usurped the place of objectivity.
TheSereneWay 4 months ago
Most of us look outside for what is truly an internal process. The authority is outside. God/no god is outside. Books are outside. What is internal? Energy itself is pervasive and has many forms.
My expereince showed me that Reiki works for me - otherwise I'd still be suffering through IBS and not able to function and I was there. I worked internally and energetically to attain a degree of health and balance. In the end it makes little difference if scientific - it simply worked.
TheSereneWay 4 months ago
Discernment can be described as experential - what works for us based on our belief system (God or no god - both are beliefs) and what we know about our selves. Books may provide information, unless that information is experienced it remains a rambling of the another's 'mind'.
If we move beyond discernment to acceptance, then we broaden our perspectives giving us more compassion and empathy - these are links to our interconnectedness with each other and the planet on which we reside.
TheSereneWay 4 months ago
Cute22, I'm sure that the internet holds many of the examples of data both false and perhaps real - it is our own perspective and current abilities or limitations of our current patterns of synapse firing that create these illusions and perspectives. Neuroplasticity can create new patterns and firing - all things continually change. Some medicines work for some and the same ones do not - the same for placebo effect - a single line is formed of many points - sunlight continues beyond our senses
TheSereneWay 4 months ago
Interesting conversations...CC09, almost & Cute22...
What are feelings? Are emotional responses or or intuition/creative thought used as the basis - confusion may exists between the two. Emotional responses are a by-product of our established patterns of behaviour ie. memories and past experiences, they can be modified and controlled. Creative thought or intuition leaves the 'mind' out of the equation - E=MC2 came out of this process. Niether modification nor control can bind this process.
TheSereneWay 4 months ago
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And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
2 Corinthians 11:14
watch?v=KlhKeph63D8
watch?v=URdcNsasPlY
tyseron1 4 months ago
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And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
2 Corinthians 11:14
watch?v=KlhKeph63D8
watch?v=URdcNsasPlY
tyseron1 5 months ago
Well 'little cutie'....who gives you the ability to reason and think?...create? ...think it's all magic? You (and I) have no idea where our breath is coming from...or if it will come at all...but of course if it doesn't, you are bound to find all this out, although a little late so as far as 'waking up'...well, you fill in the blanks. But to be truly honest...I really DO hope you consider these things.
christineczy09 5 months ago
I'm asking you: How do YOU discern? ..Has nothing to do with righteousness, it's common sense. To make decisions there must be some sort of authority in your life; some people use their feelings as guidance but feelings are unreliable; you can be dying yet look quite healthy (for EX.) and what's wrong with books? But again, you must have some sort of guideline to determine the value of the material to objectively determine its content.or you can be very misguided.
christineczy09 5 months ago
@christineczy09 You're as deluded as they are, but for different reasons. There is no science in Reiki and there is no god. Wake up.
cutes22 5 months ago
I love that you are a seeker of truth. Yes, I know that spirituality can exist without dogma and organized religion but how do you discern what kind of spiritual force you are dabbling with? Both good and evil exist in the world-how do you know the source? Feelings? They are very fickle.. There are many truths, but they have a hierarchy.; obiviously an ultimate one exists that far surpasses a personal reality or set of rules..Something to think about. and even investigate.
christineczy09 5 months ago
@christineczy09 how do you discern? and how does one implicatively assert righteousness over another? if feelings are fickle maybe you should just abide by a book then?
almostcutmyhair101 5 months ago
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And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
2 Corinthians 11:14
/watch?v=KlhKeph63D8
/watch?v=URdcNsasPlY
tyseron1 5 months ago
CC09- Sometimes spirituality can be confused with organized religion, spirituality may exist without dogma, religion's foundations are built upon them. In some form Reiki is the laying on of hands in Christian terms...connecting to the divine spark to hold space for a balance to return to body & mind through the spirit (energy), activating our body's self healing mechanisms.
TheSereneWay 5 months ago
nice
kylalachip 6 months ago
too much spit in his voice... blah, couldn't listen to this vid because of this.... :/
missBmay 6 months ago
He sounds like Microsoft Sam after being tranquilised!
UnitedF0REVER 8 months ago 2
I like Reiki but, I hate this video. This guy would make me want to jump off a bridge. Please, re do this video with another guy. Did he just eat peanut butter? Why does he constantly lick his lips? Why does he have to sound like he is on some sort of drug?
Reiki is great but, this video...NOT!
Greenvegan828 11 months ago 4
@Greenvegan828 thanks for the comments...no peanut butter though. Didn't know I was constantly licking my lips, not even sure I was...drugs, not in this recording...but thanks for the offer. There's always room for improvement and even better ways to offer constructive input.
TheSereneWay 5 months ago
@TheSereneWay I really like this video, so relaxing.
alanna4858 1 month ago in playlist Meditations/Spiritual
I think its all very nice but lets face it, there's no scientific basis for any of this. It's just a feel-good deal and might be just as well accomplished by a session of massage, music or relaxation to induce a placebo effect. I'd be very interested to see any scientific studies to show that any of these chakras or meridians actually exist. Most scientists will say that they are non-existent.
cutes22 1 year ago
@cutes22 Neither massage, music nor relaxation are considered placebo effects. Reiki along with many other modalities work with calming the nervous system engaging a relaxation reponse - scientifically there are numerous studies that validate the 'healing' effects of this response - our blood returns to the internal organs which then function better, our food is more readily absorbed and utilized as energy for cellular respiration thus increasing metabolism and immune system repsponse.
TheSereneWay 5 months ago
There was a time when science said that the world was flat and the sun revolved around the earth, science is exploration and with exploration comes new ideas which can become fact _ the communicator from Star Trek is little removed from current mobile phone technology. Kirlian photography has captured chakras - as for meridians there isn't exactly a single neural pathway - it takes a leap across space (synapses) for information to reach the brain...that's a fairly new concept/finding too.
TheSereneWay 5 months ago
@TheSereneWay Really, chakras are captured on camera? Show me the data. Show me the falsification of the data. Show me the peer review. And synapses are not newly discovered. We know about them. It's not a leap, it's the passing of positive calcium ions into the cell. Reiki claims to heal from a distance. This is pure bullshit. Its nothing more than a psychological game. You take a little piece of real science and extrapolate it to crazy lengths with nothing but pseudoscience
cutes22 5 months ago
@cutes22 u should leave the poor man alone. gaging a spiritual practice by means of skepticism is like using the scientific method to show why the mind has jurisdiction over the body. Invest a little more of your time into actively pursuing the practice rather than scolding someone over the internet and coming off like a puritan.
almostcutmyhair101 5 months ago
Thank you very much for this explanation - much appreciation, you should keep doing such educational videos on reiki.
ionelstancu 1 year ago
What a load of bullcrap!
blabby102 1 year ago
Thank you for sharing.
monkeynuts530 1 year ago
Reiki load of bullshit.
ronv11 1 year ago
@ronv11 I thought so then i had a session and it was very good .never mind
stokey72 1 year ago
Maybe a more accurate term woud be 'self-reliant.' The danger is in becoming introspective to the point where only you have the answers.to yourself and everything else, and if that were true, we would be wouldn't be imperfect beings with limitations. There you have your 'ego-centered pattern':
christineczy09 1 year ago
@MonacoBlast - there is a book called...'If you hear the message three times - LISTEN!'
It has been my experience that when we connect with something (that tingling or just feeling at home) it is a message to follow that interest - you have given yourself the answer - 'a new world seems to be opening up for me' can there be a more opportune moment to discover your potential.
TheSereneWay 1 year ago
@MonacoBlast I have found great similarities between Yoga & Reiki - most certainly with Kriya Yoga and the more subtle aspects of Yoga (we can tend to think of Yoga as Asana only, which is far from the case). The form of Reiki that I employ (built from messages received in dream & meditative states) I call HEALING HARMONICS - Multi-dimensional Healing through Reiki Radha-Rei. Radha being the true physical form of energy as expressed through Radha the consort of Krishna.
TheSereneWay 1 year ago
Maybe you're addicted to rieki...that euphoric feeling
christineczy09 1 year ago
@christineczy09 - that is an interesting thought and we can indeed become addicted to anything - though addiction when defined means that the subject of obsessions rules our life and are unable to function without it (they can also change form ie. eating to shopping) - Reiki in its true form can release us from that ego centred pattern - the need or desire for euphoria - this exists not without depression - all is defined by opposites.
TheSereneWay 1 year ago
@christineczy09 yes.. but without the withdrawls
theavatarstoneburner 6 months ago
Great question!
When we first start doing anything there is a great deal of excitement and novelty of experience. We are perhaps more aware at the beginning, in no way does this mean that the energy lessens, we are just more familiar with it.
When we first stub our toe it hurts immensely, yet after a few minutes the pain recedes unless something brings it back to our consciousness.
TheSereneWay 2 years ago
We get used to things...smells for example, any new odour is in our consciousness for about 20 minutes until the receptors become used to the aroma and we are no longer conscious of or smell it.
A 'block' may remain unconscious of it, Reiki provides the opportunity to address these blocks on an energetic level - in yoga they are called samskaras (imprints) and karma (past action).
TheSereneWay 2 years ago
Reiki is power - free flowing & unengaged in force... it is always there as it simply 'is'.
Great suggestions by ssalmon1...self treatments are great as are trades and shares or anything that inspires - for within inspiration is potential which manifests in an expression of energy.
TheSereneWay 2 years ago
Thanks for sharing your suggestions. Namaste.
Delisle4 2 years ago
Hello,
I was attuned to the second level Reiki last year and I felt very powerful for many months. Now I notice that I don't seem to have the same flow of energy that I once had. It's kind of like my Reiki healing has fizzled out like an old battery. I am not tired and I have no stress in my life. What could be causing this downturn?? I would welcome your opinion. Thanks.
Delisle4 2 years ago
Have you tried going to a Reiki circle? I had a similar experience and I went to a Reiki circle and I felt that a block I had was lifted. I also try to do self Reiki to myself and I try to do it whenever I can. It is flowing much stronger now.
ssalmon1 2 years ago
@ssalmon1
Wow! Thank you for your words of wisdom. This is the best answer I have gotten so far. I have been doing a lot of work on unblocking some of my early childhood traumas and a lot of "stuff" has been coming out. It could be that I am blocked. Do you remember what your blockage was at the time? I guess my next stop is a Reiki shar. Thanks again for your insight. Namaste.
Delisle4 2 years ago
No, I don't but I knew I was blocked because I didn't feel it as strong, I stayed in touch with a lot of the people I did the attunements with and they seemed to not have the same problems. I asked around and googled Reiki shares in my area and I heard about a few. After that first one, I had so much energy, I almost didn't sleep that night. I am fortunate that they meet every month, so I keep going and I feel stronger every time. Good luck, Namaste
ssalmon1 2 years ago
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Help heal the planet, google 'orgonite'. It's a simple compound anyone can create in their backyard with fairly inexpensive, widely-available materials which balances ambient energy by turning the negative energy into positive energy, with many easily-confirmed effects. Orgonite does this continuously, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, without electricity.
nrgstream 2 years ago
maybe this is why when i do my art my entire body feels warm from the inside out, almost like wave that pass though me like an ocean of energy
culverja 2 years ago
Thank you. I'm beginning to understand a little better.
Theklaful 2 years ago
Thanks for the information. I've been wanting to go for a course and this video is helpful. It's also good to know that you came from a dance background as I am a dancers as well. This type of minor syncronicities always seems like the information is coming through the right source for me :-) Cheers.
creativemovements 2 years ago
thank you for this! You have an amazing voice, you should do a guided meditation video or track- or read an audiobook for us lolol. Very relaxing!
Also, excellent information as well. Very well done! I just started Reiki 1 and had my attunement! Truely wonderful!
Blessed energy upon you
Alanna
alanna4858 3 years ago
This is an excellent, very helpful video! Thank you so much for clarifying Reiki in a respectful manner that doesn't presuppose superiority over the viewer. :)
kiwipajamapants 3 years ago
love your video. thank you.
slivermoon22 3 years ago