What Do You Think About When You Do Reiki?

Being In The Sea Of Reiki Energy 

by Don Brennan

 Many times, I’ve been asked, “What do you think about when you do Reiki?” A short answer would be bliss, harmony, perfection and gratitude. A more complete answer requires a look into the whole process.

When I first meet with a client, I sit down with her and ask her if she has any aches or pains, health concerns, or mental or emotional issues that she’d like us to focus on. As she talks, I patiently listen to her voice, watch facial expressions, body movements and posture and tune in to her energy to get a deeper sense of what her needs may be.

As I help her up on the table, I do all that I can to make her feel comfortable, safe and relaxed. I use the tone of my voice to guide her in breathing in healing energy, to send it throughout her body, to gently open up and release whatever needs to be released to bring her into a more peaceful state of being.

At the same time, I enter a deep blissful state of being, and feel my human ego self disappear into the sea of Reiki energy, becoming a divine instrument of peace and healing. Reiki energy is of the Divine. It can cause no harm. Nothing is more powerful than the Divine, so there is nothing to fear. As client and practitioner, we merge with this nurturing energy that flows through us and fills the space all around us. The boundaries of self disappear and we return to an energetic essence, becoming one with the Great Sea of Divine Consciousness. 

As the energy flows, I accept this spirit in human form as perfect, just as she is, without the need for any externally imposed changes. She is a perfect expression of the Divine, the perfect manifestation of shape, form, and thought to bring her through her personal journey to rediscover her oneness with all of creation, and to once again celebrate the complete joy of existence.

I feel the Reiki energy she is drawing through me, as I monitor its flow. I sense the places where there are blocks and I listen to the guidance that comes to me while applying the energy. I sense the energetic responses in her body as physical healing takes place and old emotional patterns are released. As changes occur, sometimes it is no longer necessary to work on the places that were once suggested. And sometimes it is necessary to go back to places that are now ready for a new level of healing. Each session is a beautiful symphony that is being composed as it is performed. 

I am at peace in my sea of bliss, knowing that Reiki is empowering her on her spiritual journey, leading her to a place of greater harmony so she can radiate patience, compassion, wisdom and love, wherever she goes. I celebrate the way that this loving energy helps her heal precisely in the way that she needs to heal, always in harmony with her purpose for being, and helping her to reshape and to refine that purpose for being. And I feel such gratitude to have shared in this process!

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