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I think I just answered my own question, but see if you agree.

On rare occasions, I'll start doing Reiki on a client, who has not previously experienced Reiki, and notice that it feels like the Reiki is flowing in great "volume", but I start to feel that it is filling up the space AROUND the client, without actually entering into their body.

At the same time, the client appears not to go into the kind of mind state I'm used to seeing when I feel that strength of flow. They might close their eyes and breathe slower, but I surmise their analytical thoughts are going strong, from their eye movements and ability to converse.

At the end of the session, they report no unusual sensations, and of course the implied question is, "what's the big deal?" So I surmise that they had no conscious awareness of changes or energy flow within their body.

From my subjective view, it feels exactly as if the Reiki "bounced off". A little disconcerting, especially as the client appears, in the moment, to perceive little or no value in the experience.

But now, having written this, I see it could be equally plausible to speculate that the Reiki is simply filling up the client's aura, first, before it can enter their body. This honors the client's free choice in a special way, because s/he gets to decide, even if on a subconscious level, if and when s/he lets that auric healing infuse into the physical body.

My imp guides are saying, "sure, boss, whatever lets you sleep at night!" It can only be a speculation, unless maybe one day one of these special folks gives me an update interesting or unusual subsequent events -- even then it will be speculation. (Now that I remember, in one case independent witnesses noticed a significant improvement in the client for a week after I felt the Reiki "bouncing off", and actually it felt like it was spilling all over the floor that time! The client perceived nothing, but others saw improvement)

So, my questions to you, Reiki friends, are:

1) Have you ever had this subjective experience as I've described it?

2) If so, what's your theory?

Thank you, muchly!
Blessings,
Aronaya

Dear Aronaya,

I've never had the experience, so I can't say for sure. My guess is that these folks might be resistant to the idea of Reiki...either conciously or unconciously. Perhaps, either in the back of their mind or in the front, thinking that it's some New Age fad without any basis.

Perhaps the mentality about such things in New York is different than Maine. Did it ever happen at SPARK?

Hugs,
Roxy

aronaya,

/*\ Namaste :-}}

- some folks need to feel that someone is 'doing somethng to them'

- other folks are more squirrelly about others 'doing something' to them

- the energy passed along during Reiki must be used by recipients however they are able to do so - some may have more limited 'gifts' for this than others

- and, if a recipient, particularly someone new to the experience, is not 'tutored' that he\she will use the energy according to his\her needs and intentions then it may well be that some folks may simply not 'grasp' what to do (assuming, rather, that the Reiki practitioner will 'do something")

- we as practitioners, of course, pass along the energy - and little else

>:-}}

- as for my own experiences? I am not aware of such a dynamic in any hands-on work in which I have been involved but, over the years, I have suspected something similar to what you report during some distance Reiki sessions

- and, in some cases I definitely sensed that sort of 'resistance', so to speak, during distance ketsueki-kokan - when I was doing that practice on a regular basis

- hope this helps

Reiki All Around,

All Blessings,

Firekeeper

Yes, actually, it has happened at SPARK once or twice.

I don't think it's resistance at a conscious level, because I've actually felt Reiki go deep in someone who said clearly that he was trying it to show that it had no effect. He said he felt nothing, but I felt it deeply. If he had stayed a little longer in the chair, he might have had to change his view. I was fine with that, am always comfortable with skeptics because I have that tendency myself.

Blessings,
Aronaya

Hmmm, there's something to that "tutoring" idea. If I think about it, maybe there's a pattern in that something's affecting me, like a cold or a headache, that makes it difficult for me to be mindful and notice that perhaps the client needs some verbal coaching as well as the hands-on.

I've also speculated that sometimes, if I feel that all the healing is going to the aura, why not just shift gears and do the session mostly hands-off.

Either way, if I'm missing something with these folks, it could well be just mindfulness. Or simply giving them cues for understanding when and how they've received benefit from the Reiki.

Happens rarely but always intrigues me when it does.

And as you say, we simply pass on the energy, "and little else". So I let them go, until the next time.

I imagine Mrs. Takata telling me to just "do Reiki!".

Blessings,
Aronaya

Hello Aronaya,
I hyave met a similar situation where the cause was a fear of the unknown so a rejection and blocking of the energy. It really felt odd as this was the first time I had met something like this. After some thought at the next session I stayed at the crown a bit longer at the start of the session and silently asked for permission to open up her aura so that the healing energy could enter, and promised that it was quite safe and that nothing bad could enter, and that I would seal it up when done. Wow - it worked and that person is now a R1.

Love

Chris

Hello Aronaya, *hugs**
Heck I've done it myself.
I had a friend work on my back a few years ago (distantly) and finally he came back online to say, Hey Susan quite blocking me~!! your not accepting the energy..
So, I had to recenter and say over and over again that I accepted the energy and allow it to flow into me.

As I was reading your post I totally saw it filling the auric field and had to laugh when you suggested that exact same thing.
I like to think that they may be unwilling at first, but in the odd times they may accept that energy and it is right there for them when they do for a while.

I worked on my niece a few weeks ago .. Actually two of them. I've not had the chance to ask about their experience but one was moved and the other ( who's mom says its bad) felt nothing. She even went so far to say she was thinking the whole time about something else..
I think she still did accept some of the energy though because I could definately feel the flow and then I saw her in two different lifetimes. One as a Tibetian monk and the other her on a horse during a native american lifetime..
Go figure..

So, I try not to analyze too much cause it would make me crazy. Just always happy for whatever experience shows up because I believe deeply any healings we do are there to heal us on the level of our own perceptions and limitations too..

Much love always,
J

I like that part "I try not to analyze too much", think I will take that to heart!

Blessings,
Aronaya

Yes, that could be also -- someone consciously agrees to receive Reiki but there's a fear under the surface.

Blessings,
Aronaya