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