| i just about Universal Life Force or is there an | | | | reincarnation. Fascinating stuff it was for me at the |
| intelligence behind it? Are there Reiki guides intelligently | | | | time. I began to believe that the Reiki intelligence was |
| manipulating the energy? Lets find out.. | | | | because these Reiki Guides directed the energy in our |
| Reiki is an easy to learn method of healing. No special | | | | body. |
| physical or intellectual abilities are required and anybody | | | | Then, one day, I got confirmation. I was helping Marie, a |
| can learn the art of Reiki healing extremely quickly. | | | | friend of mine who had a problem with one knee. |
| How Does Reiki work? | | | | Marie was born clairvoyant. During the treatment, she |
| I was initiated to Reiki 1 in February 1993. To Reiki 2 a | | | | asked me how Reiki works and I told her about |
| few months later and as a Reiki Master in September | | | | "Universal life energy" but also told her about my belief |
| 2004. I started teaching towards the beginning of 1995. | | | | about Reiki guides. |
| My first question on my Reiki 1 course was to ask my | | | | As she was a clairvoyant and could talk to the dead, I |
| Master where the Reiki energy was coming from. She | | | | asked her to get in a trance and try to "talk" to the |
| told me that Reiki was "Universal Life energy". The | | | | guide who was working on her knee. To my |
| energy that is around us. This energy allows trees and | | | | amazement, Marie did, and the 40 most amazing |
| plants to grow and allows us to be alive. In those days, | | | | minutes of my life started when I had a full |
| my left brain (the analytical one) was still dominant and | | | | conversation with my guide through her. |
| I needed more explanation. So I asked this Master to | | | | I asked many questions during this time. Who was my |
| show me this energy and she could not. It is possible to | | | | guide? What nationality was he in his previous life etc.. |
| see the aura. In my Reiki courses, I teach students | | | | We also asked what was wrong with my Marie's |
| how to see the energy field that is around us. This is | | | | knee. He said that the pain and the swelling were due |
| called the aura. Most students are able to see the first | | | | to a bit of cartilage that had come off the patella |
| layer of the aura (the etheric field) after only a few | | | | (kneecap) and was digging into the tibia bone. The |
| seconds. | | | | guide said that he would be able to get rid of the pain |
| When I studied Reiki 2, I once again asked my Master | | | | and the swelling but could not remove the bit of |
| where the energy was coming from and pretty much | | | | cartilage and that surgery would be necessary. This |
| got the same answer. I was puzzled by the | | | | was true. The problem could be minimised but kept |
| cleverness of Reiki. Lets work through an example to | | | | coming back. |
| illustrate this point. | | | | At one stage during the conversation, my friend said |
| Say you are faced with a Client suffering from | | | | the guide was going to work on me. My descending |
| headaches. Headaches have many causes. They can | | | | colon was twisted and he was going to straighten it. |
| be triggered by stress, tension in the neck, liver | | | | Just before she said this, I had felt a pain on the left |
| problems, constipation etc. Lets assume your Client | | | | side of my colon. A short while later, a gurgling noise |
| suffers from constipation and that this is the cause of | | | | came out of my intestines and the pain disappeared. |
| his headaches. You will treat him with Reiki on the | | | | My friend said the guide was finished with me and he |
| head. However, this may trigger a bowel movement. | | | | was coming back to work on her. I was speechless! |
| As such, Reiki has addressed the root of the problem. | | | | Eventually, the prediction came true and my friend had |
| The magic of Reiki however does not stop there. Reiki | | | | to go to hospital to have the piece of cartilage |
| will also try to give him the cause of his constipation. | | | | removed. The surgeon who talked to her after the |
| The next day, he may go out and one of his friends | | | | arthroscopy said: "You had a piece of cartilage that |
| explains to him that at last he is no longer constipated | | | | had come off your patella and was digging into your |
| as he has changed his diet and is now eating more | | | | tibia bone.." My friend said :"I know...(but know explaining |
| fibre and less animal food (over simplified for this | | | | how she knew)" These 40 minutes were amongst the |
| example). He has his answer. If he ignores it, he may | | | | most amazing in my life and they changed the way I |
| get a similar message in a magazine he reads a few | | | | teach Reiki. To me the intelligence in Reiki is due to |
| days later. Eventually, if he keeps on ignoring the | | | | "Reiki guides". |
| messages, they will stop. | | | | A reiki meditation to meet your Guide |
| Reiki Guides | | | | In all my Reiki courses, I offer a simple meditation for |
| This intelligence baffled me. Eventually, I did my Reiki | | | | students to meet their Reiki guide. I am pleased to say |
| Masters with William Rand from the United States in | | | | that nowadays most do. Prior to the meditation, I take |
| September 1994. He mentioned Reiki Guides in his | | | | the students through a relaxation. The meditation |
| Masters course and this got my attention. Could these | | | | journey takes them to a beautiful beach with golden |
| guides be the intelligence behind Reiki? When I got | | | | sand, a forest and a waterfall where their guide awaits |
| back home after the course, I decided to study Spirit | | | | in he mist. A simple but very effective mediation. |
| Guides and bought a book simply called "Spirit Guides" | | | | The emotions felt by students who meet their Guides |
| by Iris Belhayes. This lady channelled her spirit guide | | | | for the first time is extremely satisfying to witness. |
| who wrote the book through her. A small but very | | | | I have recorded this meditation and now offer it to |
| challenging book. I learnt about the theory of "life after | | | | students so they can now listen to it in their own home. |
| death", the process of life in the Spirit world and | | | | |