Hi Earthsmist,
In regards to your question about distant attunements. A very gifted channel that I had a few sessions with once said "If you believe it to be true, then it is". I "believe" that distant (or in-person) attunements are safe for me to receive, because I also "believe" that what is not in my highest and best interest to receive, I will automatically reject.
It was in my highest and best interest to experience the fear that I did in regards to the Biajopi Reiki attunement because that experience provided me with many lessons which I will only mention a few:
I discovered that the fear was based on a personality conflift between me and the channel. That fear could have got in the way of me channeling the wonderful energy of Biajopi Reiki. (My fear was based on "judgment" of this channel). I have since remembered that the channel is only the "deliverer" of the energy (the one who presents it to the willing person). I am channeling the energy (with gratitude) for receiving this gift from that "deliverer" now. I don't need to agree with, or be best friends with the channel (the person who attuned me) in order to benefit from the energy.
Judgment is something that is based on a persons "beliefs". Look at how the Christians persecuted those who did not believe in what they believed in. They also persecuted one another for "believing in" different aspects of religion as Christians. This is not to pick on the Christians, but rather is only an example to help me to explain about how one's rigid beliefs can harm others.
The best philosophy that I have discovered for myself since that Biajopi Reiki experience is "Live and Let Live", "my beliefs don't have to match yours", "check in with my inner guidance/inner knowing when making ANY decisions", "If I screw up with making the wrong decisions, I will discover that I attracted that experience to learn from it" : )
Namaste,
Carol Saunders
http://www.individual-growth.org
