| I often ask myself "Is the discovery of all this new | | | | changed. Change is a fact of life: birth, life, death. We |
| Reiki information helping my Reiki teaching and | | | | are change. And yet we forget this - trying to tie |
| practice?"- and this is my answer to myself... | | | | ourselves down, resisting that which is natural. Mc |
| The wonderful world of Reiki is changing minute by | | | | Donald's hamburgers are so popular not because they |
| minute. Tick, tick, tick. | | | | taste good but because they never change. You can |
| I find that with each new day I am presented with | | | | buy that same hamburger wherever you are in the |
| more insights into the history of Reiki. I occasionally ask | | | | world and that is comforting - aaaah. Change can be |
| myself, 'What is the use of that?'. But when Reiki is | | | | traumatic, unexpected or down right ugly (let's not |
| your way of life it can make a difference. New ideas | | | | forget exciting, stimulating and adventurous). |
| and challenges can help you retain your integrity and | | | | Sometimes when we teach we talk so much, keeping |
| humility as a teacher. | | | | control, telling others, holding on to what we know that |
| You may think that Reiki is greater than a few facts | | | | we forget to listen. You see we may not like what we |
| that the energy is all that you need to know. It is true | | | | are listening to - it may tell us that we have lost touch, |
| that experience what makes a great teacher but also | | | | don't know everything that there is to know or that |
| as a teacher to daily question your approach, your | | | | things have changed. With our mouths shut and our |
| attitudes and your certainties leads in one direction and | | | | ears open life can be a humbling experience. To be |
| that is growth. Growth as an individual leads to integrity | | | | humble is to listen is to learn. |
| as a teacher. Ignorance is not bliss - it is laziness. | | | | So new facts and details can not only arm us with |
| Continually looking at what we teach and how we | | | | interesting information but may lead us on a journey. |
| teach can only benefit us, our students and Reiki in the | | | | So as a teacher learning new things, I try to remain |
| eyes of the community. | | | | truthful and continue to fill those Reiki files in my head |
| It is humbling to know that what we once knew is now | | | | with more fascinating data. Tick, tick, tick. |